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The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career

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The 4-Hour Workweek

Timothy Ferriss · 308 pages

The New York Times bestselling how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old tools and methods for success and replacing them with a whole new way of living Tim Ferriss has trouble defining what he does for a living. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:'I race motorcycles in Europe' 'I ski in the Andes' 'I scuba dive in Panama' 'I

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#GIRLBOSS

Sophia Amoruso · 248 pages

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink · 256 pages

From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm-changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.We've been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is through external rewards like money—the carrot-and-th

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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

Seth Godin · 244 pages

The bestselling author of Tribes and The Dip returns with his most powerful book yet Who is Seth Godin?"It's easy to see why people pay to hear what he has to say. Godin is a marketer, but in the broadest sense of the word. He's interested in not simply how products are marketed, but also how people sell themselves and their ideas, and how new technology can be a game-changer." - Time.com"Thousand

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Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill · 254 pages

Napoleon Hill's quintessential volume _Think and grow rich_, the all-time bestseller in the field of professional success, outlines the laws of success and sets the standard of today's motivational thinking.

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What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20

Tina Seelig · 195 pages

Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us whether or not we are making the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success. Even figuring out how and where to start can be a challenge. That is, until now.As executive dir

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Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love

Jonathan Fields

There's a revolution brewing across the nation--a movement that's changing lives and revealing little known paths to passion and prosperity. It's about building a great living around what you love to do most. Once you've been touched by it, you'll never be the same. This book is your way in, your admission ticket to the world of the career renegade. Jonathan Fields, mega-firm lawyer turned succes

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The One Minute Manager

Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson · 111 pages

Details a simple, yet effective management system based on three fundamental strategies for earning raises, promotions, and power in business.

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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Cal Newport · 304 pages

In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice. Not only is the cliché flawed-preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work-but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on a quest to discover th

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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Sheryl Sandberg · 240 pages

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root ca

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What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence

Stephen A. Schwarzman · 400 pages

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The E-myth Revisited

Michael E. Gerber · 269 pages

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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Adam M. Grant · 336 pages

""Reading Originals made me feel like I was seated across from Adam Grant at a dinner party, as one of my favorite thinkers thrilled me with his insights and his wonderfully new take on the world."--Malcolm Gladwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outliers and The Tipping Point "Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful

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Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday · 241 pages

Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. In failure, it magnifies each blow and makes recovery more difficult. At every stage, ego holds us back. Ego Is the En

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Rework

Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson · 279 pages

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the c

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