Mikk's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:34:50 -0700 60 Mikk's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Cable Cowboy 679418 John Malone, hailed as one of the great unsung heroes of our age by some and reviled by others as a ruthless robber baron, is revealed as a bit of both in Cable Cowboy. For more than twenty-five years, Malone has dominated the cable television industry, shaping the world of entertainment and communications, first with his cable company TCI and later with Liberty Media. Written with Malone's unprecedented cooperation, the engaging narrative brings this controversial capitalist and businessman to life. Cable Cowboy is at once a penetrating portrait of Malone's complex persona, and a captivating history of the cable TV industry. Told in a lively style with exclusive details, the book shows how an unassuming copper strand started as a backwoods antenna service and became the digital nervous system of the U.S., an evolution that gave U.S. consumers the fastest route to the Internet. Cable Cowboy reveals the forces that propelled this pioneer to such great heights, and captures the immovable conviction and quicksilver mind that have defined John Malone throughout his career.]]> 336 Mark Robichaux 047170637X Mikk 0 to-read 4.26 2002 Cable Cowboy
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]]> <![CDATA[The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder]]> 21926865 An eye-opening assement of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years .
Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that rewired the international system. Empires were abolished and replaced by a global arrangement enforced by the U.S. Navy. With all the world's oceans safe for the first time in history, markets and resources were made available for everyone. Enemies became partners.

We think of this system as normal - it is not. We live in an artificial world on borrowed time.

In The Accidental Superpower , international strategist Peter Zeihan examines how the hard rules of geography are eroding the American commitment to free trade; how much of the planet is aging into a mass retirement that will enervate markets and capital supplies; and how, against all odds, it is the ever-ravenous American economy that - alone among the developed nations - is rapidly approaching energy independence. Combined, these factors are doing nothing less than overturning the global system and ushering in a new (dis)order.

For most, that is a disaster-in-waiting, but not for the Americans. The shale revolution allows Americans to sidestep an increasingly dangerous energy market. Only the United States boasts a youth population large enough to escape the sucking maw of global aging. Most important, geography will matter more than ever in a de-globalizing world, and America's geography is simply sublime.]]> 384 Peter Zeihan 1455583669 Mikk 0 to-read 4.30 2014 The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
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]]> <![CDATA[Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI]]> 198678736 **A New York Times Bestseller**

'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and read it cover to cover NOW' Angela Duckworth

Consumer AI has arrived. And with it, inescapable upheaval as we grapple with what it means for our jobs, lives and the future of humanity.

Cutting through the noise of AI evangelists and AI doom-mongers, Wharton professor Ethan Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI, focusing on the practical aspects of how these new tools for thought can transform our world. In Co-Intelligence, he urges us to engage with AI as co-worker, co-teacher and coach. Wide ranging, hugely thought-provoking and optimistic, Co-Intelligence reveals the promise and power of this new era.]]> 243 Ethan Mollick 075356078X Mikk 0 to-read 3.96 2024 Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
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]]> <![CDATA[Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career]]> 199531692 THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Three innovators offer a road-tested framework for career development that helps anyone make real progress on their path when they switch jobs.

Each year, an estimated 1 billion people switch jobs worldwide. A lucky few stumble into the role of their dreams, but hundreds of millions are disappointed. What if, when looking for a job, we could make more informed choices to better select the opportunity we seize? What if the power to move along our career paths lies with each of us, as opposed to hiring managers or the market?

According to the “Jobs to Be Done� theory of product design—customers don’t simply buy products; they recruit them to do specific jobs that solve a problem. Job Moves adopts this model to view jobs as positions we “hire� to help us make progress in our lives and careers. Based on research conducted with over a thousand professionals at all stages of their careers, Ethan Bernstein, Michael B. Horn, and Bob Moesta find that this notion bears out no matter your age, stage, or trajectory.

Key to this new, universal approach is understanding our priorities at the specific moment when we make each move. This team has created a process to help individuals identify the current circumstances driving them to look for new opportunities, the experiences they hope to gain in a new job, what tradeoffs they’ll gladly make in return, and how to learn-before-switching if a new job will deliver. The result encourages job seekers to look beyond a title or company for a more holistic view and ask not what you can do in a job, but what a potential job can do for you.

Full of useful activities and tools, Job Moves offers the timeless framework of our generation to help anyone create a career that will be happier and more fulfilling.]]> 304 Ethan Bernstein 0063283581 Mikk 0 to-read 3.92 Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career
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]]> Vaba 220348509 Inimesed istusid veel rahulikult restoranides ja naersid selle uue köha ja nohu üle, mis tundus kuskil maailma teises otsas oma toimetusi tegevat. Saarele jõudes sõidavad maanteel vastu politseiautod, et sadam sulgeda ja kogu saarel algab kuid kestev isolatsioon. Jõuan mingis imelikus ajuudus Hiiumaa kõige kaugemas nurgas asuvasse Kalana külla ja täna kallistan Marit ja oma poisse kohe eriti pikalt.
On alanud uus aeg maailmas ja sellega kaasnevalt ka meie perele. Etteruttavalt võin öelda, et õigupoolest sealsamas tundsin ennast esimest korda üle pika aja vabana. Maailm oli lukus, aga ma olin vaba. Vaba tegemistest ja kohustustest, millega olin end sidunud viimased aastad selleks, et lõpuks saavutada oma rahu, kuid tegelikult viisid need asjad mind oma rahust ainult eemale. Veel ja
veel ja veel ... Nüüd olin siin saarel, et teha just seda, millest olin unistanud. Kohas, kuhu elu oli mind aina juhtinud ning inimestega, keda armastan elus üle kõige � mu pere.

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Mu viimasest raamatust on möödas juba viis aastat ja sama kaua elasime ka perega Hiiumaal, kus kirjutasin seda teost. Ma olen kõigele, mis meie perega sellel saarel juhtus, südamest tänulik. Tänu metsikus looduses ja vabaduses viibitud ajale olen aru saanud, miks ei tasu taga ajada õnnelikkust, miks tuleb raha luua, mitte teenida, miks kõige suuremaid ja võimsamaid asju saab teha vaid koos
teiste heade inimestega, miks peab ära tundma selle, et sa oled kohal, miks ei tasu lollidega vaielda, miks igat hetke elus tuleb tähistada, miks alati tuleb säilitada uudishimu ja seiklusjanu ning miks peaks vahel ka oma deemonitega tantsima.
Nüüd jagan esimest korda neid lugusid ja taipamisi ka sinuga, et inspireerida sind
elama rahus ja vabana.

JESPER PARVE]]> 256 Jesper Parve 9916771006 Mikk 5 4.00 Vaba
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]]> <![CDATA[Forget the Funnel: A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable, Recurring Revenue]]> 137957371


Many SaaS companies struggle with marketing. Teams try everything they can to drive more traffic, leads, and signups. Yet revenue growth remains…lumpy. Slow. Frustratingly inconsistent.



If this sounds familiar, the problem isn’t you or your ideas; it’s that you’re guessing at what resonates with your target customers. In Forget the Funnel, Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop share the Customer-Led Growth Framework they've developed to help companies of all sizes solve their product marketing struggles and hit ambitious targets. This framework helps you get inside your customers� heads, map and measure your customers� experience, and uncover which tactics will actually move the needle for your company.



It’s time to stop guessing. Forget the Funnel is your guide for thinking more strategically about marketing your product and making a meaningful impact on revenue growth.]]> 160 Georgiana Laudi 1544542240 Mikk 0 to-read 4.14 Forget the Funnel: A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable, Recurring Revenue
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]]> <![CDATA[Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation (The Strategyzer Series Book 3)]]> 44056365 A practical guide to effective business model testing

7 out of 10 new products fail to deliver on expectations. Testing Business Ideas aims to reverse that statistic. In the tradition of Alex Osterwalder’s global bestseller Business Model Generation, this practical guide contains a library of hands-on techniques for rapidly testing new business ideas.

Testing Business Ideas explains how systematically testing business ideas dramatically reduces the risk and increases the likelihood of success for any new venture or business project. It builds on the internationally popular Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Canvas by integrating Assumptions Mapping and other powerful lean startup-style experiments.

Testing Business Ideas uses an engaging 4-color format

Increase the success of any venture and decrease the risk of wasting time, money, and resources on bad ideas Close the knowledge gap between strategy and experimentation/validation Identify and test your key business assumptions with the Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Canvas

A definitive field guide to business model testing, this book features practical tips for making major decisions that are not based on intuition and guesses. Testing Business Ideas shows leaders how to encourage an experimentation mindset within their organization and make experimentation a continuous, repeatable process.

]]> 368 David J. Bland 1119551412 Mikk 0 to-read 4.23 Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation (The Strategyzer Series Book 3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Untrapping Product Teams: Simplify the Complexity of Creating Digital Products]]> 209089247
Untrapping Product Teams guides you to simplify what gets unintentionally complicated and equips you to overcome dangerous traps while steadily driving customer and business value. This isn't just another book about product management. It's a thought-provoking guide filled with simplicity, encouraging you to act today for a better tomorrow.

This book is for anyone facing the challenges of working on or with product teams. It lays out leading best practices, combined with "secret ingredients" crafted by the author based on years of experience. Learn what makes or breaks product teams so you are ready to do what it takes to thrive with digital products.

Learn the differences between coordinative and collaborative workflows Recognize dangerous traps and the strategies to overcome them Explore the product simplify decision-making, apply mindful product discovery, use delivery to accelerate value, and measure results beyond outputs Craft product principles and set solid foundations for product teams Benefit from proven product health checks to uncover where to act today for a better tomorrow "This is my new favorite book on product management. Untrapping Product Teams covers everything you need to know to lead a product team and be successful as a product manager. Author David Pereira does an excellent job of pointing out biases and thinking traps that doom products. The book is full of many insights and tools that will be useful for years to come."--Mike Cohn, co-founder of Agile Alliance

"David's book shares several hard-earned lessons of what happens when product leaders, product managers, and especially product owners are not trained to succeed in their jobs, and they go on to make predictable and avoidable mistakes. This book can help you avoid some of these pitfalls."--Marty Cagan, partner, Silicon Valley Product Group

"This book touches on all the daily essentials for a product person. It's a practical guide and a meta-analysis rolled into one, serving as the 'Greatest Hits' album of Product Management. Ideal for newcomers and an excellent refresher for those already immersed in the field."--Petra Wille, author of Strong Product People]]> 272 David Pereira 0135335388 Mikk 0 currently-reading 4.78 Untrapping Product Teams: Simplify the Complexity of Creating Digital Products
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]]> <![CDATA[New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That's Got It Wrong]]> 196834601 A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ

Well-being expert and social media sensation Stephanie Harrison of @newhappyco reveals the counterintuitive secrets to happiness and provides a practical guide to help us all learn how to live a happy life.

We all want to be happy, but happiness always seems to be out of reach � until now. In New Happy, happiness expert Stephanie Harrison draws upon hundreds of studies to offer a life-changing guide to finding the happiness you have been looking for, all based on a decade of research and brought to life with beautiful artwork.

It’s not your fault if you are unhappy. You have been told you’re not good enough; you need to achieve fame, wealth, and power; and you need to do it all on your own. This is Old Happy, our society’s false definition of happiness, and it’s making us miserable. In this book, you’ll learn you are enough, you have unique and important gifts, and using them to help other people leads to your happiness.

New Happy is your step-by-step guide to building the life you want. Accompanied by revelatory artwork that explains key concepts, Harrison takes you through the process of unwinding Old Happy, uncovering your own gifts, and using them to both improve your life and the world at the same time. If you have ever asked yourself, “Who am I really?� “When will I be happy?� or “What am I supposed to do with my life?� this book is for you.

Through an inspiring blend of art and science, New Happy will forever change the way that you see yourself and the world. Whether you’re wondering what career you should choose, navigating a life transition, going through a difficult time, teaching your kids what matters most, or simply hoping to experience more joy every day, New Happy offers the proven path to a happier life and a better world.]]> 288 Stephanie Harrison 0593541391 Mikk 0 to-read 4.13 New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That's Got It Wrong
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]]> <![CDATA[Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success]]> 31625067 The definitive playbook by the pioneers of Growth Hacking, one of the hottest business methodologies in Silicon Valley and beyond.

It seems hard to believe today, but there was a time when Airbnb was the best-kept secret of travel hackers and couch surfers, Pinterest was a niche web site frequented only by bakers and crafters, LinkedIn was an exclusive network for C-suite executives and top-level recruiters, Facebook was MySpace's sorry step-brother, and Uber was a scrappy upstart that didn't stand a chance against the Goliath that was New York City Yellow Cabs.

So how did these companies grow from these humble beginnings into the powerhouses they are today? Contrary to popular belief, they didn't explode to massive worldwide popularity simply by building a great product then crossing their fingers and hoping it would catch on. There was a studied, carefully implemented methodology behind these companies' extraordinary rise. That methodology is called Growth Hacking, and it's practitioners include not just today's hottest start-ups, but also companies like IBM, Walmart, and Microsoft as well as the millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, managers and executives who make up the community of GrowthHackers.com.

