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This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans by Seth Godin cover

This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans

Seth Godin

The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World by Karthik Ramanna cover

The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World

Karthik Ramanna

The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions by Colleen T. Sharkey cover

The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions

Colleen T. Sharkey

Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit by Brené Brown cover

Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit

Brené Brown

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip by Stephen Witt cover

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip

Stephen Witt

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear cover

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara cover

Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

Will Guidara

1929: The Inside Story of The Greatest Crash in Wall Street History by Andrew Ross Sorkin cover

1929: The Inside Story of The Greatest Crash in Wall Street History

Andrew Ross Sorkin

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin cover

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

Becoming a Principle-Driven Leader: 41 Principles to Build an Enduring Business by Charles Koch & Chase Koch cover

Becoming a Principle-Driven Leader: 41 Principles to Build an Enduring Business

Charles Koch & Chase Koch

Strategy & Competitive Advantage

How firms win — positioning, moats, and long-term thinking. All titles →

This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans by Seth Godin cover

This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans

Seth Godin

Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Michael E. Porter cover

Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors

Michael E. Porter

Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne cover

Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne

No Bullsh*t Strategy: A Founder’s Guide to Gaining Competitive Advantage with a Strategy That Actually Works by Alex M H Smith cover

No Bullsh*t Strategy: A Founder’s Guide to Gaining Competitive Advantage with a Strategy That Actually Works

Alex M H Smith

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy by Harvard Business Review cover

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Leadership & Management

Leading people, building teams, and managing performance. All titles →

The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World by Karthik Ramanna cover

The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World

Karthik Ramanna

Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit by Brené Brown cover

Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit

Brené Brown

Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara cover

Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

Will Guidara

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey cover

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Stephen R. Covey

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek cover

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Simon Sinek

Negotiation & Persuasion

How to get what you want and read the room. All titles →

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton cover

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz cover

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Chris Voss with Tahl Raz

Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond by Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman cover

Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson et al. cover

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Kerry Patterson et al.

Negotiation: An Artful Science by David H. Henard Ph.D. cover

Negotiation: An Artful Science

David H. Henard Ph.D.

Operations & Execution

Getting things done — systems, process, and discipline. All titles →

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt cover

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey K. Liker cover

The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

Jeffrey K. Liker

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones cover

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation

James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman cover

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business

Gino Wickman

Operations Management (10th Edition) by Jay Heizer and Barry Render cover

Operations Management (10th Edition)

Jay Heizer and Barry Render

Marketing & Branding

Demand generation, positioning, and brand building. All titles →

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini cover

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert B. Cialdini

Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind by Al Ries and Jack Trout cover

Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind

Al Ries and Jack Trout

Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger cover

Contagious: Why Things Catch On

Jonah Berger

Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin cover

Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

Seth Godin

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller cover

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

Donald Miller

Sales & Customer Development

Pipelines, methodologies, and winning customers. All titles →

$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No by Alex Hormozi cover

$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No

Alex Hormozi

Spin Selling by Neil Rackham cover

Neil Rackham

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson cover

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation

Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson

To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink cover

To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others

Daniel H. Pink

New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development by Mike Weinberg cover

New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development

Mike Weinberg

Finance & Investing

Capital, valuation, and the discipline of money. All titles →

1929: The Inside Story of The Greatest Crash in Wall Street History by Andrew Ross Sorkin cover

1929: The Inside Story of The Greatest Crash in Wall Street History

Andrew Ross Sorkin

The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness by Morgan Housel cover

The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

Morgan Housel

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki cover

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Robert T. Kiyosaki

I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi cover

I Will Teach You to Be Rich

Ramit Sethi

Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean by Karen Berman and Joe Knight cover

Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean

Karen Berman and Joe Knight

Entrepreneurship & Founders

Founding stories, playbooks, and operator wisdom. All titles →

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries cover

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Eric Ries

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters cover

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel with Blake Masters

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber cover

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Michael E. Gerber

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz cover

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Ben Horowitz

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight cover

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

Innovation & Disruption

How new categories emerge and incumbents fall. All titles →

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen cover

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

Clayton M. Christensen

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip by Stephen Witt cover

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip

Stephen Witt

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin cover

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor cover

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor

Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company by Andrew S. Grove cover

Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company

Andrew S. Grove

Decision Making & Behavioral

Bias, judgment, probability, and behavioral economics. All titles →

The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions by Colleen T. Sharkey cover

The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions

Colleen T. Sharkey

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman cover

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and Dan Heath cover

Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan M. Gardner cover

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

Philip E. Tetlock and Dan M. Gardner

The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler cover

The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking

Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler

Productivity & Time Management

Personal systems for shipping more with less. All titles →

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen cover

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

David Allen

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport cover

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss cover

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Timothy Ferriss

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown cover

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Greg McKeown

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky cover

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

Career & Professional Development

Navigating, transitioning, and growing professionally. All titles →

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

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

Cal Newport

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans cover

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg cover

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

Sheryl Sandberg

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay cover

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now

Meg Jay

What Color Is Your Parachute?: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success by Katharine Brooks and the late Richard N. Bolles cover

What Color Is Your Parachute?: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success

Katharine Brooks and the late Richard N. Bolles

Communication & Writing

Speaking, writing, and being understood. All titles →

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie cover

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson et al. cover

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Kerry Patterson et al.

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen cover

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg cover

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

Marshall B. Rosenberg

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz cover

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Chris Voss with Tahl Raz

Habits & Self-Discipline

Building durable behavior change. All titles →

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear cover

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg cover

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg cover

Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything

BJ Fogg

Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results by Stephen Guise cover

Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results

Stephen Guise

High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way by Brendon Burchard cover

High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way

Brendon Burchard

Mental Models & Thinking

Frameworks for thinking better about anything. All titles →

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger by Charