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Read This Before Our Next Meeting

by Al Pittampalli • 2011

Meetings: decide first, then meet. A framework for fast, prepared, decision-driven sessions.

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📅 Meeting Design 👥 Team Productivity 📝 Asynchronous Work 💡 Brainstorming 💬 Business Communication

Read This Before Our Next Meeting

Meetings: decide first, then meet. A framework for fast, prepared, decision-driven sessions.

by Al Pittampalli 2011 80 pages

3.75

2k+ ratings

📅 Meeting Design 👥 Team Productivity 📝 Asynchronous Work 💡 Brainstorming 💬 Business Communication

Steve Jobs and Philosophy

by Shawn E. Klein • 2015

What made Steve Jobs a tyrant also made him a visionary. Philosophers weigh the evidence.

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🔍 Business Ethics 🤖 Philosophy Of Technology 💡 Innovation Studies 👁️ Visionary Leadership 💥 Creative Destruction

Steve Jobs and Philosophy

What made Steve Jobs a tyrant also made him a visionary. Philosophers weigh the evidence.

by Shawn E. Klein 2015

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21 ratings

🔍 Business Ethics 🤖 Philosophy Of Technology 💡 Innovation Studies 👁️ Visionary Leadership 💥 Creative Destruction

The Road Taken

by Henry Petroski • 2016

The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.

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🏛️ Infrastructure Policy 🔧 Engineering History 🛣️ Road Design 🚦 Traffic Engineering ⚠️ Failure Studies

The Road Taken

The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.

by Henry Petroski 2016 322 pages

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500+ ratings

🏛️ Infrastructure Policy 🔧 Engineering History 🛣️ Road Design 🚦 Traffic Engineering ⚠️ Failure Studies

The Creative Mindset

by Jeff Degraff • 2020

Six skills that unlock creativity, drawn from thirty years inside innovation labs.

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💡 Innovation Methods 🧩 Design Thinking 🔗 Analogical Thinking 📖 Storytelling For Business 🧠 Structured Brainstorming

The Creative Mindset

Six skills that unlock creativity, drawn from thirty years inside innovation labs.

by Jeff Degraff 2020 224 pages

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122 ratings

💡 Innovation Methods 🧩 Design Thinking 🔗 Analogical Thinking 📖 Storytelling For Business 🧠 Structured Brainstorming

Partnering

by Jean Oelwang • 2022

Lone genius is a myth. The world changes through deep partnerships, rituals, and shared purpose.

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🧩 Partnership Dynamics 🤝 Collaborative Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work 🔒 Trust Building ⚡ Conflict Transformation

Partnering

Lone genius is a myth. The world changes through deep partnerships, rituals, and shared purpose.

by Jean Oelwang 2022 320 pages

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195 ratings

🧩 Partnership Dynamics 🤝 Collaborative Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work 🔒 Trust Building ⚡ Conflict Transformation

The Cartiers

by Francesca Cartier Brickell • 2019

Three brothers, three continents: the pact that turned a Paris workshop into a jewelry empire.

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👑 Family Business Dynasties 💎 Luxury Industry History 🏗️ Brand Building 💍 Jewelry Design 🛡️ Business Resilience

The Cartiers

Three brothers, three continents: the pact that turned a Paris workshop into a jewelry empire.

by Francesca Cartier Brickell 2019 656 pages

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2k+ ratings

👑 Family Business Dynasties 💎 Luxury Industry History 🏗️ Brand Building 💍 Jewelry Design 🛡️ Business Resilience

The Wisdom of Compassion

by Dalai Lama XIV • 2012

A championship training plan for landing a top leadership role: brand, network, interview smarter.

