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Factory Man

by Beth Macy • 2014

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

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🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

Factory Man

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

by Beth Macy 2014 451 pages

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3k+ ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

by Laura Vanderkam • 2012

Your willpower peaks before breakfast. Borrow the morning routines of high achievers.

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🌅 Morning Routines ⏳ Time Management 🔄 Daily Habits 📈 Personal Productivity 🧠 Willpower Psychology

What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

Your willpower peaks before breakfast. Borrow the morning routines of high achievers.

by Laura Vanderkam 2012 181 pages

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🌅 Morning Routines ⏳ Time Management 🔄 Daily Habits 📈 Personal Productivity 🧠 Willpower Psychology

Stuffocation

by James Wallman • 2013

More stuff, less happiness. The science is in: experiences beat possessions every time.

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🛒 Consumer Culture 🎭 Experience Economy 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🏔️ Experiential Living 🏠 Clutter And Wellbeing

Stuffocation

More stuff, less happiness. The science is in: experiences beat possessions every time.

by James Wallman 2013 350 pages

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3k+ ratings

🛒 Consumer Culture 🎭 Experience Economy 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🏔️ Experiential Living 🏠 Clutter And Wellbeing

Agile Product Management with Scrum

by Roman Pichler • 2008

A single backlog, a vision that sells, and the rules for shipping what customers actually want.

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🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodologies 💻 Software Development 👤 Product Owners 🏃 Scrum Teams

Agile Product Management with Scrum

A single backlog, a vision that sells, and the rules for shipping what customers actually want.

by Roman Pichler 2008 160 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodologies 💻 Software Development 👤 Product Owners 🏃 Scrum Teams

Aid on the Edge of Chaos

by Ben Ramalingam • 2013

Aid agencies build blueprints for a clockwork world, but poverty is a tangled, living system.

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🏳️ Foreign Aid 🌍 International Development 📉 Aid Effectiveness 🔬 Complexity Theory 🧠 Systems Thinking

Aid on the Edge of Chaos

Aid agencies build blueprints for a clockwork world, but poverty is a tangled, living system.

by Ben Ramalingam 2013 472 pages

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153 ratings

🏳️ Foreign Aid 🌍 International Development 📉 Aid Effectiveness 🔬 Complexity Theory 🧠 Systems Thinking

I Am Right You Are Wrong

by Edward de Bono • 1990

Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.

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🧠 Creative Cognition 👁️ Perception Logic 🕸️ Self-Organizing Systems 💬 Dialogue Methods 🛠️ Constructive Thinking

I Am Right You Are Wrong

Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.

by Edward de Bono 1990 320 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Creative Cognition 👁️ Perception Logic 🕸️ Self-Organizing Systems 💬 Dialogue Methods 🛠️ Constructive Thinking

Don't Start a Side Hustle!

by Brian Page • 2022

Side hustles are second jobs. Build income streams that pay you whether you work or not.

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🏦 Passive Income 🗽 Financial Independence 🧱 Asset Building ⏳ Time Freedom 🛑 Anti-Hustle Culture

Don't Start a Side Hustle!

Side hustles are second jobs. Build income streams that pay you whether you work or not.

by Brian Page 2022 240 pages

3.61

408 ratings

🏦 Passive Income 🗽 Financial Independence 🧱 Asset Building ⏳ Time Freedom 🛑 Anti-Hustle Culture

America's Bank

by Roger Lowenstein • 2015

In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.

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🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary History 📉 Financial Panics 🎩 Gilded Age Banking 🗳️ Progressive Era

America's Bank

In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.

by Roger Lowenstein 2015 368 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary History 📉 Financial Panics 🎩 Gilded Age Banking 🗳️ Progressive Era

The Little Book of Safe Money

by Jason Zweig • 2009

Three risk rules, a fraud checklist, and how to stop your brain from wrecking your portfolio.

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🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Value Investing 🛡️ Risk Management 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎓 Behavioral Economics

The Little Book of Safe Money

Three risk rules, a fraud checklist, and how to stop your brain from wrecking your portfolio.

by Jason Zweig 2009 256 pages

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286 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Value Investing 🛡️ Risk Management 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎓 Behavioral Economics

The Gamification Revolution

by Gabe Zichermann • 2013

What makes games sticky, and how to steal their playbook for business.

