Useful Not True: whatever works for you
By: Derek Sivers
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1. The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
By: Bob Burg , John David Mann
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
A new edition with expanded content is available now, "The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Sto… read more
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2. Turning Pro
By: Steven Pressfield
4.61
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
The follow up to the War of Art. In the War of Art Pressfield identifies the enemy to living an aut… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
3. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
By: Charles T. Munger , None
4.42
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter… read more
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"What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational"-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life preceding it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life perfecting it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
4. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
By: Steve Jamison , Bill Walsh , None
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"Even when you have an organization brimming with talent, victory is not always under your control.… read more
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5. Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
By: David Eagleman
3.62
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sumis a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives--each … read more
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6. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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7. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
8. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
By: Shane Parrish
4.21
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more
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"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
9. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
By: Kevin Kelly
4.23
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more
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"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
10. The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities
By: Patrick Lencioni
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Shay was still angry but shrugged nonchalantly as if to say, it's not that big of a deal. "So, what… read more
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- psychology
11. Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours
By: Noah Kagan
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a si… read more
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12. The Bear
By: Andrew Krivak
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
From National Book Award in Fiction finalist Andrew Krivak comes a gorgeous fable of Earth’s last t… read more
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"Sleep is the only balm I know."-Andrew Krivak, The Bear
"But we don't get to choose when we leave here to sleep on the mountain. We all have to sleep on the mountain one day. Even the bear. Even when we struggle with all our will not to."-Andrew Krivak, The Bear
"Her father told her once that all animals were creatures of habit and so, too, were they. The difference was she could choose to change her habits. Animals changed when they were afraid. Change befor…"-Andrew Krivak, The Bear
"Imagine it from here everything you say in front of you — lake, trees, the mountains to the edge of the horizon — was water. Endless blue water of waves in constant motion. That’s what the ocean look…"-Andrew Krivak, The Bear
13. How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
By: Brad Jacobs
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Do you have a burning passion to make a lot of money in business? Are you ready to turbocharge your… read more
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- nonfiction
14. The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
By: Paul Millerd
4.00
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
With 40k global sales, The Pathless Path has become a surprise best-seller. The book has received a… read more
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- psychology
15. The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
By: Shane Parrish
4.08
Format: 216 pages, Audiobook
The old saying goes, "To the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail." But anyone who has d… read more
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- psychology
"The quality of our thinking is largely influenced by the mental models in our heads. While we want accurate models, we also want a wide variety of models to uncover what’s really happening. The key h…"-Shane Parrish, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
16. Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
By: Matthew Dicks
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A five-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and bestselling novelist shows how to tell a great story — and wh… read more
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"I’ve always said that a good storytelling show feels like a cross between therapy, rehab and hanging out after dinner with friends"-Matthew Dicks, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
"If I can recommend storytelling to you for any reason at all, it would be that storytelling helps you realize that the biggest, scariest, most painful or regretful things in your head get small and s…"-Matthew Dicks, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
"I also believe that great storytellers know this: The first idea is rarely the best idea. It may be the most convenient idea. The easiest to remember. The one you personally like the most. Bu rarely …"-Matthew Dicks, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
"I also believe that great storytellers know this: The first idea is rarely the best idea. It may be the most convenient idea. The easiest to remember. The one you personally like the most. But rarely…"-Matthew Dicks, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
17. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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- psychology
18. Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
By: Shankar Vedantam
3.85
Format: 272 pages, ebook
From the New York Times best-selling author and host of Hidden Brain comes a thought-provoking look… read more
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- psychology
"Our minds are vulnerable to myths, falsehoods and fictions not merely because we are dumb or stupid, but because we are frail, flawed and easily afraid. Advocating fearless rationality—an end to myth…"-Shankar Vedantam, Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
19. Useful Not True: whatever works for you
By: Derek Sivers
4.62
Format: None pages, None
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20. Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire
By: Andrew Wilkinson
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Andrew Wilkinson, touted as the Warren Buffett of tech, pulls back the curtain on the lives of the … read more
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