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Trevor Vusumuzi Ncube is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher now living in South Africa and publishing in both countries. As an editor and publisher, he was a critical voice in media of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his government.
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl - 2006-06-01 (first published in 1959)
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Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with re...
Trevor Ncube
2023-01-23T15:38:31.000Z
@JealousTempo @ChadMhako @staffordmasie Great book      source
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Life After Google
The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
George Gilder - 2018-07-17
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A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH  FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: "Nothing Mr. Gilder says or writes is ever delivered at anything less than the fullest philosophical decibel... Mr. Gilder sounds less like a tech guru than a poet, and his words tumble out in a romantic cascade." “Google’s algorithms assume the world’s future is nothing more than t...
Trevor Ncube
2023-01-21T10:41:49.000Z
This week I finished reading these two books. Grateful to @ChadMhako who recommended Zero to One - a must read for all thinking of starting a business. @staffordmasie recommended Life After Google - a tour de force. Please share what book you are reading for the benefit of others      source
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Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel - 2014-09-16
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If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things. Thiel begins with the contrarian premise t...
Trevor Ncube
2023-01-21T10:41:49.000Z
This week I finished reading these two books. Grateful to @ChadMhako who recommended Zero to One - a must read for all thinking of starting a business. @staffordmasie recommended Life After Google - a tour de force. Please share what book you are reading for the benefit of others      source
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Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2006-09-26 (first published in 2005)
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The bestselling and prize-winning study of one of the most legendary American Presidents in history, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin is the book that inspired Barack Obama in his presidency.When Barack Obama was asked which book he could not live without in the White House, his answer was instant: Team of Rivals. This monumental and brillian...
Trevor Ncube
2022-10-01T07:24:24.000Z
“A human being lives out not only his personal life as an individual, but also, consciously or subconsciously, lives of his epoch and his contemporaries …” Thomas Mann #quote. This book is a toure de force.      source
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The Four Agreements
A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz - 2001-09-14 (first published in 1997)
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In The Four Agreements, bestselling author 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.   A New York Time...
Trevor Ncube
2022-09-03T09:47:29.000Z
"Read a thousand books and your words will flow like a river." Virginia Woolf #quote Strongly recommend "The Four Agreements". Up there with the best books l have ever read 📚      source
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The Orphaned Adult
Understanding And Coping With Grief And Change After The Death Of Our Parents
Alexander Levy - 2000-10-01 (first published in 1999)
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This "wise and caring book" (Library Journal) is a guide to understanding and coping with grief and all of the disorienting emotions that accompany the death of our parents....
Trevor Ncube
2022-08-28T10:45:34.000Z
My good friend Sibangani Dube @BangieDee based in Namibia bought this book and sent it to me. If you have recently lost parents or close loved ones l recommend this book. Thank Sibangani 🙏🏿 ❤️      source
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie - 1998-01-01 (first published in 1936)
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You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you!Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 15 million copies. Dale Carnegie's first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice th...
Trevor Ncube
2022-08-20T15:13:12.000Z
@Kumbuladhlamini @MTNGroup @ConvoWithTrevor Great book      source
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Zimbabwe
Struggles-within-the-Struggle (1957-1980)
Masipula Sithole - 2015-04-16
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This book is about the contradictions and infighting that occurred in the Zimbabwe liberation movement from 1957 to independence in 1980. The focus is on ZAPU, ZANU, FROLIZI, ANC/UANC, and the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front (ZPF), as well as the part played by the Frontline States in these contradictions. The book also discusses such tragic events as the...
Trevor Ncube
2022-08-20T10:36:02.000Z
@BernardMukwaira @MTNGroup @ConvoWithTrevor Great book. I think l have read it 3 times .      source
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The Power of Now
A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle - 2004-08-19 (first published in 1997)
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Eckhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing, supportive voice and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now" means. Foremost, Tolle is a wor...
Trevor Ncube
2022-07-17T12:08:24.000Z
@NesbertC This book changed my life.      source
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Who Moved My Cheese?
An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Spencer Johnson - 2002-02-07 (first published in 1999)
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It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps ...
Trevor Ncube
2022-07-17T09:14:34.000Z
@ArnoldMashanda Great book. Read it a while back      source
Everybody Wants to Rule the World by R "Ray" Wang
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Leadership by the Good Book by David L. Steward
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Factfulness by Hans Rosling
Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt
Crushing by T. D. Jakes
Run with the Horses by Eugene H. Peterson
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
The Struggle Continues by David Coltart
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu
Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday
The Leader Who Had No Title by Robin Sharma
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
As You Think by James Allen
Winners by Alastair Campbell