Think of the Growth Hacking methodology as doing for market-share growth what Lean Start-Up did for product development, and Scrum did for productivity. It involves cross-functional teams and rapid-tempo testing and iteration that focuses customers attaining them, retaining them, engaging them, and motivating them to come back and buy more.

An accessible and practical toolkit that teams and companies in all industries can use to increase their customer base and market share, this book walks readers through the process of creating and executing their own custom-made growth hacking strategy. It is a must read for any marketer, entrepreneur, innovator or manger looking to replace wasteful big bets and "spaghetti-on-the-wall" approaches with more consistent, replicable, cost-effective, and data-driven results.]]> 320 Sean Ellis 045149721X Mikk 0 to-read 4.09 2017 Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
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]]> The Design of Everyday Things 840 257 Donald A. Norman 0465067107 Mikk 0 to-read 4.14 1988 The Design of Everyday Things
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]]> <![CDATA[The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance]]> 905
“Groundbreaking . . . the best guide to getting out of your own way . . . Its profound advice applies to many other parts of life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes (“Five of My All-Time Favorite Books�)

This phenomenally successful guide to mastering the game from the inside out has become a touchstone for hundreds of thousands of people. Billie Jean King has called the book her tennis bible; Al Gore has used it to focus his campaign staff; and Itzhak Perlman has recommended it to young violinists. Based on W. Timothy Gallwey’s profound realization that the key to success doesn’t lie in holding the racket just right, or positioning the feet perfectly, but rather in keeping the mind uncluttered, this transformative book gives you the tools to unlock the potential that you’ve possessed all along.

“The Inner Game� is the one played within the mind of the player, against the hurdles of self-doubt, nervousness, and lapses in concentration. Gallwey shows us how to overcome these obstacles by trusting the intuitive wisdom of our bodies and achieving a state of “relaxed concentration.� With chapters devoted to trusting the self and changing habits, it is no surprise then, that Gallwey’s method has had an impact far beyond the confines of the tennis court.

Whether you want to play music, write a novel, get ahead at work, or simply unwind after a stressful day, Gallwey shows you how to tap into your utmost potential. No matter your goals, The Inner Game of Tennis gives you the definitive framework for long-term success.]]> 134 W. Timothy Gallwey 0679778314 Mikk 0 to-read 4.15 1974 The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
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]]> <![CDATA[Ukselt uksele. Minu esimene Ameerika raamatumüügi suvi]]> 222120460
Uskumatult aus, kohati naljakas ja läbinisti inimlik raamat näitab, kuidas ületada oma hirme, tõusta pärast kukkumisi ja leida jõudu edasi liikumiseks � lõpuni välja.

Noor Peep Vain võtab meid kaasa uude maailma, kus iga päev on täis väljakutseid: võõrad uksed, tõrksad koduperenaised, ärritunud politseinikud, äraütlemised, kultuurišokk, üksindus ja lugematud ebaõnnestumised. Vain jagab meiega ausalt ja ilustamata hetki, mil tahtis alla anda, kuid leidis endas jõu edasi minna.

"Ukselt uksele" sobib kõigile, kes vajavad julgustust oma unistuste poole liikumisel ja tahavad iseennast rohkem usaldama õppida. See on ood nooruse uljusele, tundmatusse astumisele, raskuste ületamisele, sisemisele kasvule ja iseendaks saamisele. See kergesti loetav seiklusjutt näitab, kui palju me tegelikult suudame � kui vaid julgeme proovida.
Nagu Peep ise ütleb: "Kui miski on ette võetud ja vajalik, siis tuleb see raskuste kiuste ära teha. Lõpuni välja ja ilma kauplemata. Nii saad julgemaks, tugevamaks ja suuremaks.�

Vainu jälgedes on sama teekonna tänaseks ette võtnud juba üle 3000 Eesti noore.


Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, olümpiavõitja soovitab: “Kui oled sellise kadalipu läbi teinud, siis tead, et saad kõigega siin elus hakkama!�

Neeme Raud, ajakirjanik: “Põnev lugemine, soovitan.�

Helen Sildna, kultuuriettevõtja: „See lugu areneb tempokalt nagu action-film. Arhetüüpse rännakuloo mõõtu täiskasvanuks saamine, iseenda otsimine, avastamine ja taas leidmine. Hoogne, aus, humoorikas, põnev.“]]> 224 Peep Vain 991642750X Mikk 4 4.19 Ukselt uksele. Minu esimene Ameerika raamatumüügi suvi
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life]]> 17859574 Dilbert, one of the world’s most famous syndicated comic strips, in just a few years? In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Adams shares the strategy he has used since he was a teen to invite failure in, to embrace it, then pick its pocket.

No career guide can offer advice for success that works for everyone. As Adams explains, your best bet is to study the ways of others who made it big and try to glean some tricks and strategies that make sense for you. Adams pulls back the covers on his own unusual life and shares what he learned for turning one failure after another into something good and lasting. Adams reveals that he failed at just about everything he’s tried, including his corporate career, his inventions, his investments, and his two restaurants. But there’s a lot to learn from his personal story, and a lot of humor along the way. While it’s hard for anyone to recover from a personal or professional failure, Adams discovered some unlikely truths that helped to propel him forward. For instance:

� Goals are for losers. Systems are for winners.
� "Passion" is bull. What you need is personal energy.
� A combination of mediocre skills can make you surprisingly valuable.
� You can manage your odds in a way that makes you look lucky to others.]]> 248 Scott Adams 1591846919 Mikk 0 to-read 4.01 2013 How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire]]> 199348906 Andrew Wilkinson, touted as the Warren Buffett of tech, pulls back the curtain on the lives of the ultra-rich in this memoir outlining Wilkinson’s rapid rise from barista to successful entrepreneur.

Readers will get fresh insights into building a successful business and a surprising, first-person account of what it’s actually like to become a billionaire.

By the age of thirty-five, Andrew Wilkinson had built a business worth over a billion dollars, but his path to success was anything but a straight line. Never Enough shares both the lessons Wilkinson has learned as well as the many mistakes made on the road to wealth—some of which cost him money, happiness, and important relationships.

Taking a “no secrets� approach to the story billionaires rarely tell, Wilkinson is unwaveringly honest about some of the unexpected downsides of wealth. Money’s toxic effect on personal relationships, how the lifestyles of the rich and famous aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, and how competition with peers leaves everyone—even billionaires—feeling like they never have enough.

In this rare and deeply honest glimpse into the life of a billionaire, Wilkinson examines not only his journey to nine zeros but also what comes after that pinnacled number—something, as Wilkinson has come to realize, that money can’t buy.]]> 288 Andrew Wilkinson 1637744765 Mikk 0 to-read 4.35 Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire
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]]> <![CDATA[The Go-Giver Leader: A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business (Go-Giver, Book 2)]]> 26067918
With their acclaimed bestseller The Go-Giver , Bob Burg and John David Mann proved that a heartfelt parable could also express a powerful idea. In The Go-Giver Leader (originally pub­lished as It’s Not About You ), they offer an equally compelling tale about a struggling small business and the ambitious young executive trying to lead them to a crucial decision.

Allen & Augustine has manufactured high-quality chairs for decades. Its people take pride in their work and feel loyal to their owners and management team. But this revered company is now at a crossroads, hurt by a tough economy, foreign competition, and a cash crunch. The air is filled with the scent of uncertainty, anxiety, perhaps even panic.

Into this setting enters Ben, who’s been assigned by a larger firm to promote a merger that will rescue Allen & Augustine. Ben’s facts are the chair maker can either merge and modernize or go bankrupt and vanish. So why can’t he persuade anyone to buy in, from the CEO on down?
Will Ben find a way to sway the employee shareholders before the climactic vote? And can Allen & Augustine survive without losing its soul? The answers may surprise you as you follow Ben on his journey to understanding that the path to genuine influence lies less in taking leadership than in giving it.

This revised and updated edition includes a new introduction, a discussion guide, and a Q&A with the authors.]]> 176 Bob Burg 039956294X Mikk 5 4.31 The Go-Giver Leader: A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business (Go-Giver, Book 2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently]]> 7715488 288 John C. Maxwell 0785214259 Mikk 0 to-read 4.10 Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently
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]]> <![CDATA[The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness]]> 54898389 244 Eric Jorgenson Mikk 5 4.39 2020 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
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]]> <![CDATA[Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works]]> 13078769 What we need is a systematic process for quickly vetting product ideas and raising our odds of success. That's the promise of Running Lean .

In this inspiring book, Ash Maurya takes you through an exacting strategy for achieving a "product/market fit" for your fledgling venture, based on his own experience in building a wide array of products from high-tech to no-tech. Throughout, he builds on the ideas and concepts of several innovative methodologies, including the Lean Startup, Customer Development, and bootstrapping.

Running Lean is an ideal tool for business managers, CEOs, small business owners, developers and programmers, and anyone who's interested in starting a business project.
"If you are starting a company, or want to adopt the Lean Startup approach, Running Lean is a must read." - Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundary Group]]> 235 Ash Maurya 1449305172 Mikk 5 4.09 2012 Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works
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]]> <![CDATA[Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders]]> 216415174 301 Bruce McCarthy 1098134427 Mikk 0 to-read 4.10 Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders
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]]> <![CDATA[Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth]]> 26895164
You’ve talked to customers. You’ve identified problems that need solving, and maybe even built a minimum viable product. But now there’s a second bridge to cross. How do you tell whether your idea represents a viable business? Do you really have to go through the whole cycle of development, failure, iteration, tweak, repeat?

Scaling Lean offers an invaluable blueprint for mod­eling startup success. You’ll learn the essential metrics that measure the output of a working business model, give you the pulse of your company, communicate its health to investors, and enable you to make precise interventions when things go wrong. You’ll also learn how

· ballpark the viability of a business model using a simple five-minute back-of-the-envelope estimation.
· stop using current revenue as a measure of progress (it forces you to fly blind and, often, to overpromise to your shareholders) and instead embrace the met­ric of traction—which helps you identify the leading indicators for future business model growth.
· set progressive goals that set you up for exponen­tial long-term success by implementing a staged 10X rollout strategy, like one employed by Face­book and Tesla.
· stop burying your breakthrough insights in failed experiments, but rather illuminate them using two-week LEAN sprints to quickly source, rank, and test ideas.

Ash Maurya, a serial entrepreneur and author of the startup cult classic Running Lean , pairs real-world examples of startups like Airbnb and Hubspot with techniques from the manufacturing world in this tacti­cal handbook for scaling with maximum efficiency and efficacy. This is vital reading for any startup founder graduating from the incubator stage.]]> 304 Ash Maurya 1101980524 Mikk 0 to-read 4.26 2016 Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth
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]]> <![CDATA[Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away]]> 60097435 From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting to achieve greater success

Business leaders, with millions of dollars down the drain, struggle to abandon a new app or product that just isn't working. Governments, caught in a hopeless conflict, believe that the next tactic will finally be the one that wins the war. And in our own lives, we persist in relationships or careers that no longer serve us. Why? According to Annie Duke, in the face of tough decisions, we're terrible quitters. And that is significantly holding us back.

In Quit, Duke teaches you how to get good at quitting. Drawing on stories from elite athletes like Mount Everest climbers, founders of leading companies like Stewart Butterfield, the CEO of Slack, and top entertainers like Dave Chappelle, Duke explains why quitting is integral to success, as well as strategies for determining when to hold em, and when to fold em, that will save you time, energy, and money. You'll learn:
How the paradox of quitting influences decision making: If you quit on time, you will feel you quit early
What forces work against good quitting behavior, such as escalation commitment, desire for certainty, and status quo biasHow to think in expected value in order to make better decisions, as well as other best practices, such as increasing flexibility in goal-setting, establishing "quitting contracts," anticipating optionality, and conducting premortems and backcasts
Whether you're facing a make-or-break business decision or life-altering personal choice, mastering the skill of quitting will help you make the best next move.]]> 336 Annie Duke 0593422996 Mikk 0 to-read 4.13 2022 Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
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]]> <![CDATA[Evidence-Guided: Creating High Impact Products in the Face of Uncertainty]]> 199041292 evidence.

In this book, Itamar Gilad presents an actionable model to bring evidence-guided development into your organization. Combining tried-and-tested methods with tools created by the author, Evidence-Guided offers a systematic approach—the GIST model (Goals, Ideas, Steps, and Tasks)—to help you create high-impact products. You'll learn how to choose the right outcomes, prioritize ideas, build and learn at a fast pace, and collaborate more effectively with teammates, managers, and stakeholders. The book provides principles, models, tools, and processes, all demonstrated through real-world examples and infused with nuance gained through years of practice.

The methods presented in Evidence-Guided can be used by individual contributors, team leads, and managers. They apply to companies of all sizes and life stages. If you’re looking to build high-impact products, this book is for you.