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🎯 Executive Job Search 🏷 Personal Branding 🤝 Networking Strategies 🎤 Interview Preparation 📋 Structured Job Search

The Wisdom of Compassion

A championship training plan for landing a top leadership role: brand, network, interview smarter.

by Dalai Lama XIV 2012 255 pages

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500+ ratings

🎯 Executive Job Search 🏷 Personal Branding 🤝 Networking Strategies 🎤 Interview Preparation 📋 Structured Job Search

Small Message, Big Impact

by Terri L. Sjodin • 2011

Thirty seconds is all you get. Make it open a door instead of close a deal.

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🛗 Elevator Pitches 🎤 Persuasive Speaking 🎯 Presentation Skills ✍️ Message Crafting 💼 Sales Pitches

Small Message, Big Impact

Thirty seconds is all you get. Make it open a door instead of close a deal.

by Terri L. Sjodin 2011 239 pages

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275 ratings

🛗 Elevator Pitches 🎤 Persuasive Speaking 🎯 Presentation Skills ✍️ Message Crafting 💼 Sales Pitches

Why Businessmen Need Philosophy

by Ayn Rand • 1999

Why businessmen feel guilty for creating wealth, and the moral code that can stop it.

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📜 Business Ethics 🧠 Objectivism 💎 Rational Self-Interest 🗽 Economic Liberty 💰 Moral Capitalism

Why Businessmen Need Philosophy

Why businessmen feel guilty for creating wealth, and the moral code that can stop it.

by Ayn Rand 1999 334 pages

3.89

297 ratings

📜 Business Ethics 🧠 Objectivism 💎 Rational Self-Interest 🗽 Economic Liberty 💰 Moral Capitalism

Options Trading

by ClydeBank Finance • 2016

Smaller stakes, built-in floor: the beginner's straight line through calls, puts, and the Greeks.

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🎯 Options Trading 📊 Derivatives Markets 🌱 Beginner Investing 💰 Income Strategies 📈 Trading Strategies

Options Trading

Smaller stakes, built-in floor: the beginner's straight line through calls, puts, and the Greeks.

by ClydeBank Finance 2016 99 pages

3.81

152 ratings

🎯 Options Trading 📊 Derivatives Markets 🌱 Beginner Investing 💰 Income Strategies 📈 Trading Strategies

30-Day Stay

by Zeona McIntyre • 2022

A rental niche that pays like short-term but regulates like long-term: the 30-day furnished stay.

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🌐 Medium-Term Rentals 🏠 Real Estate Investing 🔑 Rental Property 💸 Passive Income 🏦 Creative Financing

30-Day Stay

A rental niche that pays like short-term but regulates like long-term: the 30-day furnished stay.

by Zeona McIntyre 2022 288 pages

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133 ratings

🌐 Medium-Term Rentals 🏠 Real Estate Investing 🔑 Rental Property 💸 Passive Income 🏦 Creative Financing

More Sales, Less Time

by Jill Konrath • 2016

Boost your sales without adding hours: reclaim attention, kill digital noise, close faster.

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📈 Sales Productivity ⏳ Time Management 📱 Digital Distraction 🎯 Focus Techniques 🔄 Habit Building

More Sales, Less Time

Boost your sales without adding hours: reclaim attention, kill digital noise, close faster.

by Jill Konrath 2016 256 pages

3.73

117 ratings

📈 Sales Productivity ⏳ Time Management 📱 Digital Distraction 🎯 Focus Techniques 🔄 Habit Building

Start Your Own Corporation

by Garrett Sutton • 2012

The legal tools the wealthy use to shield assets and cut taxes, step by step.

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🛡️ Asset Protection 🧱 Entity Formation 📊 Tax Reduction 🧾 Business Deductions ⚖️ Small Business Law

Start Your Own Corporation

The legal tools the wealthy use to shield assets and cut taxes, step by step.

by Garrett Sutton 2012 272 pages

4.15

500+ ratings

🛡️ Asset Protection 🧱 Entity Formation 📊 Tax Reduction 🧾 Business Deductions ⚖️ Small Business Law

The Richest Man in Babylon

by George S. Clason • 2007

A tenth saved, invested, and compounded: the formula that built Babylon still builds wealth.

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🏦 Personal Finance 🧱 Wealth Building 📚 Financial Literacy 🐖 Saving Strategies ✂️ Frugal Living

The Richest Man in Babylon

A tenth saved, invested, and compounded: the formula that built Babylon still builds wealth.

by George S. Clason 2007 136 pages

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116 ratings

🏦 Personal Finance 🧱 Wealth Building 📚 Financial Literacy 🐖 Saving Strategies ✂️ Frugal Living

Rogue Trader

by Nick Leeson • 1996

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

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🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📝 Confession Memoirs

Rogue Trader

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

by Nick Leeson 1996 365 pages

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1k+ ratings

🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📝 Confession Memoirs

What Motivates Me

by Adrian Gostick • 2014

A handful of core motivators determine your work happiness; find them and mold your job to fit.

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🏆 Career Fulfillment 🔋 Workplace Motivation 🧬 Personality Profiling 🔨 Job Crafting 📊 Self-Assessment

What Motivates Me

A handful of core motivators determine your work happiness; find them and mold your job to fit.

by Adrian Gostick 2014 272 pages

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229 ratings

🏆 Career Fulfillment 🔋 Workplace Motivation 🧬 Personality Profiling 🔨 Job Crafting 📊 Self-Assessment

100 mental models

by Wisdom Theory

Why a hundred borrowed concepts from physics, economics, and psychology beat expertise alone.

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🧠 Mental Models 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🧭 Decision Frameworks 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Behavioral Economics

100 mental models

Why a hundred borrowed concepts from physics, economics, and psychology beat expertise alone.

by Wisdom Theory

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105 ratings

🧠 Mental Models 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🧭 Decision Frameworks 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Behavioral Economics

Stacked

by Joe Saul-Sehy • 2021

A money guide you'll actually finish: debt, investing, and insurance, minus the boredom and shame.

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💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🎯 Financial Goal Setting 📊 Budgeting 💸 Debt Reduction

Stacked

A money guide you'll actually finish: debt, investing, and insurance, minus the boredom and shame.

by Joe Saul-Sehy 2021 368 pages

3.69

459 ratings

💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🎯 Financial Goal Setting 📊 Budgeting 💸 Debt Reduction

Barefoot to Billionaire

by Jon M. Huntsman Sr. • 2014

Creative deals built his fortune. Faith, family, and cancer decided where billions went.

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📖 Business Memoirs 💎 Values In Business 🎁 Wealth And Giving 🌱 Ethical Capitalism 🏠 American Dream

Barefoot to Billionaire

Creative deals built his fortune. Faith, family, and cancer decided where billions went.

by Jon M. Huntsman Sr. 2014 448 pages

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312 ratings

📖 Business Memoirs 💎 Values In Business 🎁 Wealth And Giving 🌱 Ethical Capitalism 🏠 American Dream

Quiet Influence

by Jennifer B. Kahnweiler • 2013

Six introvert strengths that outperform working the room: no personality transplant required.

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🧠 Introvert Strengths 💼 Workplace Influence 🤫 Quiet Leadership 👂 Deep Listening 🔋 Energy Management

Quiet Influence

Six introvert strengths that outperform working the room: no personality transplant required.

by Jennifer B. Kahnweiler 2013 192 pages

3.76

1k+ ratings

🧠 Introvert Strengths 💼 Workplace Influence 🤫 Quiet Leadership 👂 Deep Listening 🔋 Energy Management

Architecting for Scale

by Lee Atchison • 2016

Features fail when the app is down. A field manual for systems that survive real-world decay.

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🏗️ Software Architecture 🟢 High Availability 🧩 Microservices ⚠️ Risk Management ☁️ Cloud Computing

Architecting for Scale

Features fail when the app is down. A field manual for systems that survive real-world decay.

by Lee Atchison 2016 228 pages

3.57

229 ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 🟢 High Availability 🧩 Microservices ⚠️ Risk Management ☁️ Cloud Computing

Leadership and the New Science

by Margaret J. Wheatley • 1992

The new sciences whisper: your organization is a living system, not a machine. Lead accordingly.

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🧬 Complexity Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔄 Self-Organization 👥 Participatory Leadership 💡 Meaning At Work

Leadership and the New Science

The new sciences whisper: your organization is a living system, not a machine. Lead accordingly.

by Margaret J. Wheatley 1992 216 pages

4.10

2k+ ratings

🧬 Complexity Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔄 Self-Organization 👥 Participatory Leadership 💡 Meaning At Work

A Curious Mind

by Brian Grazer • 2014

What a Hollywood producer learned from decades of asking total strangers for one-hour conversations.

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🧐 Cultivating Curiosity 👁️ Perspective Taking 🧠 Intellectual Humility 💬 Conversation Skills 🎬 Creative Leadership

A Curious Mind

What a Hollywood producer learned from decades of asking total strangers for one-hour conversations.

by Brian Grazer 2014 320 pages

3.41

6k+ ratings

🧐 Cultivating Curiosity 👁️ Perspective Taking 🧠 Intellectual Humility 💬 Conversation Skills 🎬 Creative Leadership

Money Mammoth

by Brad Klontz • 2020

Your money brain runs on outdated software. A financial psychologist reveals how to update it.

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🧠 Financial Psychology 💰 Money Mindset 📊 Behavioral Economics 💔 Couples Finance 😰 Financial Anxiety

Money Mammoth

Your money brain runs on outdated software. A financial psychologist reveals how to update it.

by Brad Klontz 2020 265 pages

3.63

118 ratings

🧠 Financial Psychology 💰 Money Mindset 📊 Behavioral Economics 💔 Couples Finance 😰 Financial Anxiety

How to Smell a Rat

by Kenneth L. Fisher • 2009

The simple due-diligence moves that catch a fraud years before regulators do.

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📉 Investment Fraud 🛡️ Wealth Preservation 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔍 Due Diligence 👤 Retail Investors

How to Smell a Rat

The simple due-diligence moves that catch a fraud years before regulators do.

by Kenneth L. Fisher 2009 224 pages

3.43

162 ratings

📉 Investment Fraud 🛡️ Wealth Preservation 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔍 Due Diligence 👤 Retail Investors

Applied Empathy

by Michael Ventura • 2018

Empathy structured for business: frameworks that surface hidden opportunities and align your team.

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🏢 Organizational Leadership 🎨 Design Thinking 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🪞 Self-Awareness 🏛️ Organizational Culture

Applied Empathy

Empathy structured for business: frameworks that surface hidden opportunities and align your team.

by Michael Ventura 2018 288 pages

3.66

329 ratings

🏢 Organizational Leadership 🎨 Design Thinking 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🪞 Self-Awareness 🏛️ Organizational Culture

SUPERBOSSES

by Sydney Finkelstein • 2016

What separates leaders who produce talent from those who manage it: the answer is teachable.

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🌱 Talent Development 👔 Executive Leadership 🤝 Mentorship 🔍 Unconventional Hiring 🛠️ Apprenticeship Model

SUPERBOSSES

What separates leaders who produce talent from those who manage it: the answer is teachable.

by Sydney Finkelstein 2016 272 pages

3.58

1k+ ratings

🌱 Talent Development 👔 Executive Leadership 🤝 Mentorship 🔍 Unconventional Hiring 🛠️ Apprenticeship Model

House of Trump, House of Putin

by Craig Unger • 2018

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

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🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy 🗳️ Election Interference 🕵️ Soviet Intelligence

House of Trump, House of Putin

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

by Craig Unger 2018 382 pages

4.02

1k+ ratings

🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy 🗳️ Election Interference 🕵️ Soviet Intelligence

Leading With Questions

by Michael J. Marquardt • 2005

Replace advice with inquiry: a leadership shift that turns dependent teams into problem solvers.

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🧱 Questioning Cultures 🗣️ Coaching Questions 📚 Action Learning 💪 Employee Empowerment 🛡️ Psychological Safety

Leading With Questions

Replace advice with inquiry: a leadership shift that turns dependent teams into problem solvers.

by Michael J. Marquardt 2005 216 pages

3.50

500+ ratings

🧱 Questioning Cultures 🗣️ Coaching Questions 📚 Action Learning 💪 Employee Empowerment 🛡️ Psychological Safety

The Missing README

by Chris Riccomini • 2021

Ship code safely, survive on-call, and manage your boss: the handbook no bootcamp assigns.

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🛠️ Software Engineering 🧑‍💻 New Engineers 🧪 Code Quality 🔁 Devops Culture 🔄 Agile Methodologies

The Missing README

Ship code safely, survive on-call, and manage your boss: the handbook no bootcamp assigns.

by Chris Riccomini 2021 288 pages

4.40

437 ratings

🛠️ Software Engineering 🧑‍💻 New Engineers 🧪 Code Quality 🔁 Devops Culture 🔄 Agile Methodologies

Unaccountable

by Marty Makary • 2012

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

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🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

Unaccountable

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

by Marty Makary 2012 256 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

I Stand Corrected

by Eden Collinsworth • 2014

When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.

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🏢 Business Etiquette 🇨🇳 Modern China 📖 China Memoir 🗣️ Cultural Fluency 📜 Confucian Values

I Stand Corrected

When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.

by Eden Collinsworth 2014 272 pages

3.20

188 ratings

🏢 Business Etiquette 🇨🇳 Modern China 📖 China Memoir 🗣️ Cultural Fluency 📜 Confucian Values

Tesla

by W. Bernard Carlson • 2013

The same mental discipline that electrified the world also led Nikola Tesla to ruin.

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📚 Inventor Biographies ⚡ History Of Electricity 🏛️ Gilded Age 🧠 Mental Modeling 💡 Disruptive Innovation

Tesla

The same mental discipline that electrified the world also led Nikola Tesla to ruin.

by W. Bernard Carlson 2013 520 pages

3.87

2k+ ratings

📚 Inventor Biographies ⚡ History Of Electricity 🏛️ Gilded Age 🧠 Mental Modeling 💡 Disruptive Innovation

The Cost-Benefit Revolution

by Cass R. Sunstein • 2018

Government rules used to be about politics. Then Reagan made them about arithmetic.

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⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 📜 Regulatory Policy 🏛️ Technocratic Governance ⚠️ Risk Regulation 📋 Administrative Law

The Cost-Benefit Revolution

Government rules used to be about politics. Then Reagan made them about arithmetic.

by Cass R. Sunstein 2018 288 pages

3.62

116 ratings

⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 📜 Regulatory Policy 🏛️ Technocratic Governance ⚠️ Risk Regulation 📋 Administrative Law

Templeton Plan

by John Marks Templeton • 1899

A billionaire's 21 rules for wealth: thrift, hard work, faith, and the compounding of character.

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🪙 Frugal Living ✝️ Christian Self-Help 💰 Wealth Building 🏛️ Character Development ⏳ Time Management

Templeton Plan

A billionaire's 21 rules for wealth: thrift, hard work, faith, and the compounding of character.

by John Marks Templeton 1899 205 pages

4.10

165 ratings

🪙 Frugal Living ✝️ Christian Self-Help 💰 Wealth Building 🏛️ Character Development ⏳ Time Management

Free Prize Inside

by Seth Godin • 2004

Build products that sell themselves: small creative bets instead of big ad budgets.

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1k+

🎯 Product Differentiation 🏢 Intrapreneurship 🎨 Design Innovation 🗣️ Word Of Mouth 🦸 Innovation Champions

Free Prize Inside

Build products that sell themselves: small creative bets instead of big ad budgets.

by Seth Godin 2004 268 pages

3.85

1k+ ratings

🎯 Product Differentiation 🏢 Intrapreneurship 🎨 Design Innovation 🗣️ Word Of Mouth 🦸 Innovation Champions

Breaking Banks

by Brett King • 2014

Physical bank branches are dying. Their replacements are apps built by coders who own no vaults.

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🏦 Digital Banking 💥 Fintech Disruption 📱 Branchless Banking 🔌 Embedded Finance 💳 Payment Innovation

Breaking Banks

Physical bank branches are dying. Their replacements are apps built by coders who own no vaults.

by Brett King 2014 288 pages

3.68

140 ratings

🏦 Digital Banking 💥 Fintech Disruption 📱 Branchless Banking 🔌 Embedded Finance 💳 Payment Innovation

The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies

by Amanda Han • 2020

Real estate comes with tax advantages no other asset class offers. Most investors never learn them.

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🏠 Real Estate Investing 📊 Tax Planning 💵 Depreciation Strategies 🔄 Tax Deferral 🏦 Self-Directed Retirement

The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies

Real estate comes with tax advantages no other asset class offers. Most investors never learn them.

by Amanda Han 2020 223 pages

4.39

402 ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 📊 Tax Planning 💵 Depreciation Strategies 🔄 Tax Deferral 🏦 Self-Directed Retirement

Pharma

by Gerald Posner • 2020

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

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💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Pharma

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

by Gerald Posner 2020 816 pages

4.19

500+ ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

What to Do Next

by Jeff Henderson • 2022

Manage career risk, build a financial launchpad, and stop waiting passively for what's next.

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🔄 Career Transitions 💰 Financial Margin 🧭 Vocational Calling 🤝 Network Building 🦋 Life Transitions

What to Do Next

Manage career risk, build a financial launchpad, and stop waiting passively for what's next.

by Jeff Henderson 2022 240 pages

4.24

282 ratings

🔄 Career Transitions 💰 Financial Margin 🧭 Vocational Calling 🤝 Network Building 🦋 Life Transitions

Overdeliver

by Brian Kurtz • 2019

Your list is worth more than your copy. A direct response veteran shows how to profit.

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🎯 Direct Marketing ✍️ Copywriting 💰 Customer Lifetime Value 📋 List Building 📡 Multichannel Marketing

Overdeliver

Your list is worth more than your copy. A direct response veteran shows how to profit.

by Brian Kurtz 2019 298 pages

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223 ratings

🎯 Direct Marketing ✍️ Copywriting 💰 Customer Lifetime Value 📋 List Building 📡 Multichannel Marketing

Market Research in Practice

by Paul N. Hague • 1992

Why most market research gathers dust and how to produce findings that managers actually use.

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🔍 Market Research 💡 Consumer Insights 📋 Survey Design ✍️ Questionnaire Design 🗣️ Qualitative Research

Market Research in Practice

Why most market research gathers dust and how to produce findings that managers actually use.

by Paul N. Hague 1992 272 pages

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15 ratings

🔍 Market Research 💡 Consumer Insights 📋 Survey Design ✍️ Questionnaire Design 🗣️ Qualitative Research

The Optimist's Telescope

by Bina Venkataraman • 2019

The marshmallow test got it wrong: long-term thinking depends more on design than willpower.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🍬 Delayed Gratification 🎲 Scenario Planning 🔍 Cognitive Biases

The Optimist's Telescope

The marshmallow test got it wrong: long-term thinking depends more on design than willpower.

by Bina Venkataraman 2019 335 pages

3.45

500+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🍬 Delayed Gratification 🎲 Scenario Planning 🔍 Cognitive Biases

Startup Cities

by Peter S. Cohan • 2018

Global startup success clusters in a handful of cities. A five-stage ladder explains the pattern.

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🏢 Startup Ecosystems 🗺️ Economic Clusters 💰 Venture Capital 🎓 University-Industry Ties 🏗️ Regional Development

Startup Cities

Global startup success clusters in a handful of cities. A five-stage ladder explains the pattern.

by Peter S. Cohan 2018 286 pages

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6 ratings

🏢 Startup Ecosystems 🗺️ Economic Clusters 💰 Venture Capital 🎓 University-Industry Ties 🏗️ Regional Development

The Art of Voice Acting

by James R. Alburger • 1998

The craft and business of voiceover, from breath control to the demo that lands the gig.

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🎙️ Voice Acting 💼 Voiceover Business 🗣️ Vocal Technique 🎭 Character Development 🎧 Audio Production

The Art of Voice Acting

The craft and business of voiceover, from breath control to the demo that lands the gig.

by James R. Alburger 1998 360 pages

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127 ratings

🎙️ Voice Acting 💼 Voiceover Business 🗣️ Vocal Technique 🎭 Character Development 🎧 Audio Production

Cloud Computing For Dummies

by Judith Hurwitz • 2009

Cloud computing is a business decision disguised as technology. The framework for getting it right.

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☁️ Cloud Computing 🏢 Enterprise Technology 🚀 Cloud Adoption 📋 It Management ♟️ Technology Strategy

Cloud Computing For Dummies

Cloud computing is a business decision disguised as technology. The framework for getting it right.

by Judith Hurwitz 2009 336 pages

3.40

134 ratings

☁️ Cloud Computing 🏢 Enterprise Technology 🚀 Cloud Adoption 📋 It Management ♟️ Technology Strategy

How to Measure Anything Workbook

by Douglas W. Hubbard • 2014

Why everything is measurable and how to do it: a toolkit for turning uncertainties into dollars.

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📏 Intangible Measurement 🎲 Uncertainty Reduction 📊 Decision Analysis 🧮 Bayesian Reasoning ⚠️ Risk Modeling

How to Measure Anything Workbook

Why everything is measurable and how to do it: a toolkit for turning uncertainties into dollars.

by Douglas W. Hubbard 2014 160 pages

4.08

219 ratings

📏 Intangible Measurement 🎲 Uncertainty Reduction 📊 Decision Analysis 🧮 Bayesian Reasoning ⚠️ Risk Modeling

Beyond Willpower

by Alexander Loyd • 2015

A 40-day protocol that reprograms the subconscious fears blocking your success, without willpower.

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🧠 Subconscious Reprogramming ✨ Energy Healing 🧬 Mind-Body Connection 💡 New Thought Movement ⚡ Stress And Health

Beyond Willpower

A 40-day protocol that reprograms the subconscious fears blocking your success, without willpower.

by Alexander Loyd 2015 288 pages

3.62

281 ratings

🧠 Subconscious Reprogramming ✨ Energy Healing 🧬 Mind-Body Connection 💡 New Thought Movement ⚡ Stress And Health

The Art & Science of Facilitation

by Marsha Acker • 2021

Your job is process, not solutions: how to lead teams that think for themselves.

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🌀 Agile Coaching 🤝 Team Facilitation 📋 Meeting Design 🧩 Group Dynamics ⛈️ Conflict Resolution

The Art & Science of Facilitation

Your job is process, not solutions: how to lead teams that think for themselves.

by Marsha Acker 2021 190 pages

4.14

114 ratings

🌀 Agile Coaching 🤝 Team Facilitation 📋 Meeting Design 🧩 Group Dynamics ⛈️ Conflict Resolution

Compassionate Capitalism

by Rich DeVos • 1993

What if serving others, not exploiting them, is the real engine of profit?

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🏛️ Ethical Capitalism ✝️ Christian Business 🤲 Servant Leadership 🎯 Goal Setting 🧭 Mentorship

Compassionate Capitalism

What if serving others, not exploiting them, is the real engine of profit?

by Rich DeVos 1993 338 pages

4.43

240 ratings

🏛️ Ethical Capitalism ✝️ Christian Business 🤲 Servant Leadership 🎯 Goal Setting 🧭 Mentorship

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