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🎮 Gamification 💼 Employee Engagement 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 👥 Crowdsourcing

The Gamification Revolution

What makes games sticky, and how to steal their playbook for business.

by Gabe Zichermann 2013 256 pages

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194 ratings

🎮 Gamification 💼 Employee Engagement 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 👥 Crowdsourcing

COACHING SKILLS

by Rogers • 2016

How to coach: the trust, questions, and self-awareness that turn conversation into change.

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🎯 Coaching Practice 💼 Executive Coaching 🌱 Life Coaching 🤝 Trust Building 🪞 Self-Awareness Tools

COACHING SKILLS

How to coach: the trust, questions, and self-awareness that turn conversation into change.

by Rogers 2016 336 pages

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143 ratings

🎯 Coaching Practice 💼 Executive Coaching 🌱 Life Coaching 🤝 Trust Building 🪞 Self-Awareness Tools

Think Like a Game Designer

by Justin Gary • 2018

A repeatable design loop that turns raw ideas into tested, publishable games, no genius required.

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🎮 Game Design 🎨 Creative Industries 💡 Design Thinking 🔧 Rapid Prototyping 🧠 Player Psychology

Think Like a Game Designer

A repeatable design loop that turns raw ideas into tested, publishable games, no genius required.

by Justin Gary 2018 230 pages

4.01

184 ratings

🎮 Game Design 🎨 Creative Industries 💡 Design Thinking 🔧 Rapid Prototyping 🧠 Player Psychology

How to Not Always Be Working

by Cody Cook-Parrott • 2018

Craft rituals, spaces, and phone rules that keep your creative work from becoming your prison.

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🧯 Burnout Prevention 🎨 Creative Self-Help 🚧 Work-Life Boundaries 📱 Phone Addiction 💗 Self-Compassion

How to Not Always Be Working

Craft rituals, spaces, and phone rules that keep your creative work from becoming your prison.

by Cody Cook-Parrott 2018 103 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧯 Burnout Prevention 🎨 Creative Self-Help 🚧 Work-Life Boundaries 📱 Phone Addiction 💗 Self-Compassion

Software Architecture Patterns

by Mark Richards • 2015

Five architecture patterns, their trade-offs, and how to pick the one your system actually needs.

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🏗️ Software Architecture 🧱 Architecture Patterns 🌐 Distributed Systems ⚠️ Anti-Patterns 📈 Scalability Design

Software Architecture Patterns

Five architecture patterns, their trade-offs, and how to pick the one your system actually needs.

by Mark Richards 2015 47 pages

3.65

498 ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 🧱 Architecture Patterns 🌐 Distributed Systems ⚠️ Anti-Patterns 📈 Scalability Design

Grit

by Martin Meadows • 2015

Persist longer, quit smarter, and train your brain to know which the moment requires.

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💪 Mental Toughness 🔄 Habit Formation 📊 Behavioral Economics 🚧 Self-Sabotage 🥶 Discomfort Training

Grit

Persist longer, quit smarter, and train your brain to know which the moment requires.

by Martin Meadows 2015 118 pages

3.69

485 ratings

💪 Mental Toughness 🔄 Habit Formation 📊 Behavioral Economics 🚧 Self-Sabotage 🥶 Discomfort Training

The Economics Book

by Niall Kishtainy • 2012

Economic ideas from Aristotle to the 2008 crisis, decoded in pictures and plain language.

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🏛️ History Of Economic Thought 🏭 Political Economy 📖 Accessible Economics 🎨 Illustrated Economics 📊 Visual Reference

The Economics Book

Economic ideas from Aristotle to the 2008 crisis, decoded in pictures and plain language.

by Niall Kishtainy 2012 352 pages

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2k+ ratings

🏛️ History Of Economic Thought 🏭 Political Economy 📖 Accessible Economics 🎨 Illustrated Economics 📊 Visual Reference

Abundance Now

by Lisa Nichols • 2016

Money is just the beginning. A blueprint for building a rich life across eight essential domains.