About the AuthorItamar Gilad is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. He held senior product management and engineering roles for two decades at Google, Microsoft, and a number of startups. Since 2017, Itamar has been teaching and coaching evidence-guided product development to hundreds of companies and thousands of product people. He is the creator of the GIST model, the Confidence Meter, and other widely-used frameworks and tools. Itamar is a regular speaker at industry events, and he publishes a popular product management newsletter.

Praise for Evidence-GuidedIn this must-read book Gilad offers a simple, yet powerful, blueprint for product development inspired by the scientific method. It will help you move away from opinions and politics and embrace evidence-based development. A critically important book for anyone designing and building products.
� Nir Eyal, author of How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Itamar Gilad gives us the motivation and realistic processes that elevate product development from opinion-based to evidence-based, with real-world examples and experiences.

� Ronny Kohavi, Best-selling author of Trustworthy Online Controlled A Practical Guide to A/B Testing,

Evidence-Guided is a masterpiece, it shows how to gain confidence and hit your product goals to have impact in a systematic and empowering way. It brings together so many areas of best practice in a way that just makes sense.

� Phil Hornby, Founder and product coach, for product people]]> 250 Itamar Gilad 8409535645 Mikk 5 4.48 Evidence-Guided: Creating High Impact Products in the Face of Uncertainty
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]]> <![CDATA[Growth Levers and How to Find Them]]> 205588262 "What every founder needs to know about marketing - read this before you hire a Head of Growth."
- Sean Ellis, Author, Hacking Growth

Great startups don't waste time on small stuff. If you study the early days of any great startup, you’ll see that 90% of their growth came from 10% of the stuff they tried. But most needed years of experimentation to find their growth levers. This book aims to shortcut that process.

Generic tactics like paid ads, SEO and referral programs will only get you so far. Growth levers are things like the professional photographs that made tens of thousands of customers trust AirBnb when they otherwise wouldn’t—a crucial move that unlocked explosive growth. They are unique to each startup; they’re seldom obvious. They come from specific unexpected customer insights, and cut across organizational functions.

In this book you’ll get a process to find your big growth

Map your growth model to find points of leverage where you can focus for the greatest impactUncover your customers' unconscious biases and triggersFind your prospects at their moment of highest needDiscover the exact words to explain your value clearly to customersRun experiments and use data to find the most impactful workRun growth sprints to push the pace and quality of learning and executionShift the team from perfectionism to a scrappy bold mindsetMatt Lerner and his team have helped over 200 startups find their big growth levers as the founder of SYSTM. Previously, he was on the early growth team at PayPal, a partner at a Silicon Valley VC fund, and a past guest lecturer at Stanford Business School.

This book shares the framework that Matt and his team have used to help over 200 seed-stage startups grow as much as 100X. It’s packed with examples and clear, step-by-step instructions.]]> 119 Matthew Lerner 1738426211 Mikk 5 4.34 Growth Levers and How to Find Them
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]]> Invention: A Life 57299136
Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5,127 prototypes of the cyclonic vacuum cleaner that would transform the way houses are cleaned around the world. In devoting all his resources to iteratively setbacks came hard-fought success. His products—including vacuum cleaners, hair dryer and hair stylers, and fans and purifiers—are not only revolutionary technologies, but design classics. This was a legacy of his time studying at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s, when he was inspired by some of the most famous artists, designers, and inventors of the era, as well as his engineering heroes such as Frank Whittle and Alex Issigonis.

In A Life , Dyson reveals how he came to set up his own company and led it to become one of the most inventive technology companies in the world. It is a compelling and dramatic tale, with many obstacles overcome. Dyson has always looked to the future, even setting up his own university to help provide the next generation of engineers and designers. For, as he says, “everything changes all the time, so experience is of little use.�

Whether you are someone who has an idea for a better product, an aspiring entrepreneur, whether you appreciate great design or a page-turning read, A Life is an “entertaining and inspiring memoir� ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) that offers motivation, hope, and much more.]]> James Dyson 1398500615 Mikk 0 to-read 3.90 Invention: A Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Product Analytics: Applied Data Science Techniques for Actionable Consumer Insights (Addison-Wesley Data & Analytics Series)]]> 55127544 Use Product Analytics to Understand Consumer Behavior and Change It at ScaleProduct Analytics is a complete, hands-on guide to generating actionable business insights from customer data. Experienced data scientist and enterprise manager Joanne Rodrigues introduces practical statistical techniques for determining why things happen and how to change what people do at scale. She complements these with powerful social science techniques for creating better theories, designing better metrics, and driving more rapid and sustained behavior change.Writing for entrepreneurs, product managers/marketers, and other business practitioners, Rodrigues teaches through intuitive examples from both web and offline environments. Avoiding math-heavy explanations, she guides you step by step through choosing the right techniques and algorithms for each application, running analyses in R, and getting answers you can trust. Develop core metrics and effective KPIs for user analytics in any web product Truly understand statistical inference, and the differences between correlation and causation Conduct more effective A/B tests Build intuitive predictive models to capture user behavior in products Use modern, quasi-experimental designs and statistical matching to tease out causal effects from observational data Improve response through uplift modeling and other sophisticated targeting methods Project business costs/subgroup population changes via advanced demographic projectionWhatever your product or service, this guide can help you create precision-targeted marketing campaigns, improve consumer satisfaction and engagement, and grow revenue and profits.Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.Visit the book actiondatascience.com. Video ]]> 448 Joanne Rodrigues 0135258634 Mikk 0 to-read 4.12 Product Analytics: Applied Data Science Techniques for Actionable Consumer Insights (Addison-Wesley Data & Analytics Series)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea]]> 1873060
Over the next week, Pindar introduces Joe to a series of “go-givers:� a restaurateur, a CEO, a financial adviser, a real estate broker, and the “Connector,� who brought them all together. Pindar’s friends share with Joe the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success and teach him how to open himself up to the power of giving.

Joe learns that changing his focus from getting to giving—putting others� interests first and continually adding value to their lives—ultimately leads to unexpected returns.

Imparted with wit and grace, The Go-Giver is a heartwarming and inspiring tale that brings new relevance to the old proverb “Give and you shall receive.”]]> 133 Bob Burg 159184200X Mikk 0 to-read 4.31 2007 The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
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]]> <![CDATA[Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage]]> 139069 The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age.

In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization.

In Endurance, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.

First edition: here.]]> 282 Alfred Lansing Mikk 0 to-read 4.42 1959 Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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]]> <![CDATA[The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom]]> 6596 The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The Four Agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best.]]> 152 Miguel Ruiz 1878424505 Mikk 0 to-read 4.20 1997 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
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]]> Letters from a Stoic 97411 No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental in guiding the Roman Empire under emperor Nero, Seneca influenced him from a young age with his Stoic principles. Later in life, he wrote Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, or Letters from a Stoic, detailing these principles in full.

Seneca’s letters read like a diary or a handbook of philosophical meditations. Often beginning with observations on daily life, the letters focus on many traditional themes of Stoic philosophy, such as the contempt of death, the value of friendship, and virtue as the supreme good.

Using Gummere’s translation from the early twentieth century, this selection of Seneca’s letters shows his belief in the austere, ethical ideals of Stoicism � teachings we can still learn from today.]]> 254 Seneca 0140442103 Mikk 0 to-read 4.33 64 Letters from a Stoic
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]]> <![CDATA[The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security]]> 150246211 AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A must-have guide to optimizing your life for wealth and success, from bestselling author, NYU professor, and co-host of the Pivot podcast Scott Galloway.

Today's workers have more opportunities and mobility than any generation before. They also face unprecedented challenges, including inflation, labor and housing shortages, and climate volatility. Even the notion of retirement is undergoing a profound rethink, as our life spans extend and our relationship with work evolves. In this environment, the tried-and-true financial advice our parents followed is no longer enough. It's time for a new playbook.

In The Algebra of Wealth, Galloway lays bare the rules of financial success in today's economy. In his characteristic unvarnished, no-BS style, he explains what you need to know in order to better your chances for economic security no matter what. You’ll

How to find and follow your talent, not your passion, when making career decisionsHow to ride and optimize big economic waves (hard market dynamics always trump individual achievement)What small steps you can take that pay big returns later, including diversification and tax planningHow stoicism can help you minimize spending and develop better financial habits
Bursting with practical, game-changing advice from one of the world’s most popular business school professors, The Algebra of Wealth is the practical guidebook you need to win today’s wealth game.
,Brimming with wise,game-changing advice from one of the world’s most popular business school professors, The Algebra of Wealth offers a powerful framework for making the most of what opportunities come your way.]]> 304 Scott Galloway 0593714024 Mikk 0 to-read 4.03 2024 The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
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]]> Winning 866222 384 Jack Welch 0060753943 Mikk 0 to-read 3.85 2005 Winning
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]]> <![CDATA[Strong Product People: A Complete Guide to Developing Great Product Managers]]> 56866234 394 Petra Wille Mikk 4 4.29 Strong Product People: A Complete Guide to Developing Great Product Managers
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]]> <![CDATA[Radical Love: Learning to Accept Yourself and Others]]> 54850518
Radical Love is the debut memoir from Zachary Levi (Shazam!, American Underdog, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Chuck), which shares his emotional journey through a lifetime of crippling anxiety and depression to find joy, gratitude, and ultimate purpose. Facing the scars of childhood trauma and the voices in his head that told him he would never be enough, Zac recounts the raw yet honest behind-the-scenes story of his family life, career successes, and the personal disappointments that led him to rock bottom and landed him in a therapy center, where he learned to address the underlying issues that preceded his downward spiral.

Radical Love combines witty, touching, and powerful commentary with relatable illustrations to help you on your own path toward mental wellness. With vulnerability and humor, Zac relates the valuable lessons and insights he’s learned so that you can rise from the ashes of trauma and pursue a meaningful life of gratitude.]]> 224 Zachary Levi 0785236759 Mikk 5 4.25 2022 Radical Love: Learning to Accept Yourself and Others
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]]> <![CDATA[The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling]]> 970831
In this new look at age-old themes, Hillman provides a radical, frequently amusing, and highly accessible path to realization through an extensive array of examples. He urges his readers to discover the "blueprints" particular to their own individual lives, certain that there is more to life than can be explained by genetics or environment. As he says, "We need a fresh way of looking at the importance of our lives."

What The Soul's Code offers is an inspirational, positive approach to life, a way of seeing, and a way of recovering what has been lost of our intrinsic selves.]]> 352 James Hillman 0446673714 Mikk 0 to-read 3.89 1996 The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling
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]]> <![CDATA[Narrative and Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business]]> 30151811
Through a range of case studies, Narrative and Numbers describes how storytellers can better incorporate and narrate numbers and how number-crunchers can calculate more imaginative models that withstand scrutiny. Damodaran considers Uber's debut and how narrative is key to understanding different valuations. He investigates why Twitter and Facebook were valued in the billions of dollars at their public offerings, and why one (Twitter) has stagnated while the other (Facebook) has grown. Damodaran also looks at more established business models such as Apple and Amazon to demonstrate how a company's history can both enrich and constrain its narrative. And through Vale, a global Brazil-based mining company, he shows the influence of external narrative, and how country, commodity, and currency can shape a company's story. Narrative and Numbers reveals the benefits, challenges, and pitfalls of weaving narratives around numbers and how one can best test a story's plausibility.]]> 296 Aswath Damodaran 0231180489 Mikk 0 to-read 4.05 Narrative and Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business
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]]> <![CDATA[Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes]]> 125116554
� Arthur C. Brooks, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, and #1 New York Times bestselling author


From the author of the international blockbuster, THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY, a powerful new tool to unlock one of life’s most challenging puzzles.

Every investment plan under the sun is, at best,an informed speculation of what may happen in the future, based on a systematic extrapolation from the known past.

Same as Ever reverses the process, inviting us to identify the many things that never, ever change.

With his usual elan, Morgan Housel presents a master class on optimizing risk, seizing opportunity, and living your best life. Through a sequence of engaging stories and pithy examples, he shows how we can use our newfound grasp of the unchanging to see around corners, not by squinting harder through the uncertain landscape of the future, but by looking backwards, being more broad-sighted, and focusing instead on what is permanently true.

By doing so, we may betteranticipate the big stuff, andachieve the greatest success, not merely financial comforts, but most importantly, a life well lived.]]> 240 Morgan Housel Mikk 0 to-read 4.12 2023 Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
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]]> <![CDATA[Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection]]> 157981748 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916.

Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They are able to talk about difficult topics without giving offence. They know how to make others feel at ease and share what they think. They're brilliant facilitators and decision-guiders. How do they do it?

In this groundbreaking book, Charles Duhigg unravels the secrets of the supercommunicators to reveal the art - and the science - of successful communication. He unpicks the different types of everyday conversation and pinpoints why some go smoothly while others swiftly fall apart. He reveals the conversational questions and gambits that bring people together. And he shows how even the most tricky of encounters can be turned around. In the process, he shows why a CIA operative was able to win over a reluctant spy, how a member of a jury got his fellow jurors to view an open-and-shut case differently, and what a doctor found they needed to do to engage with a vaccine sceptic.

Above all, he reveals the techniques we can all master to successfully connect with others, however tricky the circumstances. Packed with fascinating case studies and drawing on cutting-edge research, this book will change the way you think about what you say, and how you say it.]]> 320 Charles Duhigg Mikk 0 to-read 3.99 2024 Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
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]]> <![CDATA[Empire Builder: The Road to a Billion]]> 200030745 YOUR EMPIRE STARTS NOW.

You’ve got big dreams for your business, but the odds are not in your favor. You’re struggling to scale. Sometimes it’s hard to stay profitable. You know you need expert advice to grow.

CEO coach and executive thought leader Adam Coffey has been where you are. He, too, dared to dream of that elusive billion dollar exit. Then he took his companies to triple digit growth. In Empire Builder, he shows you how to do the same. From foundation framing to exit plan, Coffey fills your business toolbox with a wealth of hard-won, real-world strategies you can begin using today.

Discover how private equity can forever change the scope of your company. Draft the blueprint for steady rising growth. Understand how to wield the power of mergers and acquisitions. Step by step, Coffey helps you make the most of each new tool you acquire. Let Empire Builder help you beat the odds and achieve your first million while keeping your eyes on the billion dollar prize.]]> 165 Adam Coffey Mikk 0 to-read 4.25 Empire Builder: The Road to a Billion
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]]> <![CDATA[Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results]]> 75665850 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Few things will change your trajectory in life or business as much as learning to think clearly. Yet few of us recognize opportunities to think in the first place.

You might believe you’re thinking clearly in the moments that matter most. But in all likelihood, when the pressure is on, you won’t be thinking at all. And your subsequent actions will inevitably move you further from the results you ultimately seek—love, belonging, success, wealth, victory. According to Farnam Street founder Shane Parrish, we must get better at recognizing these opportunities for what they are, and deploying our cognitive ability in order to achieve the life we want.

Clear Thinking gives you the tools to recognize the moments that have the potential to transform your trajectory, and reshape how you navigate the critical space between stimulus and response. As Parrish shows, we may imagine we are the protagonists in the story of our lives. But the sad truth is, most of us run on autopilot. Our behavioral defaults, groomed by biology, evolution, and culture, are primed to run the show for us if we don’t intervene. At our worst, we react to events without reasoning, not even realizing that we’ve missed an opportunity to think at all. At our best, we recognize these moments for what they are, and apply the full capacity of our reasoning and rationality to them.

Through stories, mental models, and more, Parrish offers the missing link between behavioral science and real-life outcomes. The result is a must-have manual for optimizing decision-making, gaining competitive advantage, and living a more intentional life.]]> 284 Shane Parrish 0593086112 Mikk 0 to-read 4.16 2023 Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
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]]> <![CDATA[Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours]]> 145624504
Now is the best time in history for entrepreneurship. More than ever, the world needs new businesses and it’s cheaper than ever to create them.

And, let’s be most day jobs suck. People spend too much time doing too much work for too little money—and they know it.They want out.

But, if the barriers to starting a business are getting lower and lower, why is it SO HARD TO DO for SO MANY PEOPLE? Why are there so many wantrepreneurs playing at business on social media and so few entrepreneurs actually running them?

Ask


All those Frequent Excuses are solvable. The plan is simple—so simple it can be completed in a single weekend, but so powerful that Kagan has used to build seven businesses now worth more than $1


By Monday, you’ll have a market-tested, scalable business idea and you’ll be a entrepreneur on the path to seven figures. Million Dollar Weekend is the path to creating your dream life and attaining financial freedom. LFG.]]> 240 Noah Kagan 059353977X Mikk 0 to-read 4.08 Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours
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]]> <![CDATA[Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building]]> 63063173
“Whether you are a new manager or a CEO, there are going to be moments when you feel alone and need help. Odds are, the advice you need is in Scaling People . You are going to pull this book off your shelf over and over!"
—Kim Scott, New York Times bestselling author of Radical Candor and Just Work

A leader at both Google and Stripe from their early days, Claire Hughes Johnson has worked with founders and company builders to try to replicate their success. The most common questions she’s asked are not about business strategy—they’re about how to scale the operating structures and people systems of a rapidly growing startup.

Scaling People is a practical and empathetic guide to being an effective leader and manager in a high-growth environment. The tactical information it puts forward—including guidance on crafting foundational documents, strategic and financial planning, hiring and team development, and feedback and performance mechanisms—can be applied to companies of any size, in any industry. Scaling People includes dozens of pages of worksheets, templates, exercises, and example documents to help founders, leaders, and company builders create scalable operating systems and lightweight processes that really work.

Implementing effective leadership and management practices takes effort and discipline, but the reward is a sustainable, scalable company that’s set up for long-term success. Scaling People is a detailed roadmap for company builders to put the right operating systems and structures in place to scale the most important resource a company its people.]]> 480 Claire Hughes Johnson 1953953212 Mikk 0 to-read 4.23 Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
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]]> <![CDATA[Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire]]> 60880804
Learn to conquer the one real hurdle to scaling your company and growing Time

How you use your free time will make or break your success. The secret? It’s not about working harder or finding more time to do work. It’s about designing the freedom to engage in the high-value work that brings you energy and fulfillment. This is at the heart of the message that has made Dan Martell the world’s most popular SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) coach. Now, in his first book, Buy Back Your Time, he teaches entrepreneurs at every level how to scale their business, fast, while avoiding burnout. Trading money for time—that is, literally buying back free space in your calendar—will give you more financial success than you ever dreamed was possible.

With over two decades of experience as a serial entrepreneur and founder, Dan Martell will teach you the secrets to work less and play more while building an empire. He’ll dig into the practical steps that will allow you to start buying back time immediately , while also developing operating procedures and hiring practices that will ensure rapid and robust growth. And he will teach you how to invest in your newfound time wisely—at work and at home—so you keep building your empire while living your best life.

Buy Back Your Time is the definitive guide for entrepreneurs at every level on how to succeed in business while enjoying more freedom than you ever imagined.]]> 272 Dan Martell 059342297X Mikk 0 to-read 4.39 Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Make a Few Billion Dollars]]> 199249408 � achieving lots of high-quality M&A without imploding,
� building an outrageously talented team,
� catalyzing electric meetings, and
� transforming a company into a superorganism that kills the competition. How to Make a Few Billion Dollars is an inside look at how this entrepreneurial titan leads with humility, compassion, and accountability, while running hard toward the American Dream. If your personal dream is to create wealth through free markets or to triumph in sports, the arts, politics, philanthropy, or any other part of your life, this book will help you make that a reality.]]> 272 Brad Jacobs Mikk 0 to-read 3.85 How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
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]]> <![CDATA[Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com]]> 12688360
"Alexander Graham Bell discovered the telephone, Thomas Edison discovered electricity and Aaron Ross discovered the Enterprise Market for Salesforce.com."
SHELLY DAVENPORT - VP Worldwide Sales at Replicon & ex-VP Corporate Sales at Salesforce.com

Discover the outbound sales process that, in just a few years, helped add $100 million in recurring revenue to Salesforce.com, almost doubling their enterprise growth... with zero cold calls.

This is NOT another book about how to cold call or close deals. This is an entirely new kind of sales bible for CEOs, entrepreneurs and sales VPs to help you build a sales machine. What does it take for your sales team to generate as many highly-qualified new leads as you want, create predictable revenue, and meet your financial goals without your constant focus and attention?
LEARN INSIDE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT PREDICTABLE REVENUE
"I couldn't put it down. It's saved me so much time, and now revenue is ramping up. After reading the book, we closed major deals immediately with the strategies." KURT DARADICS CEO, Freedom Speaks / CitySourced.com
"Reading Predictable Revenue is like having a delicious conversation with a sales guru who generously shares his sales process, results and lessons learned. I'm so impressed, energized and refreshed to hear such relevance mixed with humor and unabashed logic. This book is honest, relevant and logical and it's rated A++ because it's guaranteed to make you think and convinces you to change things up....fast. Now, please excuse me as I'm running out to a funeral for my phone. After reading my favorite chapter on RIP Cold Calling there's no doubt its dead and gone and Aaron tells us why." JOSIANE FEIGON, CEO of TeleSmart and author of Smart Selling on the Phone and Online
"I just finished reading your book. Unbelievable! I now know what's wrong with our sales process..." PAT SHAH, CEO, SurchSquad
"I have read Predictable Revenue and it's Entrepreneurial Crack!" DAMIEN STEVENS, CEO, Servosity
"Working with Aaron Ross has been nothing short of amazing! His methods applied to our sales organization helped us produce a profitable and scalable new stream of predictable revenue. We saw at least 40+% new business growth. The best part is, we had a blast while doing it!" MICHAEL STONE, VP Sales and Strategy, WPromote (#1 ranked Search Marketing Firm on the Inc. 500)
For A Summary... google "Why Salespeople Shouldn't Prospect"]]> 213 Aaron Ross 0984380213 Mikk 0 to-read 3.91 2011 Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com
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]]> <![CDATA[$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No]]> 58612786 How To Charge a Lot More Than You Currently Are�
a- The Tiny Market Big Money Process we use to laser focus on niche markets overflowing with cash
b- The “Unfair� Pricing formula�.how we 100x’d our pricing (and got more people to say yes�.for real)
c- The Value Flip...so you never get price compared again (that’s a promise)
d- The Virtuous Cycle of Price...use it to outspend your competition (for good) while using your product to attract the best talent.
How To Make Your Product So Good, Prospects Find A Way To Pay For It
a- The Unbeatable Value Equation�.to make what you sell worth more than your prospects have ever received
b- The Delivery Cube�.to make delivering your products and services cost less but provide more
c- The Trim & Stack Hack�.to maximize profit using the absolute best delivery methods. (This has never been shared publicly and was how we made $17M in profit on $28M in revenue in a year when I was 28 years old).
How To Enhance Your Offer So Much, Prospects Buy Without Hesitating
a- The Scarcity Stack�.how to use the three different types of scarcity in every offer you make (without lying) to get people to buy the moment you ask
b- The “Everyday� Urgency Blueprint... to get prospects to buy RIGHT NOW, using everyday life to create real, ethical time pressure
c- Unbeatable Bonuses...and watch your prospects' hesitations melt away as they begin reading their credit cards to you before you even finish!
d- God-mode Guarantees...so good they make anyone say yes (even people who would never normally consider buying). I’ll show you how to stack and layer all 4 types of guarantees together. I even give you my 13 favorite guarantees word-for-word to swipe for yourself.
e- Magic Naming Formula to get the absolute highest response rates and conversion rates from everything you do to get new clients and so much more�

The methods contained within this book are so simple, so instantaneous, and so effective, it’s as if they work by magic. If you implement even one tactic in this book, you’ll see the change in your prospects' demeanor. And you’ll know the $100M Offer method worked when you start hearing “What do I need to do to move forward?� ...before you even ask for the sale.

If you want to get more prospects to reply to your ads for less advertising dollars and get them to say YES to breathtaking prices... then ADD TO CART, use its contents, and see for yourself.]]> 258 Alex Hormozi 1737475707 Mikk 0 to-read 4.57 $100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No
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]]> <![CDATA[Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love]]> 2153780 Heralded by the New York Times and Time as the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond.

This idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson presents Emotionally Focused Therapy to the general public for the first time. Johnson teaches that the way to save and enrich a relationship is to reestablish safe emotional connection and preserve the attachment bond. With this in mind, she focuses on key moments in a relationship-from "Recognizing the Demon Dialogue" to "Revisiting a Rocky Moment" -- and uses them as touch points for seven healing conversations.

Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice, and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their relationships and ensure a lifetime of love.
]]> 300 Sue Johnson 031611300X Mikk 0 to-read 4.12 2008 Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
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]]> <![CDATA[Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model (Silicon Valley Product Group)]]> 56465356
In INSPIRED, product thought leader Marty Cagan revealed the best practices and techniques used by the top product teams operating in the product model. Next, EMPOWERED shared the best practices and techniques used by the top product leaders to provide their teams with the kind of environment they need to thrive in the product model. Yet, the most common question after reading INSPIRED and EMPOWERED has “Yes, we want to work this way, but the way we work today is so different, and so deeply ingrained, is it even possible for a company like ours to transform to the product model?� TRANSFORMED was written to bridge the gap between where most companies are right now and where they need to be. The leaders of these companies know they must transform to compete in an era of rapidly changing enabling technology, but most of them have never operated this way before. TRANSFORMED has three big
TRANSFORMED is written for those driving change, including the senior company leaders―starting with the CEO―as well as the senior executives and stakeholders who need to collaborate with the product teams, the product leaders, the members of the product teams, and all those who either support or depend on these product teams. Written by best-selling author Marty Cagan and his partners at the Silicon Valley Product Group, TRANSFORMED is filled with real-world examples and proven, practical advice from their decades of experience helping companies move to the product operating model.]]> 368 Marty Cagan 1119697336 Mikk 4 3.90 Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model (Silicon Valley Product Group)
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]]> <![CDATA[How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between]]> 61327449 The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert on megaprojects

“This book is important, timely, instructive, and entertaining. What more could you ask for?”—Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow

“Over-budget and over-schedule is an inevitability. Incompetence and grift is outrageous. Bent Flyvbjerg, with this terrific data-driven book, has shown that there is another way.”—Frank Gehry

Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, newreality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apple’s iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months.

