9 Top leadership books like Creative Directions: Mastering the Transition from Talent to Leader by Jason Sperling

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Creative Directions: Mastering the Transition from Talent to Leader

By: Jason Sperling

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Age of Creatives, where more and more makers, designers, writers, and artists are in…

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1. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

By: Jocko Willink , Leif Babin

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestseller Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Le… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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2. Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

4.31

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet."

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

"If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love."

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

"I have lost my smile, but don't worry. The dandelion has it."

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

"Mindful observation is based on the principle of “non-duality"

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

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3. Creating Affluence: The A-to-Z Steps to a Richer Life

By: Deepak Chopra , Richard Carlson

3.92

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

In this remarkable book lies the secret to creating affluence. Here you will discover that you are … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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4. 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

By: Brianna Wiest

3.76

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Hold yourself to your standard."

-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

"Anything other than ideal is not failure. It’s life."

-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

"We all start as strangers, but we forget that we rarely choose who ends up a stranger, too"

-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

"There are two mindsets people tend to have: explorer or settler. Our society has a “settler"

-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

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5. Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

By: Rebecca Solnit

3.99

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a wor… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We are winning,"

-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

"The moon is profound except when we land on it."

-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

"Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible."

-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

"Waiting until everything looks feasible is too long to wait."

-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

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6. The Design of Everyday Things

By: Donald A. Norman

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more

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  • art
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
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7. 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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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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8. Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong

By: Eric Barker

4.11

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Much of the advice we’ve been told about achievement is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Ba… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership

9. Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits

By: Debbie Millman

4.06

Format: None pages,

We are now living in a world with over one hundred brands of bottled water. The United States alone… read more

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10. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

By: Oliver Sacks

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a H… read more

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11. Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

By: Greg McKeown , Liz Wiseman

4.50

Format: None pages,

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12. ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood

By: Edward M. Hallowell

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help rea… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios

By: Joanna Robinson

4.22

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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14. Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact

By: Phil M. Jones

3.74

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know ex… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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15. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • art
  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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16. 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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  • nonfiction
  • business
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17. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matt… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. 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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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • leadership
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19. The 6 Types of Working Genius

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.15

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni unveils a truly groundbreaking new model that w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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20. Counterweight

By: Djuna

3.06

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, an absorbing tale of corporate intr… read more

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21. The Practicing Stoic

By: Ward Farnsworth

4.35

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings … read more

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  • nonfiction
"If you would attain real freedom, you must be the slave of philosophy. Epicurus, quoted in Seneca, Epistles 8.7"

-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic

"The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us."

-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic

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22. Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

By: Bo Seo

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter--and everyone around you wiser." --Adam G… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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23. Ikigai & Kaizen: The Japanese Strategy to Achieve Personal Happiness and Professional Success (How to set goals, stop procrastinating, be more productive, build good habits, focus, & thrive)

By: Anthony Raymond

4.14

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the Japanese secret to unlocking your purpose, productivity, and passion!Are you strugglin… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation

By: Kevin Roose

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"While we need to rewrite the rules of the twenty-first-century economy, Kevin's book is a great lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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25. The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

By: Steven Pressfield

4.14

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

"No one's insights about the craft and journey of being an artist have guided me in the day-to-day … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • business
"The artist's journey is internal (page 34): I don't care about the view outside. My focus is interior. The book or movie I'm writing is playing inside my head."

-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

"An artist has a point of view (page 23): In other words, the director knew what movie he was making. He knew what it was about (subject). He knew what he wanted it to look and sound like (voice, medi…"

-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

"The artist learns how to let go (page 80): I couldn't stop my eye from returning to those abandoned paintings. I asked Bob if he ever hauled any back out and tried again to make them work. "I used to…"

-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

"The artist's journey is a journey of dreams (page 49): The conventional truism is "Write what you know." But something mysterious and wonderful happens when we write what we don't know. The Muse ente…"

-Steven Pressfield, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

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26. The Art of Small Talk

By: Casey Wilson

3.80

Format: 5 pages, Audiobook

Hilarious and practical advice for how to up your small talk game from comedians, actors and self-a… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer

27. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Creative Directions: Mastering the Transition from Talent to Leader

By: Jason Sperling

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Age of Creatives, where more and more makers, designers, writers, and artists are in… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of Herding Tigers: Be the Leader That Creative People Need by Todd Henry

29. Herding Tigers: Be the Leader That Creative People Need

By: Todd Henry

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A practical handbook for every manager charged with leading teams to creative brilliance, from the … read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • leadership
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30. The Package Design Book

By: Julius Wiedemann

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From beverages to fragrances via hardware and electronics TASCHEN has teamed up with Pentawards to … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design

26 must-read nonfiction books like Creative Directions: Mastering the Transition from Talent to Leader by Jason Sperling

Transform Your Habits

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Jocko Willink , Leif Babin

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Dalai Lama XIV , Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Creating Affluence: The A-to-Z Steps to a Richer Life

Deepak Chopra , Richard Carlson

3.92

Transform Your Habits

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

Brianna Wiest

3.76

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

David McRaney

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Adam M. Grant

4.12

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