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In When Things Fall Apart (1997), American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön, offers lessons on how to move through life's painful moments. Chödrön acknowledges that encountering fear and pain is an inevitable aspect of the human experience.

In What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (2007), Marshall Goldsmith generalizes from his personal experience as a business consultant, to explain how successful leaders can diagnose and correct interpersonal problems that are holding them back at work. Using data-driven analysis, and simple behavioral modification techniques, senior executives and other leaders can improve their relationships with employees, by adopting an attitude of humility, and making a commitment to change.

In If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty (2016), Eric Metaxas issues a call for Americans to remember the tenets upon which their country was founded and to save the United States from losing its prominence in the world. Approaching the history of the United States from a religious standpoint, Metaxas revisits early moments in American history that have defined the country and praises the work of the framers of the Constitution.

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World (2017) by Admiral William H. McRaven is an expanded version of a commencement speech that the author gave at the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. Its central theme is that military training as a Navy SEAL imparts 10 lessons about how to overcome the challenges in life that everyone encounters. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Camille Fournier's The Manager's Path (2017) is a management guide for leaders in the technology industry and computer engineers considering moving into management. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Barking Up the Wrong Tree (2017) is a humorous and insightful scientific guide to achieving success in any arena of life. It offers perspective on the occasionally surprising reasons why some people are capable of the greatest achievements and others are not. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

Think and Grow Rich (1937) by Napoleon Hill, is a guide to self-improvement and personal enrichment through positive thought. The first prerequisite for success is that a person desire something deeply.

The show where we learn a little something about this planet Earth. A few times a month the crew of the Oort Chop Express meet and record their personal findings and observances while experiencing and participating in Earthling life.