22 must-read audiobook books like The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World by Robert E. Rubin

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The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World

By: Robert E. Rubin

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Robert Rubin, former United States Secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, dist…

If you liked the audiobook plot in The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World by Robert E. Rubin , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

By: Peter F. Drucker

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

What makes an effective executive? The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is th… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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2. Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon B. Johnson, cont… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson

4.08

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

4. Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works

By: Roger L. Martin , A.G. Lafley

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Are you just playing--or playing to win? Strategy is not complex. But it ishard. It's hard because … read more

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5. The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

By: Robert Macfarlane

4.13

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, under… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The next day, my birthday, was one of the most charmed of my life."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"For pilgrims walking...every footfall is doubled, landing at once on the actual road and also on the path of faith."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"Wherever my grandfather had gone in his remarkable life, he had walked. He had been a diplomat and a mountaineer who spent fifty years traveling the world, and in every posting he had sought out high…"

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

6. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

By: Larry Bossidy , Ram Charan , None

3.96

Format: 236 pages,

"Executionmay very well be the best business book of the year,and one of the most useful to have co… read more

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7. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

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  • self help
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • audiobook
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8. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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9. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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10. LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

By: Alan Shipnuck

4.14

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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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  • self help
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
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12. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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13. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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14. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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15. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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16. 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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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"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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17. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

By: Daron Acemoğlu

3.90

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail and the bestselling co-author of 13 Bankers deliver a… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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19. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

By: Michael Lewis

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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20. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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21. The Trading Game: A Confession

By: Gary Stevenson

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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22. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend

By: Rob Copeland

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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23. Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys

By: Joe Coulombe

3.46

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers love—and a work environment that your emplo… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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24. 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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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg

25. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

By: Bent Flyvbjerg

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • leadership
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26. The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

By: Joshua Robinson

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 40 minutes NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wall Street Journal rep… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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27. The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit—Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness

By: Craig Wright

3.95

Format: 336 pages, ebook

“An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields.” --Adam Grant Looki… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
Cover of Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid by Meredith Angwin

28. Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid

By: Meredith Angwin

3.97

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

When rolling blackouts come to the electric grid, they will be old news to the grid insiders. Only … read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
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29. In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work

By: Kyla Scanlon

3.85

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

“Few people can communicate how the economy actually works better than Kyla Scanlon.” —Morgan House… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World by Robert E.  Rubin

30. The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World

By: Robert E. Rubin

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Robert Rubin, former United States Secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, dist… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • leadership

5 best-selling philosophy books like The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World by Robert E. Rubin

Transform Your Habits

Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

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Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

Zeke Faux

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Michael Lewis

3.80

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The Trading Game: A Confession

Gary Stevenson

4.26

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