Book 101 Review

Blindsided: Entering a Mindset

You never see it coming. But what do you do when life knocks the wind out of you?

In this raw, hilarious, and deeply human memoir, Sheri shares what happened after the “high” of publishing her first book came crashing down — straight into panic attacks, isolation, and a devastating emotional spiral.

From childhood identity crises and playground politics to middle school musical trauma and adult grief, Blindsidedis both a gut-punch and a lifeline. It’s for anyone who's ever felt lost in the fog and still tried to smile through the pain.

With brutal honesty and unexpected laughs, Sheri tackles:

This is not a guidebook. This is a survival story — told the way it actually happens: messy, nonlinear, and unexpectedly funny.

If you’ve ever been blindsided by life, you’ll find yourself in these pages. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll find a way forward too.

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Australian-New Zealander children’s author Laurel Colless grew up with books as her friends. Always a fan of adventure stories with twists, Laurel reverts to her eleven-year-old self when writing the Peter Blue books, a science fantasy series where a group of friends at an eco-school solve big world problems and battle evil climate demons birthed from human garbage dumps.

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A literary-comparatist by education, Laurel spent 25 years working in environmental business and journalism in Asia, the US and Europe, before coming back to writing. She is the founder of the Carbon Busters Club, a kids’ climate-science program that combines storytelling with science education. In 2013, Laurel Colless became an Al Gore Climate Reality Leader.

When Laurel is not writing or busting carbon, she likes reading, watching movies, forest walking with her dog (and sometimes even her cat!) and spending time with her teenage daughters. She is a fan of golf, tennis, yoga, and swimming in the sea (not with her cat). Laurel now makes her home in Helsinki with her Finnish husband, their two daughters, a wiry-haired dachshund and a rescue cat. 

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Eli Jaxon-Bear

Wake Up & Be Free | End Your Personal Suffering

At twenty-five, desperate to find a solution to the madness of war and violence consuming our world, I took a massive dose of LSD on my birthday after three days of fasting. What started as terror became the most profound awakening of my life. As I felt myself dying, a spontaneous mantra arose: "We're alive. We're alive down here. We're alive."

In that moment, I burst through the top of my head into a dimension beyond time and space, knowing myself absolutely as immortal, intelligent consciousness. I knew this was the answer—if everyone could have this experience, the world would come to peace.

But this was just the beginning of an eighteen-year search for someone who could teach me how to pass on what I'd realized. That search led me to a tiny room in Lucknow, India, where I sat on a bed with an elderly man whose eyes held the fire of love itself. In that moment, looking into his eyes, I saw myself looking back at me. My search was over.

I didn't know how to address this living Buddha, so I started calling him Papaji—grandfather in Hindi—and the name stuck. He became known worldwide by that name. As we walked together holding hands, Papaji said, "A candle that lights other candles is one thing, but a candle that lights other candles that light other candles—that is something else." That became my mission as he passed on the flame of freedom.

Today, through the Leela School of Awakening, I, and the teachers in the school, guide people to the same realization that changed my life—that who we are is already alive and free.

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Your Business Growth Playbook

Breakthrough Strategies to Scale Your Business for Business Owners Who’ve Outgrown Hustle.

Are you an established business owner who feels stuck, like you’ve hit a plateau where growth has stalled? You’re putting in the hours, maybe even more than ever, but the results aren’t getting any better, and it feels like youare the bottleneck. This book is for growth-focused business owners who have seen success, perhaps hitting multi-six or seven figures with a small team, but are now plateaued despite being lifelong learners and avid readers. You’ve built something real, but you’re frustrated by this cycle: working harder, seeing zero better results. This guide understands that painful rut.

Your Business Growth Playbook isn’t just theory; it’s a practical, tested framework packed with real-world examples and tried-and-true strategies Jeremy B. Shapiro has refined over decades of working with entrepreneurs just like you. What if uncovering hidden growth and seriously boosting profitability didn’t require working more, but rather leveraging three key levers you already have? This book shows you how these levers work together multiplicatively to supercharge revenue and profits. It’s designed to get you out of that rut and onto your path to profitable growth. Ready to ditch the overwhelm and start growing your business strategically through action and implementation? Get your copy today and put this playbook into action.

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Careers by the People: Candid Career Advice from 101 Experienced Professionals 

Looking for advice on how to choose a career path? This dynamic approach goes straight to the source: asking real-world workers how they feel about their occupations. 

After three decades in corporate America, Mike Wysocki wondered if the grass really was greener on the other side. So he put his background in sociology to work and spent years surveying industry veterans in a variety of occupations.

The responses were eye-opening: an honest, insider's look at what workers say about their careers outside of the office.

Wysocki chose the 101 most powerful responses for Careers By the People to demystify the world of work with practical experience rather than theory. These industry profiles pair the practicality of guidance counselors with the storytelling of a networking event (without the small talk).

Told in a Q&A format, insightful answers to thought-provoking questions include:

* descriptions of a day-in-the-life of the profession they chose.

* truths about conflicts, co-workers, and management.

