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Productivity & Deep Work.

114 books · 32 Hero Books

Hero Books in Productivity & Deep Work

Cover: Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Cal Newport
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Cover: The 80/20 Manager: The Secret to Working Less and Achieving More
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The 80/20 Manager: The Secret to Working Less and Achieving More
Richard Koch
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Cover: Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
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Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
Ali Abdaal
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Cover: Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future
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Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future
Hemant Taneja
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Cover: Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
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Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
Hannah Fry
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Cover: Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy
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Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy
Isadore Sharp
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Cover: Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam M. Grant
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Cover: Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
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Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Tiago Forte
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Cover: Move The Body, Heal The Mind: Overcome Anxiety, Depression, and Dementia and Improve Focus, Creativity, and Sleep
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Move The Body, Heal The Mind: Overcome Anxiety, Depression, and Dementia and Improve Focus, Creativity, and Sleep
Jennifer Heisz
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Cover: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman
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Cover: How to Take Smart Notes
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How to Take Smart Notes
Sönke Ahrens
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Cover: The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything
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The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything
Neil Pasricha
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Cover: The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
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The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
Nicolas Cole
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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: Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
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Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
Chris Bailey
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Cover: A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
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A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
Cal Newport
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Cover: Business Made Simple: 60 Days to Master Leadership, Sales, Marketing, Execution, Management, Personal Productivity and More
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Business Made Simple: 60 Days to Master Leadership, Sales, Marketing, Execution, Management, Personal Productivity and More
Donald Miller
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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: Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
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Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
Jeff Sutherland
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Cover: Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Brian Tracy
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Cover: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen
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Cover: Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
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Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
Jake Knapp
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Cover: Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Nir Eyal
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Cover: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein
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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: Thriving At Work: What They Didn't Teach You in School
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Thriving At Work: What They Didn't Teach You in School
Michael Dam
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Cover: Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology
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Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology
Cal Newport
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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: It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Jason Fried
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Cover: Remote: Office Not Required
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Remote: Office Not Required
David Heinemeier Hansson
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Cover: So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Cal Newport
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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: Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Robert B. Cialdini
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Cover: Stillness Is the Key
Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday
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Cover: The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
Robin Sharma
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Cover: An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management
An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management
Will Larson
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Cover: Badass: Making Users Awesome
Badass: Making Users Awesome
Kathy Sierra
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Cover: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande
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Cover: Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self
Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive & Creative Self
Manoush Zomorodi
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Cover: Change Your Brain Every Day: Simple Daily Practices to Strengthen Your Mind, Memory, Moods, Focus, Energy, Habits, and Relationships
Change Your Brain Every Day: Simple Daily Practices to Strengthen Your Mind, Memory, Moods, Focus, Energy, Habits, and Relationships
Daniel G. Amen
Cover: Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes
Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes
Ian Leslie
Cover: Creativity Code
Creativity Code
Marcus du Sautoy
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Cover: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Cal Newport
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Cover: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown
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Cover: Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us into Temptation
Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us into Temptation
Chris Nodder
Experiment Without Limits: Personal Experiments for Peak Performance and Productivity
Chris Sparks
Cover: Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD
Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD
Jesse J. Anderson
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Cover: Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less
Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less
Michael Hyatt
Cover: Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
Kevin D. Mitnick
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Cover: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Cover: Good People, Bad Managers: How Work Culture Corrupts Good Intentions
Good People, Bad Managers: How Work Culture Corrupts Good Intentions
Samuel A Culbert
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Cover: Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
Richard P. Rumelt
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Cover: Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
Morten T. Hansen
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Cover: Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction
Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction
Gary Rogowski
Cover: High Output Management
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
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Cover: Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Derek Thompson
Cover: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell
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Cover: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Ed Yong
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Cover: Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World
Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World
Dan Breznitz
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Cover: Intention Economy
Intention Economy
Doc Searls
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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: Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play: Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship
Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play: Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship
Mahan Khalsa
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Cover: Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind
Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind
Jocelyn K. Glei
Cover: Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets and Manages People
Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets and Manages People
Michael A. Cusumano
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Cover: Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters (Getting Art Done Book 2)
Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters (Getting Art Done Book 2)
David Kadavy
Cover: No one understands you, and what to do about it
No one understands you, and what to do about it
Heidi Grant Halvorson
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Cover: Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn
Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn
Cathy N. Davidson
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Cover: Productivity Is For Robots: How To (re)Connect, Get Creative, And Stay Human In The New World
Productivity Is For Robots: How To (re)Connect, Get Creative, And Stay Human In The New World
Corey McComb
Cover: Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
Maxwell Maltz
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Cover: Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
Winifred Gallagher
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Cover: Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
Stanislas Dehaene
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Cover: Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere – Evidence-Based Strategies for Virtual Teams, Trust, and Productivity
Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere – Evidence-Based Strategies for Virtual Teams, Trust, and Productivity
Tsedal Neeley
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Cover: Rework
Rework
Jason Fried
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Cover: Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems (Voices That Matter)
Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems (Voices That Matter)
Steve Krug
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Cover: Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Tyson Yunkaporta
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Cover: Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big
Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big
Bo Burlingham
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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: Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Jake Knapp
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Cover: Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy
Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy
Robert Neuwirth
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Cover: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
Johann Hari
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Cover: Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys
Kate Fletcher
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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 4 Day Week: How the flexible work revolution can increase productivity, profitability and wellbeing, and help create a sustainable future
The 4 Day Week: How the flexible work revolution can increase productivity, profitability and wellbeing, and help create a sustainable future
Andrew Barnes
Cover: The Cure for Burnout: How to Find Balance and Reclaim Your Life
The Cure for Burnout: How to Find Balance and Reclaim Your Life
Emily Ballesteros
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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 E-myth Revisited
The E-myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber
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Cover: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
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Cover: The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit
The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit
Mel Robbins
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Cover: The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head is Really Up To
The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head is Really Up To
Dean Burnett
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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 Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster and Fitter—Improve Your Health and Fitness with Efficient Breathing Techniques
The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster and Fitter—Improve Your Health and Fitness with Efficient Breathing Techniques
Patrick McKeown
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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 Peter Principle
The Peter Principle
Laurence J. Peter
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Cover: The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life
The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life
Thomas M. Sterner
Cover: The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
Chris Bailey
Cover: The Seven-Day Weekend
The Seven-Day Weekend
ricardo-semler
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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 Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
Steve Zaffron
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Cover: The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
Jeffrey K. Liker
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Cover: The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies
The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies
Chet Holmes
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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 Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy
The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy
Mariana Mazzucato
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Cover: The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
Kelly McGonigal
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Cover: The Worldly Philosophers
The Worldly Philosophers
Robert L. Heilbroner
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Cover: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Naomi Klein
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Cover: This Is Working: Focus on What Matters and Get the Results You Deserve
This Is Working: Focus on What Matters and Get the Results You Deserve
Bryan Collins
Cover: Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
B.J. Fogg
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Cover: To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
Henry Petroski
Cover: UX for Lean Startups: Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design
UX for Lean Startups: Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design
Laura Klein
Cover: Whale Done!: The Power of Positive Relationships
Whale Done!: The Power of Positive Relationships
Kenneth H. Blanchard
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Cover: What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time.
What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time.
Adam Robinson
Cover: What To Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data
What To Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data
Malcolm Frank
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Cover: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink
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