These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmares. Remember Boston’s “Big Dig�? Almost every sizeable city in the world has such a fiasco in its backyard. In fact, no less than 92% of megaprojects come in over budget or over schedule, or both. The cost of California’s high-speed rail project soared from $33 billion to $100 billon—and won’t even go where promised. More modest endeavors, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also commonly fail. Why?

Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life’s work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed “the world’s leading megaproject expert.� In How Big Things Get Done, he identifies the errors in judgment and decision-making that lead projects, both big and small, to fail, and the research-based principles that will make you succeed with yours. For example:

� Understand your odds. If you don’t know them, you won’t win.
� Plan slow, act fast. Getting to the action quick feels right. But it’s wrong.
� Think right to left. Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there.
� Find your Lego. Big is best built from small.
� Be a team maker. You won’t succeed without an “us.�
� Master the unknown unknowns. Most think they can’t, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can.
� Know that your biggest risk is you.

Full of vivid examples ranging from the building of the Sydney Opera House, to the making of the latest Pixar blockbusters, to a home renovation in Brooklyn gone awry, How Big Things Get Done reveals how to get any ambitious project done—on time and on budget.]]> 304 Bent Flyvbjerg 0593239512 Mikk 0 to-read 4.28 2023 How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
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]]> <![CDATA[Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity]]> 61153739 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER � A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert

Wouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health.

For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late to help, prolonging lifespan at the expense of healthspan, or quality of life. Dr. Attia believes we must replace this outdated framework with a personalized, proactive strategy for longevity, one where we take action now, rather than waiting.

This is not “biohacking,� it’s science: a well-founded strategic and tactical approach to extending lifespan while also improving our physical, cognitive, and emotional health. Dr. Attia’s aim is less to tell you what to do and more to help you learn how to think about long-term health, in order to create the best plan for you as an individual. In Outlive, readers will discover:

� Why the cholesterol test at your annual physical doesn’t tell you enough about your actual risk of dying from a heart attack.
� That you may already suffer from an extremely common yet underdiagnosed liver condition that could be a precursor to the chronic diseases of aging.
� Why exercise is the most potent pro-longevity “drug”—and how to begin training for the “Centenarian Decathlon.�
� Why you should forget about diets, and focus instead on nutritional biochemistry, using technology and data to personalize your eating pattern.
� Why striving for physical health and longevity, but ignoring emotional health, could be the ultimate curse of all.

Aging and longevity are far more malleable than we think; our fate is not set in stone. With the right roadmap, you can plot a different path for your life, one that lets you outlive your genes to make each decade better than the one before.]]> 496 Peter Attia 0593236599 Mikk 5 4.33 2023 Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
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]]> <![CDATA[Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning]]> 18770267 Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners.

Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. New insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved have led to a better understanding of how we learn. Grappling with the impediments that make learning challenging leads both to more complex mastery and better retention of what was learned.

Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. More complex and durable learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and athletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement.]]> 313 Peter C. Brown 0674729013 Mikk 0 to-read 4.14 2014 Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
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]]> <![CDATA[Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier]]> 137978862
In Build the Life You Want , Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action, they show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change.

With insight, compassion, and hope, Brooks and Winfrey reveal how the tools of emotional self-management can change your life―immediately. They recommend practical, research-based practices to build the four pillars of family, friendship, work, and faith. And along the way, they share hard-earned wisdom from their own lives and careers as well as the witness of regular people whose lives are joyful despite setbacks and hardship.

Equipped with the tools of emotional self-management and ready to build your four pillars, you can take control of your present and future rather than hoping and waiting for your circumstances to improve. Build the Life You Want is your blueprint for a better life.]]> 272 Arthur C. Brooks 0593545400 Mikk 0 to-read 3.76 2023 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
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]]> <![CDATA[Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed]]> 37570546 From a psychotherapist, and national advice columnist comes a thought-provoking new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world -- where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).

One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.

As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients' lives -- a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can't stop hooking up with the wrong guys -- she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.

With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.]]> 415 Lori Gottlieb 1328662055 Mikk 5 4.36 2019 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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]]> <![CDATA[Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life]]> 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 Mikk 4 4.08 2023 Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
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]]> Thinking, Fast and Slow 11468377 Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions.

Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking.]]> 499 Daniel Kahneman 0374275637 Mikk 3 4.17 2011 Thinking, Fast and Slow
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]]> Ärevus ja meeleoluhäired 60390468
Käesolev raamat annab lihtsa ülevaate, millised on ärevus- ja meeleoluhäired, kuidas neid enda ja teiste puhul märgata ning mida nende ilmnemise korral ette võtta. Õigeaegne ja asjatundlik abi on oluline ja saab toimetulekut suurel määral parandada. Süsteemne vaade teemale aitab selles vaimse tervise valdkonnas paremini orienteeruda, vajadusel teist toetada või ise abi otsida ja valida sobivad sammud teekonnal parema vaimse terviseni.

Dr Margus Lõokene on psühhiaater, meeleolu- ja ärevushäirete valdkonna ekspert, kel on enam kui 15 aastat kliinilise töö kogemust. Ta on ka kaugkonsultatsioonide rakendamise eestvedaja vaimse tervise häirete puhul.

Hede Kerstin Luik on inimeste hoiakute ja käitumise põhjustega tegelnud ning muudatusi toetanud ligi 20 aastat. Tal on muudatuste juhtimise magistrikraad INSEADi ärikoolist.


Margus ja Hede on kirjutanud väga hea raamatu. Kuna meeleoluhäired on kõige suurema leviku ja majandusliku mõjuga haigused tänases maailmas, siis on see raamat minu arvates ka kohustuslik kirjandus igale ärijuhile. Õigesti kasutatuna annab ettevõttele rohkem tootlust kui enamik teisi võimalikke investeeringuid. Rääkimata inimestele tehtud kingitusest parema enesetunde näol.

Jaan Pillesaar, Tarkvaraettevõtte Helmes asutaja

See tõenduspõhiseid teadmisi ja praktilist kogemust ühendav lihtsas keeles raamat võiks olla nii tervishoiuteenuse osutaja kui ka tavainimese laual. Nendest muredest vabastamine algab alati teadmisest.

Prof Eduard Maron,
psühhiaater, DocuMentalCare kliiniku asutaja]]> 111 Margus Lõokene 9985352599 Mikk 4 4.21 Ärevus ja meeleoluhäired
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]]> <![CDATA[The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron]]> 113576 All the President's Men gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance and exclusive reporting. And thirty years later, if you're going to read only one book on Watergate, that's still the one. Today, Enron is the biggest business story of our time, and Fortune senior writers Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind are the new Woodward and Bernstein.

Remarkably, it was just two years ago that Enron was thought to epitomize a great New Economy company, with its skyrocketing profits and share price. But that was before Fortune published an article by McLean that asked a seemingly innocent question: How exactly does Enron make money? From that point on, Enron's house of cards began to crumble. Now, McLean and Elkind have investigated much deeper, to offer the definitive book about the Enron scandal and the fascinating people behind it.

Meticulously researched and character driven, Smartest Guys in the Room takes the reader deep into Enron's past—and behind the closed doors of private meetings. Drawing on a wide range of unique sources, the book follows Enron's rise from obscurity to the top of the business world to its disastrous demise. It reveals as never before major characters such as Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, and Andy Fastow, as well as lesser known players like Cliff Baxter and Rebecca Mark. Smartest Guys in the Room is a story of greed, arrogance, and deceit—a microcosm of all that is wrong with American business today. Above all, it's a fascinating human drama that will prove to be the authoritative account of the Enron scandal.]]> 440 Bethany McLean 1591840538 Mikk 0 to-read 4.20 2003 The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
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]]> <![CDATA[Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty]]> 43868109 The highly anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing.

The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing OxyContin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis.

Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling.]]> 535 Patrick Radden Keefe 0385545681 Mikk 0 to-read 4.54 2021 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
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]]> <![CDATA[Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination]]> 118824 Seven years in the making and meticulously researched - Gabler is the first writer to be given complete access to the Disney archives - this is the full story of a man whose work left an ineradicable brand on our culture but whose life has largely been enshrouded in myth.
Gabler shows us the young Walt Disney breaking free of a heartland childhood of discipline and deprivation and making his way to Hollywood. We see the visionary, whose desire for escape honed an innate sense of what people wanted to see on the screen and, when combined with iron determination and obsessive perfectionism, led him to the reinvention of animation. It was Disney, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films - most notably Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi - who transformed animation from a novelty based on movement to an art form that presented an illusion of life.
We see him reimagine the amusement park with Disneyland, prompting critics to coin the word Disneyfication to describe the process by which reality can be modified to fit one's personal desires. At the same time, he provided a new way to connect with American history through his live-action films and purveyed a view of the country so coherent that even today one can speak meaningfully of "Walt Disney's America." We see how the True-Life Adventure nature documentaries he produced helped create the environmental movement by sensitizing the general public to issues of conservation. And we see how he reshaped the entertainment industry by building a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise in a way that was unprecedented and was later widely imitated.
Gabler also reveals a wounded, lonely, and often disappointed man, who, despite worldwide success, was plagued with financial problems much of his life, suffered a nervous breakdown, and at times retreated into pitiable seclusion in his workshop making model trains. Gabler explores accusations that Disney was a red-baiter, an anti-Semite, an embittered alcoholic. But whatever the characterizations of Disney's personal life, he appealed to the nation by demonstrating the power of wish fulfillment and the triumph of the American imagination. Walt Disney showed how one could impose one's will on the world.
This is a masterly biography, a revelation of both the work and the man - of both the remarkable accomplishment and the hidden life.]]> 851 Neal Gabler 067943822X Mikk 0 to-read 4.04 2006 Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
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]]> <![CDATA[How Will You Measure Your Life?]]> 13425570
كيف يمكنني أن أتأكد أنني سأجد الرضا في مهنتي؟
كيف أتأكد من أن علاقاتي الشخصية ستصبح مصادر دائمة للسعادة؟
كيف أتجنب التضحية بنزاهتي وتجنب السجن؟

باستخدام دروس من حياة أعظم الشركات في العالم يقدم الكاتب أفكارا مذهلة لهذه الاسئلة الصعبة. يحفل الكتاب بالالهام والحكمة وسوف يساعد الطلاب والموظفين في منتصف السلم الوظيفي والوالدين على حد سواء في تغيير سبلهم نحو الاشباع والرضا.]]> 240 Clayton M. Christensen 0062102427 Mikk 0 to-read 4.03 2012 How Will You Measure Your Life?
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]]> <![CDATA[No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram]]> 50772888 Award-winning reporter Sarah Frier reveals an inside, never-before-told, behind-the-scenes look at how Instagram defied the odds to become one of the most culturally defining apps of the decade.

Since its creation in 2010, Instagram’s fun and simple interface has captured our collective imagination, swiftly becoming a way of life. In No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram, technology reporter Sarah Frier explains how Instagram’s founders married art and technology to overcome skeptics and to hook the public on visual storytelling. At first, Instagram initially attracted artisans, but then the platform exploded in popularity among the masses, creating an entire industry of digital influencers that’s now worth tens of billions of dollars.

Eighteen months after Instagram’s launch and explosive growth, the founders—Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger—made the gut-wrenching decision to sell the company to Facebook. For most companies, that would be the end of the story; but for Instagram, it was only the beginning. Instagram borrowed some lessons from Facebook and rejected others, until eventually its success stirred tension with Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, just as Facebook became embroiled in a string of public crises. Frier unearths the details that led to the cofounders� departure, bringing to light dramatic moments unknown to the public until now.

At its heart, No Filter draws on unprecedented exclusive access—from the founders of Instagram, as well as employees, executives, and competitors; hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio; Anna Wintour of Vogue; Kris Jenner of the Kardashian-Jenner empire; and a plethora of influencers, from fashionistas with millions of followers to owners of famous dogs worldwide—to show how Instagram has fundamentally changed the way we communicate, shop, eat, and travel. The book brings readers inside users� strategies to craft their personal image and fame, explaining how the company’s product decisions have affected the structure of our society. From teenagers to the pope, No Filter tells the captivating story of how Instagram not only created a new industry but also changed our lives.]]> 352 Sarah Frier 1982126809 Mikk 0 to-read 4.10 2020 No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram
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]]> Open 6480781
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. He dyes his hair, pierces his ears, dresses like a punk rocker. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning-fast return.

And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world’s best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon. Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target.

Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals from several generations—Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer—Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. He reveals a shattering loss of confidence. And he recounts his spectacular resurrection, a comeback climaxing with his epic run at the 1999 French Open and his march to become the oldest man ever ranked number one.