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🎨 Life Design 🌟 Holistic Success 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work 🧠 Mindset Shifts 🔬 Positive Psychology

Abundance Now

Money is just the beginning. A blueprint for building a rich life across eight essential domains.

by Lisa Nichols 2016 336 pages

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1k+ ratings

🎨 Life Design 🌟 Holistic Success 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work 🧠 Mindset Shifts 🔬 Positive Psychology

The Future Leader

by Jacob Morgan • 2020

140 CEOs reveal why yesterday's leadership fails tomorrow, and the nine mindsets that replace it.

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🦎 Adaptive Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤲 Servant Leadership 💻 Digital Transformation 🎯 Coaching Culture

The Future Leader

140 CEOs reveal why yesterday's leadership fails tomorrow, and the nine mindsets that replace it.

by Jacob Morgan 2020 320 pages

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348 ratings

🦎 Adaptive Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤲 Servant Leadership 💻 Digital Transformation 🎯 Coaching Culture

The Founding Fathers on Leadership

by Donald T. Phillips • 1997

Beat an empire with better teamwork: the leadership manual hidden in the American Revolution.

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📚 Applied History 🤝 Team Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🔭 Visionary Leadership ♟️ Strategic Thinking

The Founding Fathers on Leadership

Beat an empire with better teamwork: the leadership manual hidden in the American Revolution.

by Donald T. Phillips 1997 274 pages

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298 ratings

📚 Applied History 🤝 Team Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🔭 Visionary Leadership ♟️ Strategic Thinking

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2015

A Nobel economist reveals which rules broke the American economy, and how to fix them.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Inequality Economics 💰 Rent-Seeking 👷 Labor Markets 🏦 Financialization

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy

A Nobel economist reveals which rules broke the American economy, and how to fix them.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015 256 pages

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291 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Inequality Economics 💰 Rent-Seeking 👷 Labor Markets 🏦 Financialization

Swim!

by Walter Bond • 2019

Six principles borrowed from sharks that turn managers into leaders, and takers into contributors.

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🦈 Leadership Fables 🐟 Mentorship Dynamics 👥 People Management 💪 Resilience At Work 🤝 Team Dynamics

Swim!

Six principles borrowed from sharks that turn managers into leaders, and takers into contributors.

by Walter Bond 2019 176 pages

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178 ratings

🦈 Leadership Fables 🐟 Mentorship Dynamics 👥 People Management 💪 Resilience At Work 🤝 Team Dynamics

Choose

by Ryan Levesque • 2019

Market selection kills more businesses than bad products. The data-driven way to pick right.

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🚀 Pre-Startup Strategy ✅ Market Validation 🎯 Niche Selection 🔍 Customer Research 🧩 Product-Market Fit

Choose

Market selection kills more businesses than bad products. The data-driven way to pick right.

by Ryan Levesque 2019 240 pages

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343 ratings

🚀 Pre-Startup Strategy ✅ Market Validation 🎯 Niche Selection 🔍 Customer Research 🧩 Product-Market Fit

Pay Up

by Reshma Saujani • 2022

The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.

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👩‍💼 Working Mothers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 💰 Unpaid Labor 🍼 Intensive Parenting 🔥 Burnout Culture

Pay Up

The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.

by Reshma Saujani 2022 234 pages

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500+ ratings

👩‍💼 Working Mothers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 💰 Unpaid Labor 🍼 Intensive Parenting 🔥 Burnout Culture

The PayPal Wars

by Eric M. Jackson • 2004

Russian mobsters, eBay's sabotage, an IPO after 9/11: inside PayPal's fight to survive.

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🚀 Startup Stories 💳 Fintech History 🔗 Network Effects 🌉 Silicon Valley History 🦠 Viral Growth

The PayPal Wars

Russian mobsters, eBay's sabotage, an IPO after 9/11: inside PayPal's fight to survive.

by Eric M. Jackson 2004 230 pages

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1k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Stories 💳 Fintech History 🔗 Network Effects 🌉 Silicon Valley History 🦠 Viral Growth

The Storytelling Edge

by Shane Snow • 2018

Oxytocin is the reason stories sell. The craft and system for using it deliberately.

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🎯 Strategic Storytelling 📣 Content Marketing 🧠 Neuromarketing 👥 Audience Building 🗺️ Content Strategy

The Storytelling Edge

Oxytocin is the reason stories sell. The craft and system for using it deliberately.

by Shane Snow 2018 208 pages

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346 ratings

🎯 Strategic Storytelling 📣 Content Marketing 🧠 Neuromarketing 👥 Audience Building 🗺️ Content Strategy

The Darwin Economy

by Robert H. Frank • 2011

Darwin explains tax policy better than Adam Smith: the evolutionary case for taxing the top.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption ⚠️ Market Failures 🤝 Collective Action

The Darwin Economy

Darwin explains tax policy better than Adam Smith: the evolutionary case for taxing the top.

by Robert H. Frank 2011 240 pages

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500+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption ⚠️ Market Failures 🤝 Collective Action

She Means Business

by Carrie Green • 2017

Build the founder, then the business: clearing the blocks that keep women from launching online.

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👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs 💻 Online Business 🚀 Startup Guides 🧠 Founder Mindset 💰 Money Mindset

She Means Business

Build the founder, then the business: clearing the blocks that keep women from launching online.

by Carrie Green 2017

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1k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs 💻 Online Business 🚀 Startup Guides 🧠 Founder Mindset 💰 Money Mindset

The Buy Side

by Turney Duff • 2013

He faked a mugging to hide his cocaine binge. The bottom that saved a Wall Street trader's life.

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🧳 Wall Street Memoirs 🏦 Hedge Fund Culture 🍸 Wall Street Excess ❄️ Cocaine Addiction 🔄 Recovery Memoirs

The Buy Side

He faked a mugging to hide his cocaine binge. The bottom that saved a Wall Street trader's life.

by Turney Duff 2013 320 pages

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5k+ ratings

🧳 Wall Street Memoirs 🏦 Hedge Fund Culture 🍸 Wall Street Excess ❄️ Cocaine Addiction 🔄 Recovery Memoirs

Behind the Screen

by Sarah T. Roberts • 2019

The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.

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🛡️ Content Moderation ⚖️ Platform Governance 🖥️ Digital Labor 👻 Invisible Labor 🩹 Vicarious Trauma

Behind the Screen

The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.

by Sarah T. Roberts 2019 280 pages

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168 ratings

🛡️ Content Moderation ⚖️ Platform Governance 🖥️ Digital Labor 👻 Invisible Labor 🩹 Vicarious Trauma

The Age of Turbulence

by Alan Greenspan • 2007

A Fed chair's map of the invisible machinery that makes economies prosper or stall.

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🏦 Monetary Policy 📈 Economic Development 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔑 Property Rights 🛢️ Resource Curse

The Age of Turbulence

A Fed chair's map of the invisible machinery that makes economies prosper or stall.

by Alan Greenspan 2007 575 pages

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7k+ ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 📈 Economic Development 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔑 Property Rights 🛢️ Resource Curse

The Long View

by Brian Fetherstonhaugh • 2016

Career advice assumes a ten-year race. A forty-five-year career runs on different fuel.

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🗺️ Career Planning 🎨 Career Design 🧗 Career Resilience 🛠️ Skill Development ⏳ Time Management

The Long View

Career advice assumes a ten-year race. A forty-five-year career runs on different fuel.

by Brian Fetherstonhaugh 2016 249 pages

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298 ratings

🗺️ Career Planning 🎨 Career Design 🧗 Career Resilience 🛠️ Skill Development ⏳ Time Management

Becoming a Resonant Leader

by Annie McKee • 2008

Burnout is a leadership disease. Its cure is renewing the emotional capacities you neglect.

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🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🔥 Burnout Prevention 📈 Leadership Development 🧘 Mindfulness In Work 😊 Positive Psychology

Becoming a Resonant Leader

Burnout is a leadership disease. Its cure is renewing the emotional capacities you neglect.

by Annie McKee 2008 256 pages

3.81

388 ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🔥 Burnout Prevention 📈 Leadership Development 🧘 Mindfulness In Work 😊 Positive Psychology

The Art of Critical Decision Making

by Michael A. Roberto • 2009

Data doesn't make decisions. Debate does. The process for designing the right argument in any room.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 📉 Behavioral Economics ⚔️ Constructive Conflict 👥 Team Decision Making 🛡️ High Reliability

The Art of Critical Decision Making

Data doesn't make decisions. Debate does. The process for designing the right argument in any room.

by Michael A. Roberto 2009 13 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📉 Behavioral Economics ⚔️ Constructive Conflict 👥 Team Decision Making 🛡️ High Reliability

Making Globalization Work

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2006

Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.

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🌍 International Development 📊 Development Economics ⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism 🏛️ Global Governance 🚢 Trade Policy

Making Globalization Work

Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2006 384 pages

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2k+ ratings

🌍 International Development 📊 Development Economics ⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism 🏛️ Global Governance 🚢 Trade Policy

The Carrot Principle

by Adrian Gostick • 2001

74% of leaders skip the one practice that triples returns: genuine, specific appreciation.

