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Decision Making & Risk.

126 books · 28 Hero Books

Hero Books in Decision Making & Risk

Cover: Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
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Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
Annie Duke
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Cover: On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
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On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
Nate Silver
★★★★★
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Cover: Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
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Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
Morgan Housel
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Cover: The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
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The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
David Robson
★★★★★
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Cover: The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
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The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Maria Konnikova
★★★★★
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Cover: Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change
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Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change
Leonard Mlodinow
★★★★★
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Cover: In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Steven Levy
★★★★★
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Cover: Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
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Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
★★★★★
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Cover: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Pérez
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Cover: Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal
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Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal
Oren Klaff
★★★★★
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Cover: The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis
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Cover: A Promised Land
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A Promised Land
Barack Obama
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Cover: The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
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The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
Seth Godin
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Cover: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knight
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Cover: Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing)
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Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing)
Tren Griffin
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Cover: The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
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The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Shane Parrish
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Cover: The Art of Thinking Clearly
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The Art of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli
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Cover: Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models
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Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models
Gabriel Weinberg
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Cover: Principles: Life and Work
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Principles: Life and Work
Ray Dalio
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Cover: The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
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The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
Shane Parrish
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Cover: Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
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Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Richard H. Thaler
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Cover: The Magic of Thinking Big
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The Magic of Thinking Big
David J. Schwartz
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Cover: The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
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The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
Peter F. Drucker
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Cover: Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
Robert Kurson
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Cover: Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change
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Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change
Beth Comstock
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Cover: Living with the Monks: What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus
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Living with the Monks: What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus
Jesse Itzler
★★★★★
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Cover: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
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Cover: 10% Happier
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10% Happier
Dan Harris
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Cover: How to Lead in a World of Distraction: Four Simple Habits for Turning Down the Noise
How to Lead in a World of Distraction: Four Simple Habits for Turning Down the Noise
Clay Scroggins
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Cover: Into the Wild
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
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Cover: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Daniel Kahneman
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Cover: Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0 Revised Edition)
Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0 Revised Edition)
Verne Harnish
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Cover: The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Brad Stone
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Cover: Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Annie Duke
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Cover: A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
James B. Comey
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Cover: Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
Tim Harford
Cover: Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Brian Christian
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Cover: Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
Jason Calacanis
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Cover: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Cover: Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
Virginia Eubanks
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Cover: Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
Kathryn Schulz
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Cover: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Cover: Buyer Personas: How to Gain Insight into your Customer's Expectations, Align your Marketing Strategies, and Win More Business
Buyer Personas: How to Gain Insight into your Customer's Expectations, Align your Marketing Strategies, and Win More Business
Adele Revella
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Cover: Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail)
Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail)
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
Cover: Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
Todd Rose
Cover: Creating Great Choices: A Leader's Guide to Integrative Thinking
Creating Great Choices: A Leader's Guide to Integrative Thinking
Jennifer Riel
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Cover: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
Kerry Patterson
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Cover: Dance with Chance: Making Luck Work for You
Dance with Chance: Making Luck Work for You
Spyros G. Makridakis
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Cover: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Brené Brown
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Cover: Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
Chip Heath
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Cover: Designing Your Life: Build a Life that Works for You
Designing Your Life: Build a Life that Works for You
Bill Burnett
Cover: Elements of Critical Thinking: A Fundamental Guide to Effective Decision Making, Deep Analysis, Intelligent Reasoning, and Independent Thinking
Elements of Critical Thinking: A Fundamental Guide to Effective Decision Making, Deep Analysis, Intelligent Reasoning, and Independent Thinking
Albert Rutherford
Cover: Emotions: Freedom from Anger, Jealousy & Fear
Emotions: Freedom from Anger, Jealousy & Fear
Osho
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Cover: Epic Content Marketing: How to Tell a Different Story, Break through the Clutter, and Win More Customers by Marketing Less
Epic Content Marketing: How to Tell a Different Story, Break through the Clutter, and Win More Customers by Marketing Less
Joe Pulizzi
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Cover: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown
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Cover: Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
Steven Johnson
Cover: Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering
Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering
Scott A. Small