In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf. Inspired by her quiet strength, he fights through crippling pain from a deteriorating spine to remain a dangerous opponent in the twenty-first and final year of his career. Entering his last tournament in 2006, he’s hailed for completing a stunning metamorphosis, from nonconformist to elder statesman, from dropout to education advocate. And still he’s not done. At a U.S. Open for the ages, he makes a courageous last stand, then delivers one of the most stirring farewells ever heard in a sporting arena.

With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, Open will be read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi’s game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed, and power.]]> 388 Andre Agassi 0307268195 Mikk 0 to-read 4.29 2009 Open
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]]> <![CDATA[Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology]]> 60321447
You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually everything� from missiles to microwaves, smartphones to the stock market � runs on chips. Until recently, America designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the #1 superpower. Now, America's edge isslipping, undermined by competitors in Taiwan, Korea,Europe, and, above all, China. Today, as Chip War reveals, China, which spends more money each year importing chips than it spends importing oil,is pouring billions into a chip-building initiative to catch up to the US. At stake is America's military superiority and economic prosperity.

Economic historian Chris Miller explains how the semiconductor came to play a critical role in modern life and how the U.S. become dominant in chip design and manufacturing and applied this technology to military systems. America's victory in the Cold War and its global military dominance stems from its ability to harness computing power more effectively than any other power. But here, too, China is catching up, with its chip-building ambitions and military modernization going hand in hand.America has let key components of the chip-building process slip out of its grasp, contributing not only to a worldwide chip shortage but also a new Cold War with a superpower adversary that is desperate to bridge the gap.

Illuminating, timely, and fascinating, Chip War shows that, to make sense of the current state of politics, economics, and technology, we must first understand the vital role played by chips.]]> 464 Chris Miller 1982172002 Mikk 0 to-read 4.38 2022 Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
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]]> The Psychology of Money 41881472 242 Morgan Housel 0857197681 Mikk 0 to-read 4.27 2020 The Psychology of Money
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]]> <![CDATA[10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less]]> 63338662
Dan Sullivan, the world's leading coach for highly successful entrepreneurs, wants you to know that achieving 10X growth is exponentially easier than striving for 2X growth. Most find this idea confusing at first because simply imagining 10X growth causes them to think they need to do 10X more work to achieve it. However, being a 10X entrepreneur is nothing like what most people think.

10X is not the outcome; it's a counterintuitive process you can apply every time you want exponential growth in your life and business. To make 10X possible, you must focus on expanding what Dan defines as your four most important freedoms—time, money, relationship, and purpose. As your time becomes 10X more valuable, you increasingly multiply the money you earn both in terms of amount and profitable satisfaction. As money becomes a tool you can increasingly access with greater ease, you will engage with a growing number of other freedom-motivated individuals. As both your professional and personal life fills up with 10X more unique and collaborative relationships, you will realize that your most powerful purposes in all areas become 10X more lasting and positive for everyone involved. You will be impressed by what your life has become, and the meaning and impact you're having.

10X is fundamentally about quality vs quantity, and the quality of your freedoms determines the results you achieve.]]> 288 Dan Sullivan 1401969968 Mikk 0 to-read 4.20 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less
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]]> <![CDATA[Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It]]> 42348376 A Wall Street Journal Bestseller!

What are venture capitalists saying about your startup behind closed doors? And what can you do to influence that conversation?

If Silicon Valley is the greatest wealth-generating machine in the world, Sand Hill Road is its humming engine. That's where you'll find the biggest names in venture capital, including famed VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, where lawyer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-VC Scott Kupor serves as managing partner.

Whether you're trying to get a new company off the ground or scale an existing business to the next level, you need to understand how VCs think. In Secrets of Sand Hill Road, Kupor explains exactly how VCs decide where and how much to invest, and how entrepreneurs can get the best possible deal and make the most of their relationships with VCs. Kupor explains, for instance:

- Why most VCs typically invest in only one startup in a given business category.

- Why the skill you need most when raising venture capital is the ability to tell a compelling story.

- How to handle a "down round," when startups have to raise funds at a lower valuation than in the previous round.

- What to do when VCs get too entangled in the day-to-day operations of the business.

- Why you need to build relationships with potential acquirers long before you decide to sell.

Filled with Kupor's firsthand experiences, insider advice, and practical takeaways, Secrets of Sand Hill Road is the guide every entrepreneur needs to turn their startup into the next unicorn.]]> 320 Scott Kupor 059308358X Mikk 0 to-read 4.21 2019 Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It
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]]> <![CDATA[Flip the Script: Getting People to Think Your Idea Is Their Idea]]> 43582732
Is there anything worse than a high-pressure salesperson pushing you to say "yes" (then sign on the dotted line) before you're ready?

If there's one lesson Oren Klaff has learned over decades of pitching, presenting, and closing long-shot, high-stakes deals, it's that people are sick of being marketed and sold to. Most of all, they hate being told what to think. The more you push them, the more they resist.

What people love, however, is coming up with a great idea on their own, even if it's the idea you were guiding them to have all along. Often, the only way to get someone to sign is to make them feel like they're smarter than you.

That's why Oren is throwing out the old playbook on persuasion. Instead, he'll show you a new approach that works on this simple insight: Everyone trusts their own ideas. If, rather than pushing your idea on your buyer, you can guide them to discover it on their own, they'll believe it, trust it, and get excited about it. Then they'll buy in and feel good about the chance to work with you.

That might sound easier said than done, but Oren has taught thousands of people how to do it with a series of simple steps that anyone can follow in any situation.

And as you'll see in this book, Oren has been in a lot of different situations.

He'll show you how he got a billionaire to take him seriously, how he got a venture capital firm to cough up capital, and how he made a skeptical Swiss banker see him as an expert in banking. He'll even show you how to become so compelling that buyers are even more attracted to you than to your product.

These days, it's not enough to make a great pitch.

To get attention, create trust, and close the deal, you need to flip the script .]]> 256 Oren Klaff 052553394X Mikk 0 to-read 4.03 Flip the Script: Getting People to Think Your Idea Is Their Idea
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]]> <![CDATA[Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence]]> 60623908
Banking and finance, pharmaceuticals, automotive, medical technology, retail. Artificial intelligence (AI) has made its way into many industries around the world. But the truth is, it has just begun its odyssey toward cheaper, better, and faster predictions to drive strategic business decisions--powering and accelerating business. When prediction is taken to the max, industries transform. The disruption that comes with such transformation is yet to be felt--but it is coming.

How do businesses prepare? In their bestselling first book, Prediction Machines, eminent economists Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb explained the simple yet game-changing economics of AI. Now, in Power and Prediction, they go further to reveal AI as a prediction technology directly impacting decision-making and to teach businesses how to identify disruptive opportunities and threats resulting from AI. Their exhaustive study of new developments in artificial intelligence and the past history of how technologies have disrupted industries highlights the striking phase we are now in: after witnessing the power of this new technology and before its widespread adoption--what they call "the Between Times." While there continue to be important opportunities for businesses, there are also threats of disruption. As prediction machines improve, old ways of doing things will be upended. Also, the process by which AI filters into the many systems involved in application is very uneven. That process will have winners and losers. How can businesses leverage, or protect, their positions?

Filled with illuminating insights, rich examples, and practical advice, Power and Prediction is the must-read guide for any business leader or policy maker on how to make the coming AI disruptions work for you rather than against you.]]> 256 Ajay Agrawal 1647824192 Mikk 0 to-read 4.23 Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence
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]]> <![CDATA[The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building]]> 48928140 240 Matt Mochary Mikk 0 to-read 4.38 The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
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]]> <![CDATA[Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal]]> 10321016
When it comes to delivering a pitch, Oren Klaff has unparalleled credentials. Over the past 13 years, he has used his one-of-a- kind method to raise more than $400 million--and now, for the first time, he describes his formula to help you deliver a winning pitch in any business situation.

Whether you're selling ideas to investors, pitching a client for new business, or even negotiating for a higher salary, "Pitch Anything "will transform the way you position your ideas.

According to Klaff, creating and presenting a great pitch isn't an art--it's a simple science. Applying the latest findings in the field of neuroeconomics, while sharing eye-opening stories of his method in action, Klaff describes how the brain makes decisions and responds to pitches. With this information, you'll remain in complete control of every stage of the pitch process.

"Pitch Anything" introduces the exclusive STRONG method of pitching, which can be put to use immediately:


Setting the Frame

Telling the Story

Revealing the Intrigue

Offering the Prize

Nailing the Hookpoint

Getting a Decision

One truly great pitch can improve your career, make you a lot of money--and even change your life. Success is dependent on the method you use, not how hard you try. "Better method, more money," Klaff says. "Much better method, much more money." Klaff is the best in the business because his method is much better than anyone else's. And now it's yours.

Apply the tactics and strategies outlined in "Pitch Anything" to engage and persuade your audience--and you'll have more funding and support than you ever thought possible.]]> 240 Oren Klaff 0071752854 Mikk 0 to-read 4.03 2011 Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal
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]]> <![CDATA[Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World]]> 35957156 Rand Fishkin, the founder and former CEO of Moz, reveals how traditional Silicon Valley "wisdom" leads far too many startups astray, with the transparency and humor that his hundreds of thousands of blog readers have come to love.

Everyone knows how a startup story is supposed to go: A young, brilliant entrepreneur has an cool idea, drops out of college, defies the doubters, overcomes all odds, makes billions, and becomes the envy of the technology world.

This is not that story.

It's not that things went badly for Rand Fishkin; they just weren't quite so Zuckerberg-esque. His company, Moz, makers of marketing software, is now a $45 million/year business, and he's one of the world's leading experts on SEO. But his business and reputation took fifteen years to grow, and his startup began not in a Harvard dorm room but as a mother-and-son family business that fell deeply into debt.

Now Fishkin pulls back the curtain on tech startup mythology, exposing the ups and downs of startup life that most CEOs would rather keep secret. For instance: A minimally viable product can be destructive if you launch at the wrong moment. Growth hacking may be the buzzword du jour, but initiatives can fizzle quickly. Revenue and growth won't protect you from layoffs. And venture capital always comes with strings attached.

Fishkin's hard-won lessons are applicable to any kind of business environment. Up or down the chain of command, at both early stage startups and mature companies, whether your trajectory is riding high or down in the dumps: this book can help solve your problems, and make you feel less alone for having them.]]> 300 Rand Fishkin 0735213321 Mikk 0 to-read 4.28 2018 Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World
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]]> <![CDATA[The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life]]> 199017130
At the very heart of all the success and failure I've been exposed to - both my own entrepreneurial journey and through the thousands of interviews I’ve conducted on my chart-topping podcast - are a set of principles that ensure excellence.

These fundamental laws underpinned my meteoric rise, and they will fuel yours too, whether you want to build something great or become someone great. The laws are rooted in psychology and behavioral science, in my own experiences, and those of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, entertainers, artists, writers, and athletes, who I’ve interviewed on my podcast.

These laws will stand the test of time and will help anyone master their life and unleash their potential, no matter the field.

They are the secret sauce to success.]]> 368 Steven Bartlett 0593715837 Mikk 0 to-read 4.14 The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The 3-Minute Rule: Say Less to Get More from Any Pitch or Presentation]]> 49351774 Want to deliver a pitch or presentation that grabs your audience's ever-shrinking attention span? Ditch the colorful slides and catchy language. And follow one simple Convey only what needs to be said, clearly and concisely, in three minutes or less.

That's the 3-Minute Rule.

Hollywood producer and pitch master Brant Pinvidic has sold more than three hundred TV shows and movies, run a TV network, and helmed one of the largest production companies in the world with smash hits like The Biggest Loser and Bar Rescue. In his nearly twenty years of experience, he's developed a simple, straightforward system that'shelped hundreds--from Fortune 100 CEOs to PTA presidents--use top-level Hollywood storytelling techniques to simplify their messages and say less to get more.

Pinvidic proves that anyone can deliver a great pitch, for any idea, in any situation, so your audience not only remembers your message but can pass it on to their friends and colleagues. You'll see how his methods work in a wide range of situations--from presenting investment opportunities in a biotech startup to pitching sponsorship deals for major sports stadiums, and more.

Now it's your turn. The 3-Minute Rule will equip you with an easy, foolproof method to boil down any idea to its essential elements and structure it for maximum impact.

Simplify. Say less. Get More.]]> 256 Brant Pinvidic 0525540733 Mikk 0 to-read 4.15 The 3-Minute Rule: Say Less to Get More from Any Pitch or Presentation
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]]> <![CDATA[Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control]]> 60018575 In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a bold and brave life. In this much-anticipated second book of his Stoic Virtue series, Holiday celebrates the awesome power of self-discipline and those who have seized it.

To master anything, one must first master themselves–one’s emotions, one’s thoughts, one’s actions. Eisenhower famously said that freedom is really the opportunity to practice self-discipline. Cicero called the virtue of temperance the polish of life. Without boundaries and restraint, we risk not only failing to meet our full potential and jeopardizing what we have achieved, but we ensure misery and shame. In a world of temptation and excess, this ancient idea is more urgent than ever.