* common misconceptions, issues and what pitfalls to avoid.

* what's fulfilling, what's draining, and what's worth it.

With humor and authenticity that doesn't hold punches, this career guidebook will help you narrow down career choices so you can determine what is best for you.

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Starting a StartUp: Build Something People Want

Not you. If you are actually considering learning what it takes to win instead of falling for the "if we build it they will come" myth, you are already ahead of the game. Startup success boils down to one truth. Fastest team to learn, wins. Not the smartest, not the cleverest, not the richest. Just the team that learns, iterates, and executes faster than everyone else. Starting a StartUp isn't a feel-good startup manifesto; it's a battle-tested framework built for founders who want results (and are willing to do the hard work).

With two decades of experience founding successful startups with multi-million dollar exits and mentoring hundreds of entrepreneurs, James Sinclair has developed a methodical, practical, step-by-step guide to winning in the real world.

No theory. No fluff. No excuses.

Before you write a single line of code, hire an engineer, or spend a dollar on development, you'll learn how to validate your idea, deeply understand your market, and build something people actually want and will pay for. Because distribution beats product every time, and customer trust isn't given - it's earned, one strategic step at a time.

This is your guide that takes you from zero to paying customers without wasting time, money, or sanity. Real, actionable insights to avoid the costly mistakes that sink most first-time founders.

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Junaid Ahmed

Home Studio Architect

Junaid Ahmed: Transforming Spaces, Transforming Lives

Junaid is the founder of Humblezone and creator of Home Studio Mastery, designed to teach you how to build your home studio. He has two decades of video production experience and designing websites & apps focused on a systematic process and seamless user experience. He provides podcasters, speakers, and content creators with a comprehensive plan for their studio equipment, lighting, and layout. He also enables video creators to create effortless content in a comfortable and impressive home studio setting. He’s the author of Mastering iPhone Video Production, 7 Stages of Home Studio Evolution, and host of the Hacks & Hobbies podcast. He also speaks frequently at national events such as Podfest, Podcasting Made Simple Live, and multiple virtual summits.

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Alan Lazaros

CEO of Next Level University, Top 100 Podcast, 2,100+ Ep, 180+ Countries, Computer Engineer, MBA, 11,000+ Hours of Coaching, Training, and Podcasting.

At age 2, my birth father passed away in a car accident. At age 26, after getting into a nearly fatal car accident myself, I questioned everything...

I was already very successful from the outside looking in, but filled with pain, regret, and abandonment challenges, I searched for answers and finally found what I was really missing all this time, Personal Development.

Today I'm grateful to lead a global team of 18 individuals as the Founder and CEO of Next Level University, a Global Top 100 Podcast focused on helping others reach their own unique potential in Health, Wealth, and Love.

With well over 2,100 episodes and more than one million listens in 180+ countries, I've been doing this deeply meaningful work for more than a decade, and after accumulating more than 10,000 hours of Coaching, Training, and Podcasting with all walks of life, I believe in a heart-driven but no BS approach to achieving both external success AND internal fulfillment.

Thank you again for this opportunity. I believe we're all far more capable than we realize when given the right guidance, and I'm honored to help you and your listeners reach their own unique Next Level of success!

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Carol Kabaale

Meta Certified Ads Strategist & Consultant Helping Online Coaches Scale Through Purpose-Driven Ad Campaigns

I was following the traditional path: school, university, and a steady job in hospitality. But as the years passed, I missed important family moments and constantly felt like just another number in a corporate machine. Then, everything changed when my high school sweetheart, Joel, proposed. I realized that I wanted more than just weekends off; I wanted the freedom to build a life where I could savour every moment, from family dinners to watching our future kids grow up.

That's when I decided to start my own business. It wasn't easy. There were sleepless nights, tough lessons, and moments of doubt, but I kept going. Over the past decade, I've built multiple agencies, each one teaching me something invaluable. Today, I run a thriving digital agency where I help online coaches scale their businesses with Facebook ads that deliver real, measurable results.

My mission is simple: to bring ease, wealth, and joy back into the lives of hardworking online coaches by automating their lead generation with ads that work. I know firsthand how challenging it can be to balance the hustle with the life you truly want. That's why I'm passionate about sharing strategies that empower purpose-driven online coaches to grow their impact while reclaiming their time and freedom.

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Mike Wood

Learn To Love Being You

I learned how to read when I was 25 years old. I struggled with anxiety and depression until I was 45 years old. I am on a spiritual journey that is difficult to explain, I can feel all of my chakras and the energies of people around me. At times, my sensitivity is stronger than others. This program was created in a way that each week builds on the prior week. Anxiety is easy to address within the first three weeks. Depression is a much bigger mountain to climb, but this program will put people on the path to eliminate depression in the next two years. I am willing to share my personal stories about how I freed myself from old negative core beliefs that were causing me pain. These stories are universal, meaning that everyone has old negative core beliefs that are causing them pain. This is where most of our negative thoughts and emotions derive from. My program is designed to go to the source of the negative self-talk and remove it.

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