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Cover: Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Client Retention
Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Client Retention
John Ruhlin
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Cover: Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
Jim Collins
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Cover: Great People Decisions: Why They Matter So Much, Why They are So Hard, and How You Can Master Them
Great People Decisions: Why They Matter So Much, Why They are So Hard, and How You Can Master Them
Claudio Fernández-Aráoz
Cover: Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
Michael Moss
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Cover: How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Katy Milkman
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Cover: How We Decide
How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer
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Cover: Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
Stuart Russell
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Cover: Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Hugh MacLeod
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Cover: Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Jonah Berger
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Cover: Judgement in Managerial Decision Making
Judgement in Managerial Decision Making
Max H. Bazerman
Cover: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
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Cover: Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
Jesse Itzler
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Cover: Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor
Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor
Seth A. Klarman
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Cover: Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
Carol Tavris
Cover: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler
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Cover: Perfectly Confident: How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely
Perfectly Confident: How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely
Don A. Moore
Cover: Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets
Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets
Al Ramadan
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Cover: Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Charles T. Munger
Cover: Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity
Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity
Scott Galloway
Cover: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Dan Ariely
Cover: Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
Timur Kuran
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Cover: Problem Solved: A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction
Problem Solved: A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction
Cheryl Strauss Einhorn
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Cover: QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life
QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life
John G. Miller
Cover: Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
Winifred Gallagher
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Cover: Rework
Rework
Jason Fried
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Cover: Risk Savvy
Risk Savvy
Gerd Gigerenzer
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Cover: Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Sendhil Mullainathan
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Cover: Smart Business: What Alibaba's Success Reveals about the Future of Strategy
Smart Business: What Alibaba's Success Reveals about the Future of Strategy
Ming Zeng
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Cover: Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg
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Cover: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Simon Sinek
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Cover: Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making
Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making
Gary Klein
Cover: Sugarproof: The Hidden Dangers of Sugar That Are Putting Your Child's Health at Risk and What You Can Do
Sugarproof: The Hidden Dangers of Sugar That Are Putting Your Child's Health at Risk and What You Can Do
Michael I. Goran
Cover: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath
Cover: Talk Triggers: The Complete Guide to Creating Customers with Word of Mouth
Talk Triggers: The Complete Guide to Creating Customers with Word of Mouth
Jay Baer
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Cover: The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
Grant Cardone
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Cover: The Beauty of Discomfort: How What We Avoid Is What We Need
The Beauty of Discomfort: How What We Avoid Is What We Need
Amanda Lang
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Cover: The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, 1961-1989
The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, 1961-1989
Frederick Taylor
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Cover: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Michael Lewis
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Cover: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Cover: The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay
The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay
Friederike Fabritius
Cover: The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking
The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking
Mikael Krogerus
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Cover: The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
Jocko Willink
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Cover: The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Seth Godin
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Cover: The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Leonard Mlodinow
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Cover: The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
Michael Lewis
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Cover: The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
Clayton M. Christensen
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Cover: The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action
The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action
Jeffrey Pfeffer
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Cover: The Let Them Theory
The Let Them Theory
Mel Robbins
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Cover: The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
Scott E. Page
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Cover: The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing)
The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing)
Howard Marks
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Cover: The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work
The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work
William Daniel Hillis
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Cover: The Pentium Chronicles: The People, Passion, and Politics Behind Intel's Landmark Chips (Practitioners)
The Pentium Chronicles: The People, Passion, and Politics Behind Intel's Landmark Chips (Practitioners)
Robert P. Colwell
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Cover: The Practice of Management
The Practice of Management
Peter F. Drucker
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Cover: The Signals Are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream
The Signals Are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream
Amy Webb
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Cover: The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably
The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably
Thomas T. Nagle
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Cover: The Systems Thinking Playbook: Exercises to Stretch and Build Learning and Systems Thinking Capabilities
The Systems Thinking Playbook: Exercises to Stretch and Build Learning and Systems Thinking Capabilities
Linda Booth Sweeney
Cover: The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
Frances E. Jensen
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Cover: The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
Dan Ariely
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Cover: The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
Cait Flanders
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Cover: Thinking In Systems: A Primer
Thinking In Systems: A Primer
Donella H. Meadows
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Cover: Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
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This Won't Scale: 41 Plays From The Drift Marketing Team To Help Your Business Cut Through The Noise, Grow Faster Than The Competition & Thrill Your Customers
Dave Gerhardt
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Cover: Total Rethink: Why Entrepreneurs Should Act Like Revolutionaries
Total Rethink: Why Entrepreneurs Should Act Like Revolutionaries
David McCourt
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Cover: Truman
Truman
David McCullough
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Cover: Tune In: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World
Tune In: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World
Nuala Walsh
Cover: Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
L. David Marquet
Cover: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink
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Cover: Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future
Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future
Joichi Ito
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Cover: Who Gets What ― and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
Who Gets What ― and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
Alvin E. Roth
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