In Discipline is Destiny, Holiday draws on the stories of historical figures we can emulate as pillars of self-discipline, including Lou Gehrig, Queen Elizabeth II, boxer Floyd Patterson, Marcus Aurelius and writer Toni Morrison, as well as the cautionary tales of Napoleon, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Babe Ruth. Through these engaging examples, Holiday teaches readers the power of self-discipline and balance, and cautions against the perils of extravagance and hedonism.

At the heart of Stoicism are four simple virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom. Everything else, the Stoics believed, flows from them. Discipline is Destiny will guide readers down the path to self-mastery, upon which all the other virtues depend. Discipline is predictive. You cannot succeed without it. And if you lose it, you cannot help but bring yourself failure and unhappiness.]]> 312 Ryan Holiday 0593191692 Mikk 5 4.24 2022 Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
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]]> <![CDATA[The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)]]> 13234710

Drawing on a decade of research, Noam Wasserman reveals the common pitfalls founders face and how to avoid them. He looks at whether it is a good idea to cofound with friends or relatives, how and when to split the equity within the founding team, and how to recognize when a successful founder-CEO should exit or be fired. Wasserman explains how to anticipate, avoid, or recover from disastrous mistakes that can splinter a founding team, strip founders of control, and leave founders without a financial payoff for their hard work and innovative ideas. He highlights the need at each step to strike a careful balance between controlling the startup and attracting the best resources to grow it, and demonstrates why the easy short-term choice is often the most perilous in the long term.



The Founder's Dilemmas draws on the inside stories of founders like Evan Williams of Twitter and Tim Westergren of Pandora, while mining quantitative data on almost ten thousand founders.


People problems are the leading cause of failure in startups. This book offers solutions.]]> 480 Noam Wasserman 0691149135 Mikk 0 to-read 4.01 2011 The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything]]> 22835624 A new product, a new service, a new company, a new division, a new organization, a new anything—where there’s a will, here’s the way.It begins with a dream that just won’t quit, the once-in-a-lifetime thunderbolt of pure inspiration, the obsession, the world-beater, the killer app, the next big thing. Everyone who wants to make the world a better place becomes possessed by a grand idea.
But what does it take to turn your idea into action?Whether you are an entrepreneur, intrapreneur, or not-for-profit crusader, there’s no shortage of advice available on issues such as writing a business plan, recruiting, raising capital, and branding. In fact, there are so many books, articles, and Web sites that many startups get bogged down to the point of paralysis. Or else they focus on the wrong priorities and go broke before they discover their mistakes.In The Art of the Start, Guy Kawasaki brings two decades of experience as one of business’s most original and irreverent strategists to offer the essential guide for anyone starting anything, from a multinational corporation to a church group. At Apple in the 1980s, he helped lead one of the great companies of the century, turning ordinary consumers into evangelists. As founder and CEO of Garage Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm, he has field-tested his ideas with dozens of newly hatched companies. And as the author ofbestselling business books and articles, he has advised thousands of people who are making their startup dreams real.From raising money to hiring the right people, from defining your positioning to creating a brand, from creating buzz to buzzing the competition, from managing a board to fostering a community, this book will guide you through an adventure that’s more art than science—the art of the start.
]]> 336 Guy Kawasaki 1591847842 Mikk 0 to-read 3.98 2004 The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
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]]> <![CDATA[Choose: The Single Most Important Decision Before Starting Your Business]]> 42044952
For the past 10 years, Inc. 500 CEO and #1 national best-selling author, Ryan Levesque--featured for his work in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Entrepreneur --has guided thousands of entrepreneurs through the journey of answering this question.

One of the biggest reasons why so many new businesses fail is because in the quest to decide what business to start, most of the conventional wisdom is wrong .

Instead of obsessing over what --as in what should you sell or what should you build--you should first be asking who . As in who should you serve?

The what is a logical question that will come soon enough. But choosing your who is the foundation from which all other things are built.

That is what this book is all about.

If you've ever had the dream to start your own business, become your own boss, or do your own thing--but have been afraid to take the leap and screw up your already good life--this book is for you.

You will find the meticulously tested, step-by-step process outlined in the book is easy to follow, despite being the result of a decade of research and experience. This process, designed to minimize your risk of failure and losing money up front, coupled with the inspiring stories of everyday people who have used this process to launch successful businesses, will not only give you clarity on what type of business to start, but also the confidence to finally take that leap and get started.]]> 240 Ryan Levesque 1401957471 Mikk 0 to-read 3.91 Choose: The Single Most Important Decision Before Starting Your Business
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]]> <![CDATA[The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to #JointheRide]]> 23493360
This book is designed for those new (or early stage) to entrepreneurship or those who have watched from afar and have wanted/wished to join in, but the fear of the unknown has kept them stupefied and in paralysis.

This book will detail the worst (which is not so scary after all) and the best (which is absolutely thrilling) of being in business for yourself and give you the essential skills to be successful (preventing the 66% death rate).

The focus of the book is on the emotional journey one takes when they step onto the wild ride of entrepreneurship. It’s meant to warn (forthcoming fears, doubts and self-defeating conditioning of past/upbringing), inoculate (from the naysayers, dream stealers and pains of rejection and failure) and guide them (building those undeveloped skills of independence, self-motivation and self-accountability) safely past the landmines that blow up (cause failure) of 66% of all new businesses.]]> 271 Darren Hardy 0990798623 Mikk 0 to-read 4.31 2015 The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to #JointheRide
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]]> <![CDATA[Feeling Good Together: The Secret of Making Troubled Relationships Work]]> 5680626
In Feeling Good Together, renowned US psychiatrist Dr David Burns applies his successful method of cognitive interpersonal therapy to teach us how to take control of our relationships.

Building on the principles that he first introduced in Feeling Good, Burns offers innovative techniques designed to improve communication skills and shows us how to cope with different personality types, such as the big ego, the jealous type, the stubborn mule and the critic, and reveals the five secrets of effective communication.

This groundbreaking book will identify the behaviours that are sabotaging your relationships and give you the tools to change.]]> 288 David D. Burns 0767920708 Mikk 0 to-read 4.17 2008 Feeling Good Together: The Secret of Making Troubled Relationships Work
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]]> <![CDATA[Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy]]> 46674
- Recognise what causes your mood swings
- Nip negative feelings in the bud
- Deal with guilt
- Handle hostility and criticism
- Overcome addiction to love and approval
- Build self-esteem
- Feel good everyday]]> 736 David D. Burns 0380810336 Mikk 0 to-read 4.03 1980 Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
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]]> <![CDATA[The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma]]> 18693771 A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world's foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain's natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk's own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.]]> 464 Bessel van der Kolk 0670785938 Mikk 0 to-read 4.36 2014 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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]]> <![CDATA[The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication: Apply Them and Make the Most of Your Message]]> 63362043
It’s been said that public speaking is the number one fear of most people, with death being second. “This means,� said comedian Jerry Seinfeld, “if you have to be at a funeral, you would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.�

How can you overcome fear or ineffectiveness as a speaker? Learn the Laws of Communication!

John C. Maxwell has been a public speaker and motivational teacher for more than fifty years. He is one of only eight people on the planet who have been awarded Toastmaster’s Golden Gavel and been inducted into the National Speakers' Association Hall of Fame. In The 16 Undeniable Laws of Apply Them and Make the Most of Your Message , he shares everything he’s learned from a lifetime of communication.

Learn how to


Everyone has a message to share. Whether you want to improve your ability to inspire employees, speak at PTA meetings, report to a board of directors, teach students, deliver a sermon, address a small group, speak from a stage, or communicate to an arena full of people, this book can help you.

Learn from one of the best communicators in the world and start making the most of your message today.]]> 320 John C. Maxwell Mikk 0 to-read 4.31 The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication: Apply Them and Make the Most of Your Message
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]]> <![CDATA[Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life]]> 155981 Positive wisdom and helpful insights on how to be a successful person

Happiness and success are habits. So are failure and misery. But negative habits can be changed--and Psycho-Cybernetics shows you how!

This is your personal audio guide to the amazing power of Psycho-Cybernetics--a program based on one of the world s classic self-help books, a multimillion-copy bestseller proven effective by readers worldwide. Presenting positive attitude as a means for change, Maltz s teaching has the ring of common sense.
Psycho-Cybernetics-is the original text that defined the mind/body connection the concept that paved the way for most of today s personal empowerment programs. Turn crises into creative opportunities, dehypnotize yourself from false beliefs, and celebrate new freedom from fear and guilt.

Testimonials and stories are interspersed with advice from Maltz, as well as techniques for relaxation and visualization. Dr. Maxwell Maltz teaches you his techniques of emotional surgery --the path to a dynamic new self-image and self-esteem and to achieving the success and happiness you deserve!
]]> 288 Maxwell Maltz 0671700758 Mikk 0 to-read 4.22 1960 Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The Public Speaking Bible; a Survival Guide for Standing on Stage]]> 55151129
Within this bible:

Technical advice: how to effortlessly project your voice, audience manipulation, crowd control, body language, hand gestures and more.

Additionally: a frank approach for overcoming stage fright, a foolproof recipe for memorising a speech, how to overcome a sore throat and using the physics of sound to your advantage.

Business advice: how to price your speech, approaching agencies, talking overseas, understanding unique selling points, the most complete list of global public speakers� agencies and more.

Children’s author Marcus Alexander, once horrified by the thought of standing on stage, has grown to become one of the most sought-after school speakers. He’s delivered more than 1600 talks in 13 different countries and is booked 18 months in advance. The journey wasn’t easy; he’s tripped, fallen and blundered over every imaginable obstacle. This bible contains all the insights you need to create a similar career at a faster rate and with half the hiccups.

'Marcus doesn't just hold the stage he is the stage. Every word spoken is a sledge hammer pinning the audience to their seats.'
Adisa the Verbaliser, spoken poet and author.

'The first time I saw Marcus Alexander on stage was with a group of other authors. We all watched in amazement as he enthralled both the children and adults with his awesome energy. One of the best author events I have watched.'
Andy Briggs, author and scriptwriter.

Guest speakers sharing their advice include: best-selling author Chris Bradford, movement icon Dan Edwardes, British actor and producer Joey Ansah, author and teamwork specialist Casper Craven. Other guests include: surgeons, dentist lecturers, thespians, West End singers, polio advisers, educators and coaches.]]> 210 Marcus Alexander 0955891213 Mikk 0 to-read 4.40 The Public Speaking Bible; a Survival Guide for Standing on Stage
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]]> <![CDATA[A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose]]> 76334 With his bestselling spiritual guide "The Power of Now," Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived ?in the now.? In "A New Earth," Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence. "The Power of Now" was a question-and-answer handbook. "A New Earth" has been written as a traditional narrative, offering anecdotes and philosophies in a way that is accessible to all. Illuminating, enlightening, and uplifting, "A New Earth" is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life?and for building a better world.]]> 316 Eckhart Tolle 0452287588 Mikk 0 to-read 4.15 2005 A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
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]]> Elon Musk 122765395 From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.

When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.

His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.

At the beginning of 2022—after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth—Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. “I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,� he said.

It was a wistful comment, not a New Year’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.

For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?]]> 688 Walter Isaacson 1982181281 Mikk 0 to-read 4.28 2023 Elon Musk
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]]> <![CDATA[The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness]]> 61273746 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781982166694.

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their “captivating� ( The Wall Street Journal) book, the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, show that the answer to these questions may be closer than you realize.

What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life.

The invaluable insights in this book emerge from the revealing personal stories of hundreds of participants in the Harvard Study as they were followed year after year for their entire adult lives, and this wisdom was bolstered by research findings from many other studies. Relationships in all their forms—friendships, romantic partnerships, families, coworkers, tennis partners, book club members, Bible study groups—all contribute to a happier, healthier life. And as The Good Life shows us, it’s never too late to strengthen the relationships you already have, and never too late to build new ones. The Good Life provides examples of how to do this.

Dr. Waldinger’s TED Talk about the Harvard Study, “What Makes a Good Life,� has been viewed more than 42 million times and is one of the ten most-watched TED talks ever. The Good Life has been praised by bestselling authors Jay Shetty “an empowering quest towards our greatest meaningful human connection�), Angela Duckworth (“In a crowded field of life advice...Schulz and Waldinger stand apart�), and happiness expert Laurie Santos (“Waldinger and Schulz are world experts on the counterintuitive things that make life meaningful�).

With “insightful [and] interesting� (Daniel Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness) life stories, The Good Life shows us how we can make our lives happier and more meaningful through our connections to others.]]> 352 Robert Waldinger Mikk 0 to-read 4.10 2023 The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
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]]> <![CDATA[Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things]]> 157095669 #1 New York Times bestseller

"This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would've helped me find a more joyful path to progress."
-Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights.

We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distances we ourselves can travel. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn’t knock, there are ways to build a door.

Hidden Potential offers a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights, and vivid story­telling that takes us from the classroom to the boardroom, the playground to the Olympics, and underground to outer space. He shows that progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess � it’s about the character you develop. Grant explores how to build the charac­ter skills and motivational structures to realize our own potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked.

This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you’ve reached, but how far you’ve climbed to get there.]]> 304 Adam M. Grant 0593653149 Mikk 0 to-read 4.09 2023 Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
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]]> <![CDATA[Elu armastus: mõtisklusi igavese armastuse võimalikkusest]]> 199324466
Isikliku arengu nõustaja Tiina Tiitus ütleb, et õnne võtmed peituvad rahu tegemises minevikuga ja julguses armastada omamoodi. Tema kolmas raamat võtab otsekoheses keeles ja mahlakate näidete abil luubi alla elu, armastuse ning nende kahe kombinatsiooni. Kõnekate lugude abil avanevad põhjused, miks armastus mõnikord mureneb, teinekord aga kestma jääb.

Kirjapandu aitab vastata ka kõige tähtsamale küsimusele: kas oled päriselt � siiralt ja sügavalt � kestvaks suhteks valmis? Mõni uus teadmine võib raputada, teine tuua rahu.
On üllatusi ja äratundmist.

See raamat sobib lugemiseks nii neile, kes armastust alles ootavad või tahavad aru saada, miks nende varasemad suhted pole toiminud, kui ka teistele, kes on oma kaaslase juba leidnud, kuid soovivad iseennast ja oma partnerit paremini mõista.

Et armastus kesta ja kasvada saaks.]]> 176 Tiina Tiitus 9916680515 Mikk 4 4.00 Elu armastus: mõtisklusi igavese armastuse võimalikkusest
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]]> #MAXOUT Your Life 41557396 56 Ed Mylett Mikk 5 4.42 #MAXOUT Your Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos]]> 54505323
Written in a direct, down-to-earth style, Invent and Wander offers readers a master class in business values, strategy, and execution:
� The importance of a Day 1 mindset
� Why “it’s all about the long term�
� What it really means to be customer obsessed
� How to start new businesses and create significant organic growth in an already successful company
� Why culture is an imperative
� How a willingness to fail is closely connected to innovation
� What the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us

Each insight offers new ways of thinking through today’s challenges—and more importantly, tomorrow’s—and the never-ending urgency of striving ahead, never resting on one’s laurels. Everyone from CEOs to entrepreneurs just setting up shop to the millions who use Amazon’s products and services in their homes or businesses will come to understand the principles that have driven the success of one of the most important innovators of our time.]]> 288 Jeff Bezos 1647820715 Mikk 4 3.76 2020 Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos
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]]> <![CDATA[Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love]]> 35249663 Автор делится собственным опытом и техниками, используемыми в работе с самыми известными компаниями в области высоких технологий. Вы узнаете, как ведущие мировые корпорации создают свои лучшие продукты и каким образом можно использовать их опыт.
Книга помогает усвоить главное: как бы хороша ни была ваша команда разработчиков - это не имеет значения, если ей не дают работать над тем, что достойно разработки. Совсем недостаточно просто хорошо трудиться, проектируя продукт. Важно убедиться в том, что этот продукт полезен, удобен в использовании, и его можно воплотить в жизнь.
Книга адресована руководителям и собственникам компаний, ведущим инженерам и дизайнерам, разработчикам программных продуктов - всем, кто принимает участие в процессе управления продуктом и создания того, в чем люди действительно будут нуждаться.
Благодаря информации, собранной в книге, менеджеры по маркетингу продукта и руководители проектов различных отделов производственной организации научатся правильно определять, что именно хотят получить покупатели.
Издание станет полезным для команд разработчиков, занимающихся запуском новых проектов. Методы, представленные в книге, позволят вам создавать абсолютно новые продукты-хиты или совершенствовать уже существующие товары.]]> 349 Marty Cagan 1119387507 Mikk 5 4.22 2008 Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
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]]> <![CDATA[Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship]]> 46681 I Love You, But I Don't Trust You), an international bestselling author and world-renowned therapist, draws on years of counseling experience to lead readers through relationship ambivalence. A careful line of 36 questions and self-analysis techniques designed to get to the heart of relationship and marriage problems. This straightforward and practical advice is designed for newer and older relationships, and presents a plethora of information and experience in a clear, concise manner.]]> 304 Mira Kirshenbaum 0452275350 Mikk 4 4.14 1996 Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Madalseis. Raamatuke, mis õpetab millal loobuda (ja millal jätkata)]]> 58661134
Uskuge või mitte, aga sageli on loobumine suurepärane strateegia, nutikas viis oma elu ja karjääri haldamiseks. Mõni teine kord on aga loobumine lihtsalt vale. Selgub, et nende eristamiseks on olemas üsna lihtne moodus.

Enamik inimesi kardab loobuda, sest lihtsam on olla keskpärane kui tegelikkusele silma vaadata ja loobuda. Lihtne on ju tuua endale näiteks vabandusi, et liiga palju on juba panustatud aega, raha ja energiat. Üks suuremaid takistusi edu saavutamise teel võibki aga olla just suutmatus valedest tegevustest õigel ajal loobuda.
Aga teisalt on loobumine siis, kui edasiminek muutub ebamugavaks, raskeks ja pingutust või enam julgust nõudvaks, kindla peale hävitav.
Madalseis võib olla pikk ja pingutav teekond alguse ja täiusliku tulemuseni jõudmise vahel. Tõenäoliselt on see aga etapp, milleta ihaldatud sihtpunkti jõudmine ei olegi võimalik.

Loobuda või mitte loobuda � see on küsimus...

Ja kui, siis millal seda teha ja millal mitte?]]> 80 Seth Godin 9916957037 Mikk 5 3.89 2007 Madalseis. Raamatuke, mis õpetab millal loobuda (ja millal jätkata)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners: Your Essential Guide to Living the Keto Lifestyle]]> 33519243 Lose weight and keep it off with the straightforward guidance and simple recipes in The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners your all-in-one resource for starting and sticking to the ketogenic diet.

Eat healthier, lose weight, trim your waistline it sounds so simple. And yet, the CDC reports that more than one third of Americans face significant weight loss challenges with nearly 1 in 20 suffering from type 2 diabetes and have yet to find a solution that works.

When on the ketogenic diet, you re simply using your body s own natural response to certain foods in order to burn unwanted fat and shed weight. Endorsed by the Mayo Clinic and others in the medical community, the ketogenic diet has been proven as a healthy, effective way of achieving weight loss, as it consists of low-carb, high fat foods that prompt the body to burn fat for energy instead of glucose.

The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners is the most simple, easy-to-use guide for beginning the ketogenic diet and starting on the road to success.


75 easy to follow, no-fuss recipes for every meal including several fat bombs, a ketogenic diet favorite!

Uncomplicated guidance into the fundamentals of the ketogenic diet, advice for living the keto-lifestyle, and a complete two-week meal plan.
Easy-prep recipes using five main ingredients or less this diet requires no costly or specialty foods.
A handy keto-quotient aligned to each recipe empowers you to make confident decisions about what to eat every day.
With The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners you can enjoy your favorite foods, instead of avoiding them. Indulge in Peanut Butter Cup Smoothies, Bacon Artichoke Omelets, Cheesy Mashed Cauliflower, Chicken-Bacon Burgers, Garlic Braised Short Ribs, Raspberry Cheesecake, and so much more.

"]]> 162 Amy Ramos 1623158095 Mikk 0 to-read 3.72 2016 The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners: Your Essential Guide to Living the Keto Lifestyle
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]]> <![CDATA[The World's Fittest Book: How to Train for Anything and Everything, Anywhere and Everywhere]]> 36534271 The World's Fittest Book is set to become every fitness enthusiast's bible. Dubbed "the body's complete user guide," it will become the go-to resource for learning all you need to know about building muscle, losing fat, eating (healthy) cake and unlocking your superhuman physical potential.

Packed with workouts the author tried and tested in the pursuit of multiple world records, it's more than a book, it's the greatest training tool ever written! Designed for anyone who wants to make permanent and lasting changes to their food and fitness, it's the first book to combine the teachings, tips and tricks of Olympic and World Champions into one, easy to follow resource.

This book will show you how it's possible to:
� Live below 10% body fat with the aid of chocolate and Mayan secrets
� Add 27% more muscle mass, courtesy of tips from world heavyweight champions
� Increase speed by 10%, thanks to gold medal winning Olympic sprinters
� Squat, deadlift and bench weights you never dreamed of lifting, with the guidance of the world's strongest men
� Improve endurance capacity by 60%, thanks to the knowledge of world champions in multi endurance-based sports

...all of which the author has achieved during the 10-year 'Fitness Pilgrimage' that has taken him around the globe.

Aiming to be the most eclectic and comprehensive fitness guide ever created, The World's Fittest Book is the sum and substance of over a decade of research and the collective wisdom of some of the greatest minds and athletic bodies in history. By learning the lessons within it, readers will understand 'fitness' better than the vast majority of the population. Every chapter will have an easy to digest workout within it and can be read individually. But if you want to read the stories and the science behind the routines, that's there too.

Until now, there hasn't been a book covering such an ambitious range of areas, catering for the casual fitness enthusiast seeking clarity and guidance in their own gym routine and kitchen habits as well as the seasoned sportsperson who's hit a plateau and is searching for tips, tricks and tweaks they can make to their training and diet. This book changes that, and will take you on a journey to whatever level of fitness you want to find.]]> 320 Ross Edgley 0751572535 Mikk 4 4.10 2018 The World's Fittest Book: How to Train for Anything and Everything, Anywhere and Everywhere
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]]> <![CDATA[Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High]]> 15014
When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences; or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most. Crucial Conversations gives you the tools you need to step up to life's most difficult and important conversations, say what's on your mind, and achieve the positive resolutions you want. You'll learn how to:

Prepare for high-impact situations with a six-minute mastery technique
Make it safe to talk about almost anything
Be persuasive, not abrasive
Keep listening when others blow up or clam up
Turn crucial conversations into the action and results you want]]> 240 Kerry Patterson 0071401946 Mikk 0 to-read 4.04 2002 Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
author: Kerry Patterson
name: Mikk
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2002
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]]> <![CDATA[Take Command: Find Your Inner Strength, Build Enduring Relationships, and Live the Life You Want (Dale Carnegie Books)]]> 61273823
Take Command offers powerful tools and time-tested methods to help you live an intentional life by transforming how you approach your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and future. Filled with stories of everyday people and based on expert research and interviews with more than a hundred high-performing leaders, Take Command gives you the strategies you need to unlock your full potential and create the life you want.

Written by Joe Hart (CEO) and Michael Crom (Board Member) of Dale Carnegie & Associates, Take Command is a modern manual for personal development that will help anyone, at any age. It is structured around questions geared to encourage self-reflection, such
-How do we use the power of mindset to deal with stress and anxiety, gain perspective on negative emotions, and build resilience?
-Once we understand our inner lives, how do we create enriching, rewarding, and enduring relationships?
-How do we deal with difficult people and manage conflict?
-After mastering our thoughts and relationships, how do we live courageously and intentionally to build a vision that will bring out the best in ourselves and other people?

For more than one hundred years, the wisdom of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People has provided people around the world with richer, more fulfilling relationships and a happier way of life. Now, Take Command combines decades of Dale Carnegie’s award-winning training and timeless principles—ones that have transformed the personal and professional lives of millions—into a master text that tells you everything you need to know about the art of human relations.]]> 272 Joe Hart 1982190108 Mikk 0 to-read 4.26 Take Command: Find Your Inner Strength, Build Enduring Relationships, and Live the Life You Want (Dale Carnegie Books)
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]]> <![CDATA[Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making]]> 59696349
Each quick 5-20 page entry builds on the previous one, charting Tony’s personal journey from a product designer to a leader, from a startup founder to an executive to a mentor. Tony uses examples that are instantly captivating, like the process of building the very first iPod and iPhone. Every chapter is designed to help readers with a problem they’re facing right now—how to get funding for their startup, whether to quit their job or not, or just how to deal with the jerk in the next cubicle.

Tony forged his path to success alongside mentors like Steve Jobs and Bill Campbell, icons of Silicon Valley who succeeded time and time again. But Tony doesn’t follow the Silicon Valley credo that you have to reinvent everything from scratch to make something great. His advice is unorthodox because it’s old school. Because Tony’s learned that human nature doesn’t change. You don’t have to reinvent how you lead and manage—just what you make.]]> 416 Tony Fadell 1787634116 Mikk 0 to-read 4.28 Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
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]]> <![CDATA[The Software Architect Elevator: Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise]]> 49828197
In this guide, author Gregor Hohpe shares real-world advice and hard-learned lessons from actual IT transformations. His anecdotes help architects, senior developers, and other IT professionals prepare for a more complex but rewarding role in the enterprise.

This book is ideal for:

� Software architects and senior developers looking to shape the company’s technology direction or assist in an organizational transformation
� Enterprise architects and senior technologists searching for practical advice on how to navigate technical and organizational topics
� CTOs and senior technical architects who are devising an IT strategy that impacts the way the organization works
� IT managers who want to learn what’s worked and what hasn’t in large-scale transformation]]> 364 Gregor Hohpe 1492077542 Mikk 0 to-read 4.39 2020 The Software Architect Elevator: Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise
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