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🧱 Employee Recognition ⚡ Employee Engagement 🌳 Talent Retention 🤲 Servant Leadership ✨ Positive Psychology

The Carrot Principle

74% of leaders skip the one practice that triples returns: genuine, specific appreciation.

by Adrian Gostick 2001 176 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧱 Employee Recognition ⚡ Employee Engagement 🌳 Talent Retention 🤲 Servant Leadership ✨ Positive Psychology

Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School?

by Cary Siegel • 2013

A personal finance education in 99 principles: the simple, unsexy habits that quietly build wealth.

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💰 Money Management 🧵 Frugality 📊 Saving And Budgeting 💳 Debt Reduction 📈 Beginner Investing

Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School?

A personal finance education in 99 principles: the simple, unsexy habits that quietly build wealth.

by Cary Siegel 2013 182 pages

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2k+ ratings

💰 Money Management 🧵 Frugality 📊 Saving And Budgeting 💳 Debt Reduction 📈 Beginner Investing

Make Your Mark

by Jocelyn K. Glei • 2014

You have 15 seconds to win a user. Rules for products and teams that earn attention.

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🎨 Creative Business 🌍 Mission-Driven Business 🔄 Lean Startup 💡 Design Thinking 📖 Brand Storytelling

Make Your Mark

You have 15 seconds to win a user. Rules for products and teams that earn attention.

by Jocelyn K. Glei 2014 260 pages

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1k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Business 🌍 Mission-Driven Business 🔄 Lean Startup 💡 Design Thinking 📖 Brand Storytelling

Leading in the Global Matrix

by Marty Seldman • 2020

The matrix broke the org chart. Leading with trust and culture across borders and siloes.

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🏢 Matrix Organizations 🌐 Global Leadership 🔗 Strategic Networking 🌍 Cultural Intelligence 🤝 Stakeholder Management

Leading in the Global Matrix

The matrix broke the org chart. Leading with trust and culture across borders and siloes.

by Marty Seldman 2020 256 pages

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15 ratings

🏢 Matrix Organizations 🌐 Global Leadership 🔗 Strategic Networking 🌍 Cultural Intelligence 🤝 Stakeholder Management

The Robert Collier Letter Book

by Robert Collier • 1989

Mail-order mastery: the rules for building a letter that sells what a storefront can't.

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✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Mail Marketing 🧠 Consumer Psychology ❤️ Emotional Appeals 🕰️ Classic Advertising

The Robert Collier Letter Book

Mail-order mastery: the rules for building a letter that sells what a storefront can't.

by Robert Collier 1989 466 pages

4.11

371 ratings

✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Mail Marketing 🧠 Consumer Psychology ❤️ Emotional Appeals 🕰️ Classic Advertising

Leaders Leap

by Rob Bier • 2024

Growth forces a false choice between results and morale. The companies that refuse it win.

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📈 Organizational Scaling 🤝 Trust Building 💬 Difficult Conversations 🔄 Ritual Design 👥 Manager Development

Leaders Leap

Growth forces a false choice between results and morale. The companies that refuse it win.

by Rob Bier 2024 288 pages

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72 ratings

📈 Organizational Scaling 🤝 Trust Building 💬 Difficult Conversations 🔄 Ritual Design 👥 Manager Development

Create the Future + The Innovation Handbook

by Jeremy Gutsche • 2020

Why smart companies miss disruption: seven predictable traps, and the culture that overcomes them.

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🏢 Innovation Culture 🏭 Corporate Innovation 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔮 Trend Forecasting ⚡ Disruptive Innovation

Create the Future + The Innovation Handbook

Why smart companies miss disruption: seven predictable traps, and the culture that overcomes them.

by Jeremy Gutsche 2020 360 pages

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289 ratings

🏢 Innovation Culture 🏭 Corporate Innovation 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔮 Trend Forecasting ⚡ Disruptive Innovation

Visual Thinking

by Colin Ware • 2008

Vision is not a camera. Design for how the brain samples, scans, and skips.

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🖥️ Data Visualization 💬 Visual Communication 🧠 Cognitive Science 👁️ Visual Perception 📐 Design Principles

Visual Thinking

Vision is not a camera. Design for how the brain samples, scans, and skips.

by Colin Ware 2008 210 pages

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189 ratings

🖥️ Data Visualization 💬 Visual Communication 🧠 Cognitive Science 👁️ Visual Perception 📐 Design Principles

The Laws of the Winners Lib/E

by Bodo Schäfer • 2016

Save ten percent, act before you're ready, and let compound habits do the heavy lifting.

