en-US Sat, 19 Apr 2025 11:56:38 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 209763258 In this timeless guide on maximizing teams to achieve outstanding business success, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who’s Got Your Back, and Never Eat Alone distills his years of experience coaching teams at Fortune 500 companies and startup unicorns to optimize team performance.

The world’s best teams don’t win because of leadership alone. They win because of teamship. Yet when it comes to success, it is leaders who are lauded; too little attention is given to the transformation of the team itself.

We’ve all but ignored how to extract billions of dollars of shareholder value from the interdependency of talent in teams, Keith Ferrazzi argues. Upgrading teams is one of the least curated and under-leveraged opportunities for success. It is time to focus on teamship.

But first we must reinvent our understanding of what teamship is and how it functions in a work world that is significantly more volatile, networked, hybrid, diverse, and inclusive than even a decade ago. New thinking about the false and debilitative assumptions that drive teams to underperform is overdue. We need to capture the bold spirit of co-creation and human ingenuity that drives teams like Astro Teller’s Google X to strive for and sustain innovation.

In Never Lead Alone, Ferrazzi shares the approach that drives his coaching practice—the playbook he has used to reboot team performance at major brands, including Mastercard, Intel, Starbucks, and General Motors, along with fast-growth unicorns like MongoDB, and Scopley and governments like Bhutan and NGOs like the World Bank.

Drawing on more than two decades of deep study with colleagues from the Ferrazzi Greenlight Research Institute, he identifies ten key shifts to unlock the potential of any team, accompanied with 20 High Return Practices that quickly turn each shift into a new team habit. Using the tools that have successfully rebooted team performance at Fortune 500 companies and unicorn brands, Never Lead Alone can help any organization experience innovation and exponential growth.]]> 224 Keith Ferrazzi 006341256X Gabriel 0 to-read, leadership 4.04
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]]> 57185177 A thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life's big questions.

About 2,500 years ago, Plato wrote a set of dialogues that depict Socrates in conversation. The way Socrates asks questions, and the reasons why, amount to a whole way of thinking. This is the Socratic method--one of humanity's great achievements. More than a technique, the method is an ethic of patience, inquiry, humility, and doubt. It is an aid to better thinking, and a remedy for bad habits of mind, whether in law, politics, the classroom, or tackling life's big questions at the kitchen table.

Drawing on hundreds of quotations, this book explains what the Socratic method is and how to use it. Chapters include Question and Answer, Ignorance, The Socratic Classroom, and Socrates and the Stoics. Socratic philosophy is still startling after all these years because it is an approach to asking hard questions and chasing after them. It is a route to wisdom and a way of thinking about wisdom. With Farnsworth as your guide, the ideas of Socrates are easier to understand than ever and accessible to anyone.

As Farnsworth achieved with The Practicing Stoic and the Farnsworth's Classical English series, ideas of old are made new and vital again. This book is for those coming to philosophy the way Socrates did--as the everyday activity of making sense out of life and how to live it--and for anyone who wants to know what he said about doing that better.]]> 243 Ward Farnsworth 1567926851 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.22 2021
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]]> 18176747
In The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, draws on his own story of founding, running, selling, buying, managing, and investing in technology companies to offer essential advice and practical wisdom for navigating the toughest problems business schools don't cover. His blog has garnered a devoted following of millions of readers who have come to rely on him to help them run their businesses. A lifelong rap fan, Horowitz amplifies business lessons with lyrics from his favorite songs and tells it straight about everything from firing friends to poaching competitors, from cultivating and sustaining a CEO mentality to knowing the right time to cash in.

His advice is grounded in anecdotes from his own hard-earned rise—from cofounding the early cloud service provider Loudcloud to building the phenomenally successful Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm, both with fellow tech superstar Marc Andreessen (inventor of Mosaic, the Internet's first popular Web browser). This is no polished victory lap; he analyzes issues with no easy answers through his trials, including demoting (or firing) a loyal friend;
whether you should incorporate titles and promotions, and how to handle them;
if it's OK to hire people from your friend's company; how to manage your own psychology, while the whole company is relying on you; what to do when smart people are bad employees; why Andreessen Horowitz prefers founder CEOs, and how to become one; whether you should sell your company, and how to do it.

Filled with Horowitz's trademark humor and straight talk, and drawing from his personal and often humbling experiences, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures.]]> 304 Ben Horowitz 0062273205 Gabriel 0 to-read, business, leadership 4.20 2014
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]]> 467754 ��
Featuring a new foreword by��Ariel Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell
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Mark H. McCormack, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in American business, is widely credited as the founder of the modern-day sports marketing industry. On a handshake with Arnold Palmer and less than a thousand dollars, he started International Management Group and, over a four-decade period, built the company into a multimillion-dollar enterprise with offices in more than forty countries.
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To this day, McCormack’s business classic remains a must-read for executives and managers at every level. Relating his proven method of “applied people sense�� in key chapters on sales, negotiation, reading others and yourself, and executive time management, McCormack presents powerful real-world guidance on
��
�� the secret life of a deal
�� management philosophies that don’t work (and one that does)
�� the key to running a meeting—and how to attend one
�� the positive use of negative reinforcement
�� proven ways to observe aggressively and take the edge
•��and much more
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Praise for What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School
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“Incisive, intelligent, and witty, What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School is a sure winner—like the author himself. Reading it has taught me a lot.�� —Rupert Murdoch , executive chairman, News Corp, chairman and CEO, 21st Century Fox
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“Clear, concise, and informative . . . Like a good mentor, this book will be a valuable aid throughout your business career.�� —Herbert J. Siegel, chairman, Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
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“Mark McCormack describes the approach I have personally seen him adopt, which has not only contributed to the growth of his business, but mine as well.�� —Arnold Palmer
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“There have been what we love to call dynasties in every sport. IMG has been different. What this one brilliant man, Mark McCormack, created is the only dynasty ever over all sport.�� —Frank Deford, senior contributing writer, Sports Illustrated]]> 288 Mark H. McCormack 0553345834 Gabriel 0 to-read, leadership, business 3.59 1984
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]]> 9512985
Josh Kaufman founded PersonalMBA.com as an alternative to the business school boondoggle. His blog has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to the best business books and most powerful business concepts of all time. Now, he shares the essentials of entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, negotiation, operations, productivity, systems design, and much more, in one comprehensive volume. The Personal MBA distills the most valuable business lessons into simple, memorable mental models that can be applied to real-world challenges.

The Personal MBA explains concepts such
* The Iron Law of the Why every business is limited by the size and quality of the market it attempts to serve-and how to find large, hungry markets.
* The 12 Forms of Products and services are only two of the twelve ways you can create value for your customers.
* The Pricing Uncertainty All prices are malleable. Raising your prices is the best way to dramatically increase profitability-if you know how to support the price you're asking.
* 4 Methods to Increase There are only four ways a business can bring in more money. Do you know what they are?

True leaders aren't made by business schools-they make themselves, seeking out the knowledge, skills, and experience they need to succeed. Read this book and you will learn the principles it takes most business professionals a lifetime of trial and error to master.]]> 416 Josh Kaufman 1591843529 Gabriel 5 leadership, business 4.10 2010
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.10
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rating: 5
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]]> 29878354 The definitive pioneering blueprint covering the what, why and how of the blockchain.

Blockchains are new technology layers that rewire the Internet and threaten to side-step older legacy constructs and centrally served businesses. At its core, a blockchain injects trust into the network, cutting off some intermediaries from serving that function and creatively disrupting how they operate. Metaphorically, blockchains are the ultimate non-stop computers. Once launched, they never go down, and offer an incredible amount of resiliency, making them dependable and attractive for running a new generation of decentralized services and software applications.

The Business Blockchain charts new territory in advancing our understanding of the blockchain by unpacking its elements like no other before. William Mougayar anticipates a future that consists of thousands, if not millions of blockchains that will enable not only frictionless value exchange, but also a new flow of value, redefining roles, relationships, power and governance. In this book, Mougayar makes two other strategic assertions. First, the blockchain has polymorphic characteristics; its application will result in a multiplicity of effects. Second, we shouldn't ask ourselves what problems the blockchain solves, because that gives us a narrow view on its potential. Rather, we should imagine new opportunities, and tackle even more ambitious problems that cross organizational, regulatory and mental boundaries.

Drawing on 34 years of technology industry experience as an executive, analyst, consultant, entrepreneur, startup mentor, author, blogger, educator, thought leader and investor, William Mougayar describes a future that is influenced by fundamental shifts brought by blockchain technology as the catalyst for change. William Mougayar has been described as the most sophisticated blockchain business thinker. He is a blockchain industry insider whose work has already shaped and influenced the understanding of blockchain for people around the world, via his generous blogging and rigorous research insights. He is a direct participant in the crypto-technology market, working alongside startups, entrepreneurs, pioneers, leaders, innovators, creators, enterprise executives and practitioners; in addition to being an investor, advisor, and board member in some of the leading organizations in this space, such as the Ethereum Foundation, OpenBazaar and Coin Center.

Just as the Internet created new possibilities that we didn't foresee in its early years, the blockchain will give rise to new business models and ideas that may still be invisible. Following an engaging Foreword by Vitalik Buterin, this book is organized along these 7 chapters:

1. What is the Blockchain?

2. How Blockchain Trust Infiltrates

3. Obstacles, Challenges & Mental Blocks

4. Blockchain in Financial Services

5. Lighthouse Industries & New Intermediaries

6. Implementing Blockchain Technology

7. Decentralization as the Way Forward

The Business Blockchain is an invitation for technologists to better understand the business potential of the blockchain, and for business minded people to grasp the many facets of blockchain technology. This book teaches you how to think about the blockchain.]]> 208 William Mougayar 1119300320 Gabriel 0 to-read, business 3.41
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]]> 100467
It has long been a business article of faith that great companies, by definition, constantly focus on maximizing their revenues year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a growing number of undeniably great compabnies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals.��

Veteran journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside fourteen of these remarkable comapnies that have chosen to march to their own drummer. He shows the leaders of these small giants recognized the full range of choices they had about the type of company they could create and made the choice to pursue greateness by placing other goals ahead of getting as big as possible as fast as possible. And he shows how we can all benefit by questioning the conventional definitions of business success.]]> 224 Bo Burlingham 1591841496 Gabriel 0 to-read, business 3.83 2005
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> 25111341
As Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross travelled nearly a million miles to forty-one countries, the equivalent of two round-trips to the moon. From refugee camps in the Congo and Syrian war zones, to visiting the world's most powerful people in business and government, Ross's travels amounted to a four-year masterclass in the changing nature of innovation.

In The Industries of the Future, Ross distils his observations on the forces that are changing the world. He highlights the best opportunities for progress and explains how countries thrive or sputter. Ross examines the specific fields that will most shape our economic future over the next ten years, including robotics, artificial intelligence, the commercialization of genomics, cybercrime and the impact of digital technology.

Blending storytelling and economic analysis, he answers questions on how we will need to adapt. Ross gives readers a vivid and informed perspective on how sweeping global trends are affecting the ways we live, now and tomorrow.]]> 320 Alec J. Ross 1476753652 Gabriel 0 to-read, business 3.95 2016
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> 9420697 162 Darren Hardy Gabriel 4 growth, business 4.20 2010
author: Darren Hardy
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> 18872437 322 M.J. DeMarco 0984358102 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth, business 4.28 2010
author: M.J. DeMarco
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.28
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rating: 0
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]]> 785092 212 T. Harv Eker 0060763280 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth, business 4.20 1999
author: T. Harv Eker
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.20
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]]> 31823677
From the

“For the last two years, I’ve interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview. This unusual depth has helped make The Tim Ferriss Show the first business/interview podcast to pass 100 million downloads.

“This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and ‘inside baseball�� you won’t find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new ‘guests�� you haven’t met.

“What makes the show different is a relentless focus on actionable details. This is reflected in the questions. For What do these people do in the first sixty minutes of each morning? What do their workout routines look like, and why? What books have they gifted most to other people? What are the biggest wastes of time for novices in their field? What supplements do they take on a daily basis?

“I don’t view myself as an interviewer. I view myself as an experimenter. If I can’t test something and replicate results in the messy reality of everyday life, I’m not interested.

“Everything within these pages has been vetted, explored, and applied to my own life in some fashion. I’ve used dozens of the tactics and philosophies in high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings. The lessons have made me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration.

“I created this book, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It’s changed my life, and I hope the same for you.”]]> 827 Timothy Ferriss Gabriel 0 to-read, growth, business 4.08 2016
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]]> 58707787
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The Tax and Legal Playbook: Game-Changing Solutions To Your Small Business Questions PDF by Mark J Kohler
Read The Tax and Legal Playbook: Game-Changing Solutions To Your Small Business Questions PDF from Entrepreneur Press,Mark J Kohler
Download Mark J Kohler’s PDF E-book The Tax and Legal Playbook: Game-Changing Solutions To Your Small Business Questions]]> Mark J Kohler Gabriel 0 to-read, business 4.67
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]]> 19795 341 David R. Hawkins 1561709336 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.13 1985
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.13
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]]> 41853006 41 Tim D Ayila Gabriel 0 to-read 4.16
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]]> 81959
Purity of mind leads inevitably to purity of life, to the precious love and understanding that should control our everyday acts and attitudes towards friends and foes.

But where must one look for guidance? How does one achieve purity of mind that alone brings happiness and confidence?

The author offers his clear answers in this book As A Man Thinketh. His words have helped millions for more than a century--and they continue to point the true way to a better life for a troubled humanity.

"Out of a clean heart comes a clean life and a clean body," James Allen writes. "Out of a defiled mind proceeds a defiled life and a corrupt body."

Too many mortals strive to improve only their wordly position--and too few seek spiritual betterment. Such is the problem James Allen faced in his own time. The ideas he found in his inner-most heart after great searching guided him as they will guide you.]]> 80 James Allen 1585425648 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.23 1902
author: James Allen
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.23
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]]> 85752836
This book is a step-by-step instruction on how to become a more and better version of yourself

-Increasing self-esteem
-Eliminating insecurity
-Dealing with fear
-Going beyond yourself for growth
-Instilling confidence
-Dealing with trauma
-Removing layers of blockages and misunderstandings that block who you are meant to be

I challenge you, and the wager is the rest of your life!]]> 0 Ric Kroll Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 0.0
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]]> 10339170 Achieve "Massive Action" results and accomplish your business dreams! While most people operate with only three degrees of action-no action, retreat, or normal action-if you're after big goals, you don't want to settle for the ordinary. To reach the next level, you must understand the coveted 4th degree of action. This 4th degree, also known as the 10 X Rule, is that level of action that guarantees companies and individuals realize their goals and dreams.

The 10 X Rule unveils the principle of "Massive Action," allowing you to blast through business clichZs and risk-aversion while taking concrete steps to reach your dreams. It also demonstrates why people get stuck in the first three actions and how to move into making the 10X Rule a discipline. Find out exactly where to start, what to do, and how to follow up each action you take with more action to achieve Massive Action results.

Learn the "Estimation of Effort" calculation to ensure you exceed your targets Make the Fourth Degree a way of life and defy mediocrity Discover the time management myth Get the exact reasons why people fail and others succeed Know the exact formula to solve problems Extreme success is by definition outside the realm of normal action. Instead of behaving like everybody else and settling for average results, take Massive Action with The 10 X Rule, remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success.]]> 240 Grant Cardone 0470627603 Gabriel 0 3.91 2011
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.91
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]]> 200443052
Great leadership isn't an innate trait—it's a learned skill that can be honed and practiced. This guide shows you how. It walks you through the first 30, 60, and 90 days of your new management role, highlighting the steps you can take to become an effective (and even beloved) boss.

Develop the skills you need to become an impactful leader with Your First 90 Days Managing People .]]> 160 CK Bray Gabriel 0 leadership 3.61
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]]> 13530973
In The Black Swan Taleb outlined a problem; in Antifragile he offers a definitive solution: how to gain from disorder and chaos while being protected from fragilities and adverse events. For what he calls the "antifragile" is one step beyond robust, as it benefits from adversity, uncertainty and stressors, just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension.

Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, and proposing that things be built in an antifragile manner. Extremely ambitious and multidisciplinary, Antifragile provides a blueprint for how to behave—and thrive—in a world we don't understand and which is too uncertain for us to even try to understand. He who is not antifragile will perish. Why is the city state better than the nation state, why is debt bad for you, and why is almost everything modern bound to fail? The book covers innovation, health, biology, medicine, life decisions, politics, foreign policy, urban planning, war, personal finance, and economic systems. Throughout, the voice and recipes of the ancient wisdom from Phoenician, Roman, Greek, and Medieval sources are heard loud and clear.]]> 426 Nassim Nicholas Taleb 1400067820 Gabriel 5 growth, favorites 4.08 2012
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.08
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]]> 113934 Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world.

Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant—or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days—Jonah—to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done.

The story of Alex's fight to save his plant is more than compulsive reading. It contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt.]]> 384 Eliyahu M. Goldratt 0884271781 Gabriel 5 leadership, favorites 4.06 1984
author: Eliyahu M. Goldratt
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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]]> 1245497 0 M. Scott Peck 0671621378 Gabriel 5 growth, favorites 4.19 1978
author: M. Scott Peck
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.19
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rating: 5
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]]> 180463 192 The Arbinger Institute 1576751740 Gabriel 5 leadership, favorites
[Edit: In recently also reading the "Extreme Ownership" series and then rereading "Leadership and Self-Deception", imo these two books compliment & bolster each other on the No-Blame subject.]

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As I immersed myself in the content of the book and the concept given, my mind was blown and I couldn't be happier to have grown immensely from this wonderful lesson. Without hesitation I would recommend this book to any person for business and personal improvement.]]> 4.09 2000
author: The Arbinger Institute
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average rating: 4.09
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rating: 5
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"Life-changing"

[Edit: In recently also reading the "Extreme Ownership" series and then rereading "Leadership and Self-Deception", imo these two books compliment & bolster each other on the No-Blame subject.]

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As I immersed myself in the content of the book and the concept given, my mind was blown and I couldn't be happier to have grown immensely from this wonderful lesson. Without hesitation I would recommend this book to any person for business and personal improvement.
]]> 4865
Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie's first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.

As relevant as ever before, Dale Carnegie's principles endure, and will help you achieve your maximum potential in the complex and competitive modern age.

Learn the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.]]> 288 Dale Carnegie Gabriel 5 leadership, favorites 4.22 1936
author: Dale Carnegie
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.22
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]]> 25480369
Like Leadership and Self-Deception, The Arbinger Institute's first book, The Anatomy of Peace has become a worldwide phenomenon—not because of a media blitz, movie tie-in, or celebrity endorsement, but because readers have enthusiastically recommended it to colleagues, relatives, and friends.

The Anatomy of Peace asks, What if conflicts at home, conflicts at work, and conflicts in the world stem from the same root cause? What if we systematically misunderstand that cause? And what if, as a result, we unwittingly perpetuate the very problems we think we are trying to solve?

Through an intriguing story we learn how and why we contribute to the divisions and problems we blame on others and the surprising way that these problems can be solved. Yusuf al-Falah, an Arab, and Avi Rozen, a Jew, each lost his father at the hands of the other's ethnic cousins. The Anatomy of Peace is the story of how they came together, how they help warring parents and children come together, and how we too can find our way out of the struggles that weigh us down.

This second edition includes new sections enabling readers to go deeper into the book's key concepts; access to free digital study and discussion guides; and information about The Reconciliation Project, a highly successful global peace initiative based on concepts in The Anatomy of Peace.]]> 288 The Arbinger Institute 1626564310 Gabriel 5 leadership, favorites 4.13 2015
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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Adding depth to "Leadership and Self Deception", this book [The Anatomy of Peace] builds upon the concepts of removing blame, taking ownership and understanding others as people instead of objects. It's a very important concept in 1) honoring yourself and 2) treating others well. Please read this whole series if you're able. You won't regret it. I might have read these half a dozen times already, and I'm always glad at the end having gained more insights each time.
]]> 26711338 1 The Arbinger Institute 1504677145 Gabriel 5 leadership, favorites 4.21 2015
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]]> 34189313
Using the science of habits, riveting stories and surprising facts from some of the most famous moments in history, art and business, Mel Robbins will explain the power of a “push moment.�� Then, she’ll give you one simple tool you can use to become your greatest self.

It takes just five seconds to use this tool, and every time you do you’ll be in great company. More than 8 million people have watched Mel’s TEDx Talk, and executives inside of the world’s largest brands are using the tool to increase productivity, collaboration, and engagement.

In The 5 Second Rule, you’ll discover it takes just five seconds

- Become confident
- Break the habit of procrastination and self-doubt
- Beat fear and uncertainty
- Stop worrying and feel happier
- Share your ideas with courage

The 5 Second Rule is a simple, one-size-fits-all solution for the one problem we all face—we hold ourselves back.]]> 263 Mel Robbins 1682612392 Gabriel 5 3.89 2017
author: Mel Robbins
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.89
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#The5SecondRule is about #Metacognition and Starting Rituals. It's about being true to your Heart and not letting Fear get in your way. It's about being your best, about taking control of your life and #Living.
]]> 27982992
One's mindset governs how one views the world, what one does, and how one does it. One's mindset can be self-focused, which Arbinger calls an inward mindset, or it can be inclusive of others, which Arbinger calls an outward mindset. It turns out that our own actions, and others responses to those actions, end up being dramatically different depending on which mindset we are operating from.

The Outward Mindset teaches readers how to shift more fully to an outward mindset and how to help others, even whole organizations, to make that shift a shift that sparks innovation, increases accountability, and transforms collaboration, engagement, and fulfillment."]]> 192 The Arbinger Institute 1626567158 Gabriel 5 growth, leadership, favorites 4.00 2016
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> 18144590 The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.

Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.]]> 182 Paulo Coelho 0062315005 Gabriel 5 favorites 4.01 1988
author: Paulo Coelho
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.01
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rating: 5
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]]> 23848190 320 Jocko Willink 1250067057 Gabriel 5 * Lead By Example: make no excuses and set the precedence
* Take Action: develop solutions and solve problems
* Be Responsible: honor commitments and be dependable
* Communicate: give clear direction and listen to feedback
* Own The Outcome: reflect and improve instead of blaming
* Believe: show confidence in the vision and be engaged
* Be Humble: check your ego and stay objective
* Keep It Simple: understandable goals, one step at a time
* Decentralize: help others lead and ensure all know the why
* Plan: be prepared, give your team the power to think and act

I'm rereading this and then moving on to The Dichotomy of Leadership; thereafter repeating.]]> 4.23 2015
author: Jocko Willink
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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EXTREME OWNERSHIP
* Lead By Example: make no excuses and set the precedence
* Take Action: develop solutions and solve problems
* Be Responsible: honor commitments and be dependable
* Communicate: give clear direction and listen to feedback
* Own The Outcome: reflect and improve instead of blaming
* Believe: show confidence in the vision and be engaged
* Be Humble: check your ego and stay objective
* Keep It Simple: understandable goals, one step at a time
* Decentralize: help others lead and ensure all know the why
* Plan: be prepared, give your team the power to think and act

I'm rereading this and then moving on to The Dichotomy of Leadership; thereafter repeating.
]]> 38714388
From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Ownership comes a new and revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership balance crucial to victory.

With their first book, Extreme Ownership (published in October 2015), Jocko Willink and Leif Babin set a new standard for leadership, challenging readers to become better leaders, better followers, and better people, in both their professional and personal lives. Now, in THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP , Jocko and Leif dive even deeper into the unchartered and complex waters of a concept first introduced in Extreme Ownership : finding balance between the opposing forces that pull every leader in different directions. Here, Willink and Babin get granular into the nuances that every successful leader must navigate.

Mastering the Dichotomy of Leadership requires understanding when to lead and when to follow; when to aggressively maneuver and when to pause and let things develop; when to detach and let the team run and when to dive into the details and micromanage. In addition, every leader
· Take Extreme Ownership of everything that impacts their mission, yet utilize Decentralize Command by giving ownership to their team.
· Care deeply about their people and their individual success and livelihoods, yet look out for the good of the overall team and above all accomplish the strategic mission.
· Exhibit the most important quality in a leader―humility, but also be willing to speak up and push back against questionable decisions that could hurt the team and the mission.

With examples from the authors�� combat and training experiences in the SEAL teams, and then a demonstration of how each lesson applies to the business world, Willink and Babin clearly explain THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP �� skills that are mission-critical for any leader and any team to achieve their ultimate VICTORY.]]> 320 Jocko Willink 1250195780 Gabriel 5 * Equilibrium: Leadership requires balance
* Walk A Fine Line: Don’t go too far/extreme
* Explain: Decentralized command details
* Balance: Modulate as situations arise
* Back Off: Give room to take ownership]]> 4.35 2018
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.35
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rating: 5
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The Dichotomy of Leadership is an important follow-up to Extreme Ownership, guiding these Leadership lessons. Intended to produce the best outcome among teams, and based on business consultation results with examples given from a variety of situations. An important array of reflections and a good example of "extreme ownership" for the recommended leadership tools given in the former book and herein sharpened.
* Equilibrium: Leadership requires balance
* Walk A Fine Line: Don’t go too far/extreme
* Explain: Decentralized command details
* Balance: Modulate as situations arise
* Back Off: Give room to take ownership
]]> 43355082 The new edition of an international bestseller helps individuals and organizations shift to a new mindset that will improve performance, spark collaboration, accelerate innovation, and make your life and the lives of everyone around you better.

Without even being aware of it, many of us operate from an inward mindset, a single-minded focus on our own goals and objectives. This book points out the many ways, some quite subtle and deceptive, that this mindset invites tension and conflict. But incredible things happen when people switch to an outward mindset. They intuitively understand what coworkers, colleagues, family, and friends need to be successful and happy. Their organizations thrive, and astonishingly, by focusing on others they become happier and more successful themselves! This new mindset brings about deep and far-reaching changes.

The Outward Mindset presents compelling true stories to illustrate the gaps that individuals and organizations typically experience between their actual inward mindsets and their needed outward mindsets. And it provides simple yet profound guidance and tools to help bridge this mindset gap. This new edition includes a new preface, updated case studies, and new material covering Arbinger's latest research on mindsets. In the long run, changing negative behavior without changing one's mindset doesn't last--the old behaviors always reassert themselves. But changing the mindset that causes the behavior changes everything.]]> 208 Arbinger Institute 1523087307 Gabriel 5 growth, leadership, favorites
I guess what I'm saying is I personally love these books and I cannot get enough of them. That's because the subject is so transformative and in my humble opinion important enough that I want to keep hammering it into my thick skull. I wholeheartedly recommend this book and the whole series.

One last note: I think these pair quite nicely with the Extreme Ownership series of books, so read them all! :)]]> 4.01 2016
author: Arbinger Institute
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.01
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While the first two in this series are mostly narrative, this book gives real-life and hard hitting examples with direct business and personal impact of the concepts presented in [The Arbinger Institute's] "Leadership and Self-Deception" and "The Anatomy of Peace" books. I find that all three are necessary for _fully grasping_ the concept and making an impactful and reflective life-change. I also find that by the end of this, the third book, I want to start over and yet the directness of "The Outward Mindset" makes me want to reread this book [again] immediately.

I guess what I'm saying is I personally love these books and I cannot get enough of them. That's because the subject is so transformative and in my humble opinion important enough that I want to keep hammering it into my thick skull. I wholeheartedly recommend this book and the whole series.

One last note: I think these pair quite nicely with the Extreme Ownership series of books, so read them all! :)
]]> 125063314
The world’s greatest bodybuilder. The world’s highest-paid movie star. The leader of the world’s sixth-largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident.
��
Arnold’s stratospheric success happened as part of a process. As the result of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication, resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and a commitment to giving back. All of it guided by the one lesson Arnold’s father hammered into him above be useful. As Arnold conquered every realm he entered, he kept his father’s adage close to his heart.
��
Written with his uniquely earnest, blunt, powerful voice, Be Useful takes readers on an inspirational tour through Arnold’s tool kit for a meaningful life. He shows us how to put those tools to work, in service of whatever fulfilling future we can dream up for ourselves. He brings his insights to vivid life with compelling personal stories, life-changing successes and life-threatening failures alike—some of them famous; some told here for the first time ever.
��
Too many of us struggle to disconnect from our self-pity and connect to our purpose. At an early age, Arnold forged the mental tools to build the ladder out of the poverty and narrow-mindedness of his rural Austrian hometown, tools he used to add rung after rung from there. Now he shares that wisdom with all of us. As he puts it, no one is going to come rescue you—you only have yourself. The good news, it turns out, is that you are all you need.]]> 288 Arnold Schwarzenegger 0593655958 Gabriel 5 4.09 2023
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.09
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]]> 6294 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye.]]> 329 Diana Wynne Jones 006441034X Gabriel 0 fiction 4.30 1986
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.30
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]]> 22103881 The One Minute Manager® has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless, our world has changed drastically since the book’s publication. The exponential rise of technology, global flattening of markets, instant communication, and pressures on corporate workforces to do more with less—including resources, funding, and staff—have all revolutionized the world in which we live and work.

Now, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson have written The New One Minute Manager to introduce the book’s powerful, important lessons to a new generation. In their concise, easy-to-read story, they teach readers three very practical secrets about leading others—and explain why these techniques continue to work so well.

As compelling today as the original was thirty years ago, this classic parable of a young man looking for an effective manager is more relevant and useful than ever.]]> 112 Kenneth H. Blanchard 0062367544 Gabriel 0 to-read, leadership 3.76 1981
author: Kenneth H. Blanchard
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.76
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rating: 0
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]]> 49181801
Soon an orphan boy from the charitable home next door, a mysterious tall man in ginger whiskers, a disgruntled school worker, and a take-no-prisoners business tycoon are in hot pursuit of Maeve and her magical discovery. It'll take all of her quick thinking and sass to set matters right.]]> 363 Julie Berry 1728223253 Gabriel 4 fiction 3.87 2018
author: Julie Berry
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> 41721428 New York Times Best SellerOver 5 million copies soldFor David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare -- poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him "The Fittest (Real) Man in America."In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.]]> 366 David Goggins 1544512260 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.30 2018
author: David Goggins
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.30
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]]> 200152581 316 Nina Da Cruz Gabriel 0 4.96
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average rating: 4.96
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]]> 63125653 2 Michael Buckley Gabriel 0 fiction 4.11
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]]> 55951995 This is a very, very sad story. The characters suffer terrible tragedies. People die in unspeakable ways. Only a truly horrible person would be amused by their misfortune.

Nevertheless, it is kind of funny.

My advice is that you listen to this all by yourself. People can be judgy.

If you’re a fan of A Series of Unfortunate Events, Edward Scissorhands, or the darkest bits of Roald Dahl, the Weirdie triplets - Barnacle, Garlic, and Melancholy - will feel like old friends. After being left behind when the entire estate of Deadeye Manor is packed up for a doomed vacation cruise, the triplets have to learn how to fend for themselves. (When a staff of 200 servants has taken care of your every need, even brushing your own teeth is a mountainous task.) From their time at the Our Lady of the Perpetual Side-Eye Orphanage to their adoptive home on picture-perfect Sunshine Circle, the Weirdies have a lot to learn about the world...but, at least, they have each other.

©2020 Michael Buckley (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.]]> 2 Michael Buckley Gabriel 0 fiction 3.99 2020
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.99
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]]> 2956 327 Mark Twain 0142437174 Gabriel 0 fiction 3.82 1884
author: Mark Twain
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.82
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rating: 0
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]]> 18296144
Things a Little Bird Told Me

From GQ 's "Nerd of the Year" to one of Time 's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly positive and remarkably savvy co-founder of Twitter-the social media platform that singlehandedly changed the way the world works. Now, Biz tells fascinating, pivotal, and personal stories from his early life and his careers at Google and Twitter, sharing his knowledge about the nature and importance of ingenuity today. In Biz's world:

Opportunity can be manufactured
Great work comes from abandoning a linear way of thinking
Creativity never runs out
Asking questions is free
Empathy is core to personal and global success

In this book, Biz also addresses failure, the value of vulnerability, ambition, and corporate culture. Whether seeking behind-the-scenes stories, advice, or wisdom and principles from one of the most successful businessmen of the new century, Things a Little Bird Told Me will satisfy every reader.]]> 240 Biz Stone 1455528714 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 3.90 2014
author: Biz Stone
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.90
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]]> 61469917 Andrew Gazdecki knows startups. He founded Bizness Apps as a broke, twenty-something entrepreneur and sold it to a private equity firm before the age of thirty-after going head-to-head with Apple over a blanket App Store policy that threatened to ruin him.




He's been a growth consultant for several more multimillion-dollar startups. His companies have been featured in TechCrunch more than a dozen times.��




Now, he shares his remarkable story in Getting How I Built and Sold My SaaS Startup. Follow Gazdecki's starting a company at the age of twenty-one and hiring, then leading, over one hundred employees without any real work experience of his own.




This honest, personal look behind the scenes reveals both his successes and his mistakes as he labored to build a compelling brand story and catalyze growth on a shoestring budget, almost lost everything, and finally sold the company for millions at the age of twenty-nine.





]]> 270 Andrew Gazdecki 1544522878 Gabriel 0 to-read, leadership 4.18
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name: Gabriel
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]]> 596246
When Jack's aunt is forced to sell her beloved mansion but is still unable to raise enough money to pay her debts, the twelve-year-old goes to California in search of gold to help her. Joined by his trusty butler, Praiseworthy, Jack finds adventure and trouble at every turn. Will Jack strike gold in San Francisco or come home empty-handed?]]> 224 Sid Fleischman 0316286125 Gabriel 4 fiction 4.11 1963
author: Sid Fleischman
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1963
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/22
date added: 2023/04/22
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]]> 848514 246 Eliyahu M. Goldratt 0884271536 Gabriel 0 to-read, leadership 3.98 1997
author: Eliyahu M. Goldratt
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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]]> 8997432 Your knowledge: everything that comes from all the books that I’ll encourage you to devour.Your network: the collection of friends and contacts you now have, which I’ll teach you how to grow and nurture.Your compassion: that human warmth you already possess—in these pages I’ll convince you that you can show it freely at the office.What happens when you do all this?* You become a rich source of information to all around you.* You are seen as a person with valuable insight.* You are perceived as generous to a fault, producing surprise and delight.* You double your business intelligence in one year.* You triple your network of personal relationships in two years.* You quadruple the number of colleagues in your life who love you like family.In short, you become one of those amazing, outstanding people to whom everyone turns, who leads rather than follows, who never runs out of ideas, contacts, or friendship.Here’s the real Nice guys don’t finish last. They rule!]]> 236 Tim Sanders Gabriel 0 3.83 2002
author: Tim Sanders
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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]]> 33898876 From Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the physician behind the trusted and wildly popular website Nutritionfacts.org, and author of the New York Times bestselling book How Not to Die, comes a beautifully-designed, comprehensive cookbook complete with more than 120 recipes for delicious, life-saving, plant-based meals, snacks, and beverages.

Dr. Michael Greger’s bestselling book, How Not to Die, presented the scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of premature death and disability. Now, The How Not to Die Cookbook puts that science into action. From Superfood Breakfast Bites to Spaghetti Squash Puttanesca to Two-Berry Pie with Pecan-Sunflower Crust, every recipe in The How Not to Die Cookbook offers a delectable, easy-to-prepare, plant-based dish to help anyone eat their way to better health.

Rooted in the latest nutrition science, these easy-to-follow, stunningly photographed recipes will appeal to anyone looking to live a longer, healthier life. Featuring Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen—the best ingredients to add years to your life��The How Not to Die Cookbook is destined to become an essential tool in healthy kitchens everywhere.]]> 249 Michael Greger 1250127769 Gabriel 0 to-read, culinary 4.07 2017
author: Michael Greger
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.07
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]]> 62707096
The world’s leading high-performance coach and multiple New York Times best-selling author Brendon Burchard delivers the six habits of personal growth that will help you create the life of your dreams.

Those six habits are:

Motivation: Discover the three keys to lasting motivation. Learn how to diagnose and combat burnout. Find out the daily habits that increase motivation—and make them part of your morning routine.

Focus: Assess where you stand with respect to the 10 main areas of life—mental health, physical health, family, friends, finances, mission, spirit, adventure, learning, and growth—and commit to the desired improvements. Leverage the habit formation process. Capture daily insights via journaling and habit tracking.

Confidence: We all face self-doubt. Start to embrace it as a signal to learn—to prepare more, to get better, to ready yourself. Think of it as a catalyst, not an inhibitor. Step into your authenticity to feel more comfortable in social situations.

Energy: Learn revving and renewal practices that will fuel you for the life you want to lead. Drill down on meditation, exercise, diet, and sleep in an entirely new way.

Purpose: Don’t think that you have to have only one. Learn to make purpose smaller. Translate it into purposeful living—the everyday “points of purpose�� that present opportunities for meaning and service..

Leadership: Discover how to enlist and persuade others to support your ideas; how to deal with conflict; and how to get everyone around you to perform at their best.

Forged from Brendon Burchard’s personal experiences, data from his GrowthDay app, and his many years as a high-performance coach, The 6 Habits of Growth presents the tools you need to construct the life of your dreams. Full of practical examples and narrated by Brendon Burchard himself, The 6 Habits of Growth is an Audible Original designed to get you unstuck and headed in the right direction.]]> Brendon Burchard Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.00
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]]> 23626805
For decades, the field of neuroscience has been in a near-constant state of disruptive transformation, as we continually learn more about our incredible brains. Thanks to rapid advances in technology and in our understanding of the brain, today’s neuroscience research goes far beyond trying to understand how the brain works, and into the search for proven ways to optimize brain performance. In Your Best Brain, Professor John J. Medina - an award-winning scientist, New York Times best-selling author, and leading advocate for brain research - delivers 24 exciting lectures that probe the origins of consciousness, memory, emotion, attention, intelligence, and beyond. He focuses on five key areas of study in neuroscience: the brain’s physical structure and function, and how it enabled us to become the planet’s apex predator; the ways in which the brain processes information, and how that relates to intelligence; the intricacies of emotions and socialization, and how empathy is a vital survival mechanism; how our brains develop and change throughout our lifetimes; and how we can best use and expand our cerebral processing performance. After gaining a thorough understanding of the science behind your best brain, you’ll learn scientifically proven methods for improving your memory, boosting your creativity, and keeping your mind sharp for years to come.]]> 440 John Medina Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.14 2014
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.14
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]]> 28691896 From worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey comes Dog Man, the canine cop who's part dog, part man, and All Hero!

Get ready for Action, Suspense, Romance... and Laffs!

George and Harold have created a new breed of justice. When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound digs into deception, claws after crooks, rolls over robbers, and scampers after squirrels. Will he be able to resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty?

Dav Pilkey's wildly popular 'Dog Man' Series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of being true to one's self. This new series may use conventional spelling, but it is still full of all the same humor and fun of George and Harold's previous graphic novels!

Age Rating: 6-8+ / Grades 2-3+ / Lexile GN390L
Edition MSRP: $9⁹⁹ US / $12⁹⁹ CAN / £12⁹⁹ UK (ISBN 978-0-545-58160-8)
Printed in China]]> 231 Dav Pilkey 0545581605 Gabriel 0 4.09 2016
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> 58537332 In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.

In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal�� when it comes to health?

Over four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of “normal�� as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today’s culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society—and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Co-written with his son Daniel, The Myth of Normal is Maté’s most ambitious and urgent book yet.]]> 576 Gabor Maté 0593083881 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.30 2022
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.30
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]]> 57717840 Meet the incredible monsters of the prehistoric world.

Dig into the past and discover dinosaurs by examining the fossils they left behind. This essential guide to dinosaurs, from tiny, chicken-sized Compsognathus to the mighty, long-necked Brachiosaurus, this book unearths fascinating facts about these prehistoric creatures.

DK Eyewitness Dinosaur looks closely at different types of dinosaurs and their body parts, diets, senses, evolution, and more. With colorful and factual illustrations commissioned with expert guidance, and informative labels, statistics, and fun-filled facts, this is the perfect all around guide for dinosaur lovers and budding paleontologists. Take a trip through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods and enjoy learning all there is to know about your favorite prehistoric creatures.

With a groundbreaking visual approach, and clear, child-friendly text, DK Eyewitness books have been trusted favorites of parents, teachers, and school-age children since 1985. Now the series is having an exciting makeover, with a fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new eyewitness feature--fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field. Perfectly conceived for younger readers, and packed with pictures, stories, at-a-glance infographics, and so much more, let Eyewitness be your expert guide to a world that is always changing.]]> 72 David Lambert 0744039088 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.47 1985
author: David Lambert
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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]]> 59891634 ��
In�� SMART The Power of Saying More with Less , �� Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz teach readers how to say more with less in virtually any format. They also share communications lessons learned from their decades of experience in media, business and communications.
��]]> 224 Jim Vandehei 1523516976 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth, leadership 3.91 2022
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.91
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]]> 59883566 ��
No matter your story or your struggle, Eric Thomas—celebrated motivational guru, educator, and problem-solver to many of the top athletes and business leaders—will “help you work harder, discover your real motivation, and crack the code of enduring success�� (Ed Mylett, #1 bestselling author of The Power of One More )

If you feel like success is for others, that only certain people get to have their dreams fulfilled, Eric Thomas’s You Owe You is your wake-up call. His urgent message to stop waiting for inspiration to strike and take control of your life is one he wishes someone had given him when he was a teenager—lost, homeless, failing in school, and dealing with the challenges of being a young Black man in America.

Once he was able to break free from thinking of himself as a victim and truly understand his strengths, he switched the script. And now, with this book, Thomas reveals how you, too, can rewrite your life's script. With support, he recognized that his unique gift is being able to capture the attention of all kinds of people in all kinds of settings—boardrooms, locker rooms, churches, classrooms, even the streets—thanks to his wealth of experiences and command of language. Today, Thomas considers himself blessed to speak to an audience that is as large as it is diverse, from the rich and famous to kids struggling in school to young men in prison hoping for a new start.

Thomas’s secrets of success have already helped hundreds of thousands on their journey, but this is his first guide to show you how to start today, right now. These critical first steps include deeply understanding yourself and the world around you, finding your why, accepting that you may have to give up something good for something great, and constantly stretching toward your potential. No matter where you are on your journey toward greatness, you owe it to yourself to become fully, authentically you. And Eric Thomas’s You Owe You can help get you there.]]> 288 Eric Thomas 0593234987 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth, leadership 4.04
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]]> 42118073
Bill Campbell played an instrumental role in the growth of several prominent companies, such as Google, Apple, and Intuit, fostering deep relationships with Silicon Valley visionaries, including Steve Jobs, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt. In addition, this business genius mentored dozens of other important leaders on both coasts, from entrepreneurs to venture capitalists to educators to football players, leaving behind a legacy of growing companies, successful people, respect, friendship, and love after his death in 2016.

Leaders at Google for over a decade, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle experienced firsthand how the man fondly known as Coach Bill built trusting relationships, fostered personal growth—even in those at the pinnacle of their careers—inspired courage, and identified and resolved simmering tensions that inevitably arise in fast-moving environments. To honor their mentor and inspire and teach future generations, they have codified his wisdom in this essential guide.

Based on interviews with over eighty people who knew and loved Bill Campbell, Trillion Dollar Coach explains the Coach’s principles and illustrates them with stories from the many great people and companies with which he worked. The result is a blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create higher performing and faster moving cultures, teams, and companies.]]> 240 Eric Schmidt 0062839268 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth, leadership 3.94 2019
author: Eric Schmidt
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.94
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]]> 192221 288 G. Pólya 069111966X Gabriel 0 to-read 4.14 1944
author: G. Pólya
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1944
rating: 0
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]]> 7109681 Brian D. Biro 0786585145 Gabriel 0 3.67 1951
author: Brian D. Biro
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1951
rating: 0
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]]> 44135420 Effective software teams are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and sustainably. But how do you build the best team organization for your specific goals, culture, and needs?

Team Topologies is a practical, step-by-step, adaptive model for organizational design and team interaction based on four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns. It is a model that treats teams as the fundamental means of delivery, where team structures and communication pathways are able to evolve with technological and organizational maturity.

In Team Topologies, IT consultants Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais share secrets of successful team patterns and interactions to help readers choose and evolve the right team patterns for their organization, making sure to keep the software healthy and optimize value streams.

Team Topologies is a major step forward in organizational design for software, presenting a well-defined way for teams to interact and interrelate that helps make the resulting software architecture clearer and more sustainable, turning inter-team problems into valuable signals for the self-steering organization.

]]> 240 Matthew Skelton 1942788827 Gabriel 0 to-read, leadership 4.15 2019
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.15
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]]> 50542352
You are not alone. After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was ‘surrounded by idiots��, communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with certain types of people.

Surrounded by Idiots is an international phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide. It offers a simple, yet ground-breaking method for assessing the personalities of people we communicate with �� in and out of the office �� based on four personality types (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow), and provides insights into how we can adjust the way we speak and share information.

Erikson will help you understand yourself better, hone communication and social skills, handle conflict with confidence, improve dynamics with your boss and team, and get the best out of the people you deal with and manage. He also shares simple tricks on body language, improving written communication, advice on when to back away or when to push on, and when to speak up or shut up. Packed with ‘aha!�� and ‘oh no!�� moments, Surrounded by Idiots will help you understand and communicate with those around you, even people you currently think are beyond all comprehension.

And with a bit of luck you can also be confident that the idiot out there isn’t you!]]> 304 Thomas Erikson 1250179939 Gabriel 0 leadership 3.53 2014
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2014
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]]> 1678666 Over two million copies sold.

Stephen M. R. Covey shows how trust—and the speed at which it is established with clients, employees, and all stakeholders—is the single most critical component of a successful leader and organization.

Stephen M. R. Covey, widely known as one of the world’s leading authorities on trust, asserts that it is “the most overlooked, misunderstood, underutilized asset to enable performance. Its impact, for good or bad, is dramatic and pervasive. It’s something you can’t escape.�� Thankfully, it’s is also the thing that can dramatically improve your personal and professional success.

Why trust? The simple, often overlooked fact is this: work gets done with and through people. The Speed of Trust offers an unprecedented and eminently practical look at exactly how trust functions in every transaction and every relationship—from the most personal to the broadest, most indirect interaction. It specifically demonstrates how to establish trust intentionally so that you and your organization can forego the time-killing, bureaucratic check-and-balance processes that is so often deployed in lieu of actual trust.

This 2018 updated edition includes an insightful afterword by the author which explores ten key reasons why trust is more relevant now than ever before—including how trust is the new currency of our world today.]]> 354 Stephen M.R. Covey 1416549005 Gabriel 5 leadership, growth, parenting ]]> 4.06
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name: Gabriel
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Fantastic book about the effects of trust in personal, family and business relationships. I highly recommend The SPEED of Trust, and I'm going to read it again just to make sure it sinks in and makes a difference. Some key points to Build #Trust below; much more in the book:

]]> 11721498
As Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer explain in The Progress Principle , seemingly mundane workday events can make or break employees�� inner work lives. But it’s forward momentum in meaningful work—progress—that creates the best inner work lives. Through rigorous analysis of nearly 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees in 7 companies, the authors explain how managers can foster progress and enhance inner work life every day.

The book shows how to remove obstacles to progress, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships. It also explains how to activate two forces that enable (1) catalysts —events that directly facilitate project work, such as clear goals and autonomy—and (2) nourishers —interpersonal events that uplift workers, including encouragement and demonstrations of respect and collegiality.

Brimming with honest examples from the companies studied, The Progress Principle equips aspiring and seasoned leaders alike with the insights they need to maximize their people’s performance.]]> 272 Teresa Amabile 142219857X Gabriel 5 growth, leadership 3.82 2011
author: Teresa Amabile
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> 54785515 The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.

Nobody needs to be told there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and ceaseless battle against distraction; we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient and life hacks to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.

Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with “getting everything done,�� Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing that many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things differently.]]> 271 Oliver Burkeman 0374159122 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.20 2021
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.20
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]]> 58393585
Why do some great ideas take off and soar, while others never get off the ground? Where does that elusive sense of being part of something larger than ourselves come from? How can each of us harness that feeling to help fuel the world’s best ideas and turn them into movements?

In Larger Than Yourself , Thibault Manekin tells gripping stories about inspirational people and pivotal moments that answer these questions at a time when social entrepreneurship is no longer a buzzword but a global necessity. He shares his experiences helping to bridge social divides in war-torn countries through sports and reimagining the real estate industry so that buildings empower communities and unite cities, illustrating how we all can turn ideas into movements. The seven distinct lessons that emerge become actionable principles for the doers and dreamers of today, inspiring you with takeaways to assist in the pursuit of your own endeavors.]]> 304 Thibault Manekin 1608687597 Gabriel 4 growth, leadership 4.54
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.54
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]]> 38315 Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile,and The Bed of Procrustes.]]> 368 Nassim Nicholas Taleb 0812975219 Gabriel 5 technical 4.08 2001
author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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This is a really deep and heavy, intellectual book. Having read Antifragile first, I can now see how this was a precursor to that book. I'd recommend Fooled by Randomness, but read it when you're ready to focus and really think and/or concentrate. Not really a book to read or listen-to when you are distracted. Great subject matter though, and quite well thought through. It even has Nassim's dry humor sprinkled in, which I appreciate.
]]> 6667514 The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist

We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. Even in the immensely complex world of surgery, a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third.

In riveting stories, Gawande takes us from Austria, where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater, to Michigan, where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine, from disaster response to investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.

An intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and one simple idea makes a tremendous difference, The Checklist Manifesto is essential reading for anyone working to get things right.]]> 208 Atul Gawande 0805091742 Gabriel 0 to-read, leadership, growth 4.00 2009
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.00
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]]> 59383944 Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller

The secret to leading growth is your mindset

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman is one of the tech world's most accomplished executives in enterprise growth, having led Snowflake to the largest software IPO ever after leading ServiceNow and Data Domain to exponential growth and the public market before that. In Amp It Up Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity, he shares his leadership approach for the first time.

Amp It Up delivers an authoritative look at what it takes to transform an organization for maximum growth and scale. Slootman shows that most leaders have significant room to improve their organization's performance without making expensive changes to their talent, structure, or fundamental business model--and they don't need to bring in an army of consultants to do it. What they do need is to align people around what matters and execute with urgency and intensity every day.

Leading for unprecedented growth means declaring war on mediocrity, breaking the status quo, and making conflicted choices daily, all with a relentless focus on the mission. Amp It Up provides the first principles to guide that change, and the tactical advice for organizing a company around them.

Perfect for executives, entrepreneurs, founders, managers, and leaders of all kinds, Amp It Up is a must-read resource for anyone who seeks to unleash the growth potential of a company and scale it to heights they never thought possible.]]> 208 Frank Slootman 1119836409 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth, leadership 3.97 2022
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.97
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]]> 58640761 Have you ever intended to stick to your diet but ended up microwaving a pizza?
Have you ever intended to get to bed early but ended up seeing your laptop clock hit 02:00 AM?
Then I have good news and bad news.
The bad news is you lack self-control.
The good news is you’re human.
My goal is to make you superhuman.

In this book you’ll learn how to take control of your body and mind by drawing on cognitive neurosciences and behavioral psychology. I've distilled the knowledge of 542 scientific references into 53 practical tips to improve your willpower. In 6 chapters I cover the essentials of how the human mind works, what willpower is, how to be more productive, how to stick to your diet, how to make your workouts less effortful and how to motivate yourself.

After reading this book, you should experience higher work productivity, better diet adherence and ultimately more success in life.]]> 385 Menno Henselmans Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.24
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]]> 56238145 152 Barbara Koltuska-Haskin 1948749610 Gabriel 0 to-read 3.91 2020
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.91
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]]> 38720692
Breaking Through captures the stories of executives who have successfully broken through the barriers of growth to identify what they all have in common. We then supplement these findings with decades of industry expertise including Charted Path’s management consulting experience along with SIA’s extensive research portfolio. It is our hope that you can take the lessons in this book to become more effective leaders, realize your vision, and build an exceptional company.]]> 276 Mike Cleland 1939753066 Gabriel 0 to-read, leadership 4.21
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]]> 41667 Jean Craighead George, author of more than 80 children's books, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves, created another prizewinner with My Side of the Mountain--a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, and a Hans Christian Andersen Award Honor Book. Astonishingly, she wrote its sequel, On the Far Side of the Mountain, 30 years later, and a decade after that penned the final book in the trilogy, Frightful's Mountain, told from the falcon's point of view. George has no doubt shaped generations of young readers with her outdoor adventures of the mind and spirit. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter

]]> 177 Jean Craighead George 0142401110 Gabriel 5 fiction 4.10 1959
author: Jean Craighead George
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1959
rating: 5
read at: 2022/01/13
date added: 2022/01/21
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]]> 59999991 Klara and the Sun, the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, tells the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her.

Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love?]]> 303 Kazuo Ishiguro 0593311299 Gabriel 0 to-read 3.71 2021
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 9245232


Russ Harris offers a surprising solution to low self-confidence, shyness, and insecurity: rather than trying to "get over" our fears, he says, the secret is to form a new and wiser relationship with them. Paradoxically, it's only when we stop struggling against our fearfulness that we begin to find lasting freedom from it.



Drawing on the techniques of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a cutting-edge form of cognitive-behavioral therapy, The Confidence Gap explains how to



�� Free yourself from common misconceptions about what confidence is and how to build it
�� Transform your relationship with fear and anxiety
�� Clarify your core values and use them as your inspiration and motivation
�� Use mindfulness to effectively handle negative thoughts and feelings
]]> 292 Russ Harris 1849016887 Gabriel 5 growth 4.01 2010
author: Russ Harris
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2022/01/13
date added: 2022/01/13
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Fantastic content and enlightening in ways I did not expect. Even if you have confidence, this book may open your eyes to see through cultural rules and advice and find true peace of mind and resolution. I loved it and I'm now rereading this book. Recommend it to anyone for a logical, fact based approach to mindfulness.
]]> 114363
"The study of the art of motorcycle maintainence is really a study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon." -- Robert M. Pirsig

"Profoundly important... full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas... It is intellectual entertainment of the highest order." -- "The New York Times"

"It lodges in the mind as few recent novels have... The book is inspired, original... As the mountains gentle toward the sea--with father and child locked in a ghostly grip--the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism... The analogies with "Moby Dick" are patent. Robert Pirsig invites the prodigious comparison... What more can one say?" -- "The New Yorker"

"It's a miracle.. sparkles like an electric dream. Freshness, originality... that seduces you into loving motorcycles, as tender in their pistons as the petals in the Buddah's dawn lotus." -- "The Village Voice"]]> 380 Robert M. Pirsig 0553277472 Gabriel 0 growth, to-read 3.61 1974
author: Robert M. Pirsig
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.61
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]]> 41881472 242 Morgan Housel 0857197681 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.28 2020
author: Morgan Housel
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2020
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]]> 33914145 Locked in a vault since 1941, here is Napoleon Hill's definitive lesson on how to organize your thinking to attain success!

In How to Own Your Mind, you receive a one-of-a-kind master class in how to think for success from motivational pioneer and author of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill. In three compelling chapters, Hill demonstrates how to organize, prioritize, and act on information so that it translates into opportunity.

Knowledge is not power. Only applied knowledge is power. This book teaches you how to use what you know, and how to know what's worth knowing.

"The name Napoleon Hill is synonymous with practical advice on how to get ahead."--Mitch Horowitz, CNBC]]> 288 Napoleon Hill 0143111523 Gabriel 5 growth Chapter 2 of How to Own Your Own Mind, in my opinion, is essential wisdom in Self-actualization.

While some context in the book is dated, the content is absolutely enlightening and still relevant.
This is a book you will need to reread at least a few times, while reflecting over the content and then renewing the information and repeating. Do put some time into allowing this esoteric and high-level knowledge reflect upon you.

I recommend this book.]]> 3.89
author: Napoleon Hill
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.89
book published:
rating: 5
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date added: 2021/12/07
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How to Own Your Own Mind is a great and important follow-up to Think and Grow Rich by N.Hill, which if you enjoyed the latter, then you will realize that it was merely the tip of the iceberg.
Chapter 2 of How to Own Your Own Mind, in my opinion, is essential wisdom in Self-actualization.

While some context in the book is dated, the content is absolutely enlightening and still relevant.
This is a book you will need to reread at least a few times, while reflecting over the content and then renewing the information and repeating. Do put some time into allowing this esoteric and high-level knowledge reflect upon you.

I recommend this book.
]]> 40611328
The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown gorilla who is nibbling delicately on a slender branch. "You are the teacher?" he asks incredulously. "I am the teacher," the gorilla replies. Ishmael is a creature of immense wisdom and he has a story to tell, one that no other human being has ever heard. It is a story that extends backward and forward over the lifespan of the earth from the birth of time to a future there is still time save. Like all great teachers, Ishmael refuses to make the lesson easy; he demands the final illumination to come from within ourselves. Is it man's destiny to rule the world? Or is it a higher destiny possible for him-- one more wonderful than he has ever imagined?]]> 338 Daniel Quinn Gabriel 4 growth
I have but one criticism which to me seemed an unnecessary slight: Chapter 3, in the story of Cane and Able: “my fair, or maggot colored face��, “it doesn’t pay to mess with people with white faces��. This 1) is an unscientific assumption (as we simply do not know) that in said era those people's skin color had changed, and 2) it's not right to make this bigoted statement about any skin color as history shows people from all regions at some time have conquered even those that look their same for means of power. This one example aside, I still enjoyed this book and will reread it and reflect upon its core wisdoms.]]> 4.07 1992
author: Daniel Quinn
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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I liked the insight of not assuming that we are the masters over nature, which [imo] is an arrogance of humans in our desire to control. We really should evolve or maybe it's regress, back to allowing nature to work in its own harmony. Humans are merely passengers on this planet which is like a starship traveling through space, and there are species here that maintain the life support systems that all Earthlings rely upon.

I have but one criticism which to me seemed an unnecessary slight: Chapter 3, in the story of Cane and Able: “my fair, or maggot colored face��, “it doesn’t pay to mess with people with white faces��. This 1) is an unscientific assumption (as we simply do not know) that in said era those people's skin color had changed, and 2) it's not right to make this bigoted statement about any skin color as history shows people from all regions at some time have conquered even those that look their same for means of power. This one example aside, I still enjoyed this book and will reread it and reflect upon its core wisdoms.
]]> 103867 Descartes�� Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio��"one of the world’s leading neurologists" (The New York Times)—challenged traditional ideas about the connection between emotions and rationality. In this wondrously engaging book, Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior.]]> 336 António Damásio 014303622X Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 3.97 1994
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1994
rating: 0
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]]> 14572
World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on the path to “mindfulness”—the process of keeping our consciousness alive to our present experience and reality. The most profound satisfactions, the deepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand as our next aware breath and the smile we can form right now.

Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh’s experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is—in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking a part—and shows how deep meditative presence is available now. Nhat Hanh provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through conscious breathing, which can bring immediate joy and peace. Nhat Hanh also shows how to be aware of relationships with others and of the world around us, its beauty and also its pollution and injustices. The deceptively simple practices of Peace Is Every Step encourage the reader to work for peace in the world as he or she continues to work on sustaining inner peace by turning the “mindless�� into the mindFUL.]]> 134 Thich Nhat Hanh 0553351397 Gabriel 4 growth 4.32 1992
author: Thich Nhat Hanh
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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date added: 2021/12/03
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]]> 153747 "It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it."

So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

This edition of Moby-Dick, which reproduces the definitive text of the novel, includes invaluable explanatory notes, along with maps, illustrations, and a glossary of nautical terms.]]> 720 Herman Melville 0142437247 Gabriel 0 to-read, fiction, growth 3.53 1851
author: Herman Melville
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.53
book published: 1851
rating: 0
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]]> 56688463 The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus - will show in this candid and counter-intuitive guide to the productivity benefits of meditation.

How to Train Your Mind digs deep into the practical, tactical benefits of a meditation practice - and how to integrate a meditation ritual into your own life. In addition to calming your mind and allowing you to slow down in an overanxious world, research shows that meditation can de-stimulate your mind so you can think more clearly, procrastinate less, and be more effective at everything you do - at work and at home.

Featuring guided meditations designed to fit your busy, unpredictable schedule, How to Train Your Mind is the ideal guide for anyone looking to improve productivity without sacrificing time. While much has been written about the spiritual and intangible benefits of meditation, as far as our productivity is concerned, meditation is in a league all its own.]]> Chris Bailey Gabriel 5 growth 3.82
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A simple approach to meditation for beginners, with good reminders for the experienced. A handful of effective, meaningful yet short guided meditations interlaced though the book. The author explains how he changed his perception on meditation and now appreciates its benefits, outlining several ways it can help ones life. I enjoyed this book, as it was informative, short and to the point.
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Self Love Notes is a collection of uplifting poetry, affirmations, and quotes celebrating unconditionally loving ourselves. It not only inspires but also invites the reader to nurture their hearts with accepting compassion and gratitude.

This message encourages us to love and appreciate our whole selves, despite our flaws and self-defined inadequacies, yet continue to strive for growth. It is intended for those who need to be reminded of their self-worth and know that they are loved.


My beginning in life
has not been easy,
nor was it fair or pretty.
But I hold onto few regrets.

The rough road cast the armor
of my impervious shell,
creating a sustainable
updated version of me
that is nearly unbreakable.

For all of this, I am grateful.
-Impervious Shell

Organized in three chapters; Worth, Vision, and Uplift, this book is perfect for the self-doubter, overthinker, and anyone on a healing journey from past adversity.]]> 201 Michelle G. Stradford 1737010321 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.31 2021
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.31
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Boundless Leadership provides a complete and systematic roadmap to finding meaning in your work, realizing your full leadership potential, and inspiring your team with resilience, innovation, compassion and confidence. Contemplative psychotherapist Joe Loizzo, MD, PhD, and executive advisor Elazar Aslan, MBA, PCC, offer a new science-based vision of leadership that prescribes disciplines of mind, heart, and body to help leaders cultivate clarity, compassion, and fearlessness for themselves and throughout their organization.

Boundless Leadership offers accessible, real world applications to bring ease to leading oneself and others, and provides examples from the authors' experience with clients, including CEOs of multi-billion-dollar businesses, entrepreneurs and managers trying to balance the complex challenges of work and life in our interdependent age. Each section includes a range of practices based on neuropsychology and contemplative science, including guided meditations to improve focus and awareness, cultivate empathy and compassion, and build fearlessness and flow. Each section also offers a practical application to ease daily challenges, including clarifying intentions for better decision-making, improving accountability and responsibility for better team collaboration, and embodying purpose to optimize impact on one’s organization and society at large. Boundless Leadership is especially needed during this explosion of remote working and provides advice and guidance to remain productive and joyful when your work environment is in flux. Whether you're a CEO, manager, team leader, consultant, coach, social entrepreneur or community activist, this book offers the tools you need to clarify your vision, lead others, and ignite positive change in the world—giving you a much needed advantage in today’s fast-paced digital age.]]> 288 Joe Loizzo 1611809215 Gabriel 0 to-read 3.67 2021
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.67
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The Power of Servant Leadership is a collection of eight of Greenleaf's most compelling essays on servant-leadership. These essays, published together in one volume for the first time, contain many of Greenleaf's best insights into the nature and practice of servant-leadership and show his continual refinement of the servant-as-leader concept. In addition, several of the essays focus on the related issues of spirit, commitment to vision, and wholeness.]]> 352 Robert K. Greenleaf 1576750353 Gabriel 5 growth, leadership 3.97 1998
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.97
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rating: 5
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For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a conservative reaction to powerful critiques of European society posed by Indigenous observers and intellectuals. Revisiting this encounter has startling implications for how we make sense of human history today, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery, and civilization itself.

