Doing What Matters: How to Get Results That Make a Difference - The Revolutionary Old-School Approach
By: James M. Kilts
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Warren Buffett was asked why the Gillette board of directors chose Jim Kilts to be CEO, he sai…
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1. Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
By: Jim Collins , Morten T. Hansen , Jim Collins
4.10
Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition
Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns withanother groundbreak… read more
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"Interestingly, we instinctively chase after pleasure believing it to be the source of sustainable happiness. Many of us spend most of our time and energy chasing pleasure, sometimes enjoying flow, an…"-Jim Collins, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
2. Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
By: Peter Guber
3.82
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Today everyone--whether they know it or not--is in the emotional transportation business. More and … read more
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"To move my audiences to action, I’d need to ignite their passion, and to do that I had to put them inside the experience I was offering, not just the business plan. The keys to the kingdom weren’t an…"-Peter Guber, Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
"Tales of perfection fail dramatically because they never ring true. But when a leader uses authentic drama to reveal the hidden truth about a problem his business is facing, he guides the audience to…"-Peter Guber, Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
"Siegel, who codirects UCLA’s Mindsight Institute and is author of the scientifically acclaimed books "The Developing Mind: and "The Mindful Brain," broke down the essential sequence of surprise as ex…"-Peter Guber, Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
"If your audience has a negative story about you or your product or business, you’d better confront it. As famed author Salman Rushdie once said, “Those who do not have power over the story that domin…"-Peter Guber, Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
3. Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
By: Daniel Goleman
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Daniel Goleman returns with a groundbreaking look at today's scarcest resource a… read more
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4. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
By: Richard P. Rumelt
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Unknown Binding
Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear… read more
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5. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
By: Greg McKeown
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underuti… read more
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6. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth
By: T. Harv Eker
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Secrets of the Millionaire Mindreveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it! H… read more
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7. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk
By: Al Ries , Jack Trout
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
There are laws of nature, so why shouldn't there be laws of marketing? As Al Ries and Jack Trout--t… read more
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8. Atlas Shrugged
By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a des… read more
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9. How Google Works
By: Eric Schmidt , Jonathan Rosenberg
4.09
Format: 349 pages,
Both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google as seasoned Silicon Valley business executi… read more
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10. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
By: Simon Sinek
3.50
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
Why do you do what you do? Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential,… read more
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11. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
By: Jim Collins
4.28
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
To find the keys to greatness, Collins's 21-person research team read and coded 6,000 articles, gen… read more
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12. To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others
By: Daniel H. Pink
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York TimesBusiness Bestseller #1 Wall StreetJournalBusiness Bestseller #1 Washington Postbe… read more
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13. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
By: Tony Fadell
4.33
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more
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14. I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
By: Tyler Merritt
4.52
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the wake of his deeply powerful viral videos ("Before You Call the Cops" and "Walking While Blac… read more
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"Life is too short to spend tons of time around people who suck."-Tyler Merritt, I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
"If you don't deal with your stuff, your stuff will deal with you."-Tyler Merritt, I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
"Someone once told me that true change always begins in our mind, and that people who live great lives are people who habitually think great thoughts."-Tyler Merritt, I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
"The deepest part of you is NOT your mistakes or your failures. When God looks at you, He sees so much deeper than your mistakes to your actual identity, your true worth and value. And those of us who…"-Tyler Merritt, I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
15. The Lioness
By: Chris Bohjalian
3.72
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting … read more
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"We all look forward, but how we see tomorrow is grounded so deeply in what we lived through just yesterday."-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness
"Too often you couldn't mine the recollections that might keep you sane, but instead held close the memories that someday would kill you."-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness
"We all look forward- at least, I suppose, until you get to be my age - but how we see tomorrow is grounded so deeply in what we lived through just yesterday. And it was only yesterday, wasn't it? Was…"-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness
16. The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
By: Marion Zimmer Bradley
4.13
Format: 1009 pages, Kindle Edition
Here is the magical legend of King Arthur, vividly retold through the eyes and lives of the women w… read more
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"All gods are one god."-Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
"Love is the only prayer I know."-Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
"They have not forgotten the Mysteries,"-Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
"And as men believe, so their world goes." - Merlin"-Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
17. Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
By: Cal Newport
4.06
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to o… read more
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"Who could justify trading a lifetime of stress and backbreaking labor for better blinds? Is a nicer-looking window treatment really worth so much of your life?"-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
"Digital minimalism definitively does not reject the innovations of the internet age, but instead rejects the way so many people currently engage with these tools."-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
"The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, . . . was all about: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?"-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
"For many people, their compulsive phone use papers over a void created by a lack of a well-developed leisure life. Reducing the easy distraction without also filling the void can make life unpleasant…"-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
18. Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
By: Greg McKeown
4.03
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism takes on the holy grail of human performance:… read more
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"What job have I hired this grudge to do?"-Greg McKeown, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
"There is no mastery without mistakes, and there is no learning later without the courage to be rubbish."-Greg McKeown, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
"Life doesn't have to be as hard and complicated as we make it. Each of us has -- as Robert Frost wrote -- "Promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep." No matter what challenges, obstacles or ha…"-Greg McKeown, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
19. How To Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results
By: Esther Wojcicki
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-a… read more
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20. Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
By: Eric Schmidt
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The team behind How Google Works returns with management lessons from legendary coach and business … read more
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21. Doing What Matters: How to Get Results That Make a Difference - The Revolutionary Old-School Approach
By: James M. Kilts
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Warren Buffett was asked why the Gillette board of directors chose Jim Kilts to be CEO, he sai… read more
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