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🧱 Wealth Building 📖 Financial Literacy 🔄 Compound Habits ⚡ Self-Discipline 🦁 Fear Management

The Laws of the Winners Lib/E

Save ten percent, act before you're ready, and let compound habits do the heavy lifting.

by Bodo Schäfer 2016 0 pages

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11 ratings

🧱 Wealth Building 📖 Financial Literacy 🔄 Compound Habits ⚡ Self-Discipline 🦁 Fear Management

Applied Artificial Intelligence

by Mariya Yao • 2018

AI that doesn't pay for itself is overhead. The business leader's framework for picking what wins.

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🧠 Ai Strategy 🏢 Enterprise Ai ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🤖 Machine Learning For Business 📊 Data Strategy

Applied Artificial Intelligence

AI that doesn't pay for itself is overhead. The business leader's framework for picking what wins.

by Mariya Yao 2018 201 pages

3.57

410 ratings

🧠 Ai Strategy 🏢 Enterprise Ai ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🤖 Machine Learning For Business 📊 Data Strategy

Management Tips

by Harvard Business Publishing • 2011

Two-page management prescriptions for the problems of leading yourself, a team, and a business.

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📋 Management Basics 🆕 New Managers ⏳ Time Management ♟️ Strategic Thinking 🤔 Decision Making

Management Tips

Two-page management prescriptions for the problems of leading yourself, a team, and a business.

by Harvard Business Publishing 2011 224 pages

3.80

499 ratings

📋 Management Basics 🆕 New Managers ⏳ Time Management ♟️ Strategic Thinking 🤔 Decision Making

Play Poker Like the Pros

by Phil Hellmuth • 2003

A world champion's poker playbook: the discipline, reads, and math that turn skill into profit.

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🃏 Poker Strategy 🎯 Tight Aggressive Play 👀 Reading Opponents 🏆 Tournament Play 💻 Online Poker

Play Poker Like the Pros

A world champion's poker playbook: the discipline, reads, and math that turn skill into profit.

by Phil Hellmuth 2003 416 pages

3.02

500+ ratings

🃏 Poker Strategy 🎯 Tight Aggressive Play 👀 Reading Opponents 🏆 Tournament Play 💻 Online Poker

The Glass Bead Game

by Hermann Hesse • 1943

Online learning and rising costs disrupt the university model, forcing a choice: reform or decline.

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📖 Higher Education Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Online Learning 🏛️ Institutional Change 🎓 Mission Creep

The Glass Bead Game

Online learning and rising costs disrupt the university model, forcing a choice: reform or decline.

by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages

4.10

42k+ ratings

📖 Higher Education Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Online Learning 🏛️ Institutional Change 🎓 Mission Creep

The Lost Art of Connecting

by Susan McPherson • 2021

Why the best-connected people lead with generosity, and a three-part method for doing it.

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🤝 Business Networking 🎁 Service Mindset 👂 Active Listening 🔐 Trust Building 🌍 Inclusive Networking

The Lost Art of Connecting

Why the best-connected people lead with generosity, and a three-part method for doing it.

by Susan McPherson 2021 224 pages

3.98

191 ratings

🤝 Business Networking 🎁 Service Mindset 👂 Active Listening 🔐 Trust Building 🌍 Inclusive Networking

How not to Plan

by APG Ltd • 2018

Most marketing rules are wrong: 66 evidence-backed ways to stop sabotaging your own growth.

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🎯 Marketing Strategy 🏗️ Brand Building 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📈 Behavioral Economics ✨ Brand Distinctiveness

How not to Plan

Most marketing rules are wrong: 66 evidence-backed ways to stop sabotaging your own growth.

by APG Ltd 2018 403 pages

4.43

405 ratings

🎯 Marketing Strategy 🏗️ Brand Building 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📈 Behavioral Economics ✨ Brand Distinctiveness

May Contain Lies

by Alex Edmans • 2024

Why bad statistics and success stories feel convincing, and a systematic way to see through them.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 📰 Misinformation 📊 Statistical Literacy 🛒 Behavioral Economics

May Contain Lies

Why bad statistics and success stories feel convincing, and a systematic way to see through them.

by Alex Edmans 2024 322 pages

4.11

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 📰 Misinformation 📊 Statistical Literacy 🛒 Behavioral Economics

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