Drawing on pathbreaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual shackles and perceive what’s really there. If humans did not spend 95 percent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume.

The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision, and a faith in the power of direct action.]]> 692 David Graeber 0374157359 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.20 2021
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.20
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]]> 127814 60 M. Scott Peck 0671709305 Gabriel 0 growth, to-read 4.00 1990
author: M. Scott Peck
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.00
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rating: 0
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author: M. Scott Peck
name: Gabriel
average rating: 5.00
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rating: 0
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]]> 774474 0 M. Scott Peck 0671730061 Gabriel 0 growth, to-read 3.09 1990
author: M. Scott Peck
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.09
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rating: 0
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]]> 341572 0 M. Scott Peck 067173377X Gabriel 0 growth, to-read 4.24 1991
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.24
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]]> 752578 0 M. Scott Peck 0671733761 Gabriel 0 growth, to-read 3.96 1991
author: M. Scott Peck
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.96
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]]> 10329339 0 M. Scott Peck 0743547489 Gabriel 0 growth, to-read 3.93 1988
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.93
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]]> 7371 Continue the journey of personal and spiritual growth with this wise and insightful book.]]> 252 M. Scott Peck 068484723X Gabriel 0 growth, to-read 4.10 1993
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.10
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]]> 10534 170 Sun Tzu Gabriel 4 growth, leadership 3.98 -400
author: Sun Tzu
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.98
book published: -400
rating: 4
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A good window into the strategic mind. I like it as much as The Prince, to which both have good information but neither are the quintessence of my admiration. Regardless I enjoy this like the other, for knowing the minds of many helps strengthen oneself, build resilience and readiness.
]]> 56419468 The foundational and wildly popular go-to resource for influence and persuasion—a renowned international bestseller, with over 5 million copies sold—now revised adding: new research, new insights, new examples, and online applications.

In the new edition of this highly acclaimed bestseller, Robert Cialdini��New York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasion—explains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights ethically in business and everyday settings. Using memorable stories and relatable examples, Cialdini makes this crucially important subject surprisingly easy. With Cialdini as a guide, you don’t have to be a scientist to learn how to use this science.


You’ll learn Cialdini’s Universal Principles of Influence, including new research and new uses so you can become an even more skilled persuader—and just as importantly, you’ll learn how to defend yourself against unethical influence attempts. You may think you know these principles, but without understanding their intricacies, you may be ceding their power to someone else.


Cialdini’s Principles of Persuasion:



Reciprocation
Commitment and Consistency
Social Proof��
Liking��
Authority
Scarcity
Unity, the newest principle for this edition
Understanding and applying the principles ethically is cost-free and deceptively easy. Backed by Dr. Cialdini’s 35 years of evidence-based, peer-reviewed scientific research—including a three-year field study on what leads people to change��Influence is a comprehensive guide to using these principles to move others in your direction.
]]> 592 Robert B. Cialdini 0062937677 Gabriel 4 4.40 1984
author: Robert B. Cialdini
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.40
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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From Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and his coauthors, a follow-up to groundbreaking bestseller�� Conscious Capitalism �� revealing what it takes to lead a purpose-driven, sustainable business.

John Mackey started a movement when he founded Whole Foods, bringing natural, organic food to the masses and not only changing the market, but breaking the mold. Now, for the first time, Conscious Leadership ��closely explores the vision, virtues, and mindset that have informed Mackey’s own leadership journey, providing a roadmap for innovative, value-based leadership—in business and in society.
��
Conscious Leadership ��demystifies strategies that have helped Mackey shepherd Whole Foods through four decades of incredible growth and innovation, including its recent sale to Amazon. Each chapter will challenge you to rethink conventional business wisdom through anecdotes, case studies, profiles of conscious leaders, and innovative techniques for self-development, culminating in an empowering call to action for entrepreneurs and trailblazers—to step up as leaders who see beyond the bottom line.]]> 272 John Mackey 0593083628 Gabriel 0 leadership, to-read 3.70 2020
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.70
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]]> 35852435 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives.

Becoming Supernatural marries the some of the most profound scientific information with ancient wisdom to show how people like you and me can experience a more mystical life.

Readers will learn that we are, quite literally supernatural by nature if given the proper knowledge and instruction, and when we learn how to apply that information through various meditations, we should experience a greater expression of our creative abilities; that we have the capacity to tune in to frequencies beyond our material world and receive more orderly coherent streams of consciousness and energy; that we can intentionally change our brain chemistry to initiate profoundly mystical transcendental experiences; and how, if we do this enough times, we can develop the skill of creating a more efficient, balanced, healthy body, a more unlimited mind, and greater access to the realms of spiritual truth. Topics include:

�� Demystifying the body’s 7 energy centers and how you can balance them to heal
�� How to free yourself from the past by reconditioning your body to a new mind
�� How you can create reality in the generous present moment by changing your energy
�� The difference between third-dimension creation and fifth-dimension creation
�� The secret science of the pineal gland and its role in accessing mystical realms of reality
�� The distinction between Space-Time vs. Time-Space realities

And much more...]]> 375 Joe Dispenza 1401953107 Gabriel 0 growth, to-read 4.24 2017
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.24
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]]> 22668729 How do successful companies create products people can’t put down?

Why do some products capture widespread attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain products out of sheer habit? Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us?
Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Model—a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior. Through consecutive “hook cycles,�� these products reach their ultimate goal of bringing users back again and again without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging.


Hooked is based on Eyal’s years of research, consulting, and practical experience. He wrote the book he wished had been available to him as a start-up founder—not abstract theory, but a how-to guide for building better products. Hooked is written for product managers, designers, marketers, start-up founders, and anyone who seeks to understand how products influence our behavior.


Eyal provides readers with:


�� Practical insights to create user habits that stick.
�� Actionable steps for building products people love.

�� Fascinating examples from the iPhone to Twitter, Pinterest to the Bible App, and many other habit-forming products.]]> 256 Nir Eyal 1591847788 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth 4.12 2013
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.12
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In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?]]> 340 Kazuo Ishiguro 059331817X Gabriel 0 to-read, fiction 3.71 2021
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.71
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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.

Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focused on generalities. We concentrate on things we already know and time and time again fail to take into consideration what we don’t know. We are, therefore, unable to truly estimate opportunities, too vulnerable to the impulse to simplify, narrate, and categorize, and not open enough to rewarding those who can imagine the “impossible.��

For years, Taleb has studied how we fool ourselves into thinking we know more than we actually do. We restrict our thinking to the irrelevant and inconsequential, while large events continue to surprise us and shape our world. In this revelatory book, Taleb will change the way you look at the world, and this second edition features a new philosophical and empirical essay, “On Robustness and Fragility,�� which offers tools to navigate and exploit a Black Swan world.

Taleb is a vastly entertaining writer, with wit, irreverence, and unusual stories to tell. He has a polymathic command of subjects ranging from cognitive science to business to probability theory. Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications, The Black Swan is a landmark book—itself a black swan.]]> 480 Nassim Nicholas Taleb 1400063515 Gabriel 0 technical 3.96 2007
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name: Gabriel
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]]> 39027381 2020 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Award-Winner in Self-Help Motivational
2019 IPPY Gold Medal Self Help
2019 Nautilius Book Awards Gold Winner in Personal Growth & Self-Help
2019 Next Generation Indie Book Gold Medal Winner in Motivational
2019 Readers�� Favorite Gold Medal Winner in Nonfiction Self-Help
2019 Eric Hoffer Award Self-Help
2019 Independent Author Network Book of the Year First Place in Self-Help
2019 Chanticleer I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Finalist
2019 International Book Finalist, General
2019 Nancy Pearl Best Book Finalist in Memoir
2019 Eric Hoffer Montaigne Finalist
2019 Foreword��Indies Adult Nonfiction―Self-Help
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2018

Being kind is something most of us do when it’s easy and when it suits us. Being kind when we don’t feel like it, or when all of our buttons are being pushed, is hard . But that’s also when it’s most needed; that’s when it can defuse anger and even violence, when it can restore civility in our personal and virtual interactions. Kindness has the power to profoundly change our relationships with other people and with ourselves. It can, in fact, change the world.

In A Year of Living Kindly ―using stories, observation, humor, and summaries of expert research―Donna Cameron shares her experience committing to 365 days of practicing kindness. She presents compelling research into the myriad benefits of kindness, including health, wealth, longevity, improved relationships, and personal and business success. She explores what a kind life entails, and what gets in the way of it. And she provides practical and experiential suggestions for how each of us can strengthen our kindness muscle so choosing a life of kindness becomes ever easier and more natural. An inspiring, practical guide that can help any reader make a commitment to kindness, A Year of Living Kindly shines a light on how we can create a better, safer, and more just world―and how you can be part of that transformation.]]> 296 Donna Cameron 1631524798 Gabriel 0 to-read, growth, parenting 3.73
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]]> 408387 691 Kevin E. Kline 0596004818 Gabriel 0 technical 3.78 2000
author: Kevin E. Kline
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.78
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rating: 0
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