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In this groundbreaking book, Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist, shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. When faced with complex situations, we have all become accustomed to looking to our leaders to set out a plan of action and blaze a path to success. Harford argues that today's challenges simp...
Victor Asemota
2023-01-14T09:45:29.000Z
Peak Performance
Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. In Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg, a former McKinsey and Company consulta...
Victor Asemota
2022-12-11T10:31:55.000ZAlso recommended by
Amy Cuddy
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
New York Times BestsellerIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let...
A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize–winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new e...
Victor Asemota
2020-12-26T12:09:50.000ZAlso recommended by
Bill GatesEven the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range...
Victor Asemota
2020-12-05T10:42:28.000ZWTF? can be an expression of amazement or an expression of dismay. In today’s economy, we have far too much dismay along with our amazement, and technology bears some of the blame. In this combination of memoir, business strategy guide, and call to action, Tim O'Reilly, Silicon Valley’s leading intellectual and the founder of O’Reilly Media, explor...
Victor Asemota
2020-12-03T11:51:49.000ZThe Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to ...
Victor Asemota
2020-12-01T09:44:56.000ZInsiders call it the Craft. Discover the fascinating true story of one of the most influential and misunderstood secret brotherhoods in modern society. Founded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Masonic influence became pervasive. Under Geo...
Victor Asemota
2020-11-08T22:57:34.000Z
Only the Paranoid Survive
How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
Under Andy Grove's leadership, Intel has become the world's largest chip maker and one of the most admired companies in the world. In Only the Paranoid Survive, Grove reveals his strategy of focusing on a new way of measuring the nightmare moment every leader dreads--when massive change occurs and a company must, virtually overnight, adapt or fall ...
Victor Asemota
2020-08-25T10:48:18.000ZA black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes massive consequences. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, Taleb shows in a playful way that Black Swan events explain almost everything about our world, and yet we—especially the experts—are blind to them. In this second edition, Taleb has added a new essay,...
Victor Asemota
2020-08-25T09:42:03.000ZAtomic Habits by James Clear
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss
The Power of Moments by Chip Heath
The Innovation Blind Spot by Ross Baird
Superforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Breakout Nations by Ruchir Sharma
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition by Everett M. Rogers
Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer
The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson
The Predators' Ball The Junk Bond Raiders and the Man Who Staked Them by Connie Bruck
You Can Get Anything You Want by Roger Dawson