17 Best business books like HBR Guide to Critical Thinking by Harvard Business Review

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HBR Guide to Critical Thinking

By: Harvard Business Review

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Tackle complex situations with critical thinking. You're facing a problem at work. There are man…

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Cover of Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking by None, D.Q. McInerny

1. Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking

By: None , D.Q. McInerny

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

An essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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2. 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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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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3. Project Management for Dummies

By: Stanley E. Portny

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

More than two thirds of American companies use teams to execute their most important projects, maki… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
Cover of Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career by Sylvia Ann Hewlett

4. Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career

By: Sylvia Ann Hewlett

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Who's pulling for you? Who's got your back? Who's putting your hat in the ring? Odds are this perso… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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5. Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive (Mental Mastery Book 1)

By: Kevin Horsley

3.80

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help

6. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

By: Donella H. Meadows , None

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meadows' Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on… read more

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7. What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

By: Marshall Goldsmith , Mark Reiter

3.51

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

America's most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladderThe … read more

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8. Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"The “persecution"

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

"Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake."

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

"If you do not take risks for your opinion, you're nothing."

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

"Freedom is always associated with risk taking, whether it leads to it or comes from it."

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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9. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

By: Jenny Odell

3.61

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Most living entities and systems on this planet obviously do not live by the Western human clock (though some, like the crows who memorize a city's daily garbage truck route, do of course adapt to th…"

-Jenny Odell, Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

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10. 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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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"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

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11. The PARA Method: Simplify, Organize, and Master Your Digital Life

By: Tiago Forte

4.10

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

This accessible guide expands upon the “well-written, cogent, and useful” (David Allen, author of G… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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12. Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

By: Ali Abdaal

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a li… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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13. 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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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"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

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14. The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature

By: Robert Greene

4.27

Format: 463 pages, Paperback

Over the last 22 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human whethe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"Work at what connects to you emotionally and ideas will come to you."

-Robert Greene, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature

"Immerse yourself in the world or the industry that you wish to master."

-Robert Greene, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature

"Everyone has a thumbscrew, a gap in the castle wall. Once found, it is a thumbscrew you can turn to your advantage."

-Robert Greene, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature

"If you work hard, you will make your way to the inner circle of knowledge. That is the end goal of mastery: an inside-out understanding."

-Robert Greene, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature

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15. Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos

By: Darrell Rigby

3.81

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Agile has the power to transform work--but only if it's implemented the right way. For decades bus… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
Cover of Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value by Melissa Perri

16. Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

By: Melissa Perri

4.30

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

To stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric pr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well by Amy C. Edmondson

17. Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

By: Amy C. Edmondson

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering resea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
Cover of Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown

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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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"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

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19. Hell Yeah or No

By: Derek Sivers

4.26

Format: 122 pages, ebook

A collection of thoughts around re-defining yourself, changing focus, and saying yes to less read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"People often ask me what they can do to be more successful. I say disconnect. Even if just for a few hours. Unplug. Turn off your phone and Wi-Fi. Focus. Write. Practice. Create. That’s what’s rare a…"

-Derek Sivers, Hell Yeah or No

Cover of All-in On AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence by Thomas H. Davenport

20. All-in On AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence

By: Thomas H. Davenport

3.30

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating look at the trailblazing companies using artificial intelligence to create new compet… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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21. HBR Guide to Critical Thinking

By: Harvard Business Review

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Tackle complex situations with critical thinking. You're facing a problem at work. There are man… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help

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Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

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3.56

Transform Your Habits

Project Management for Dummies

Stanley E. Portny

3.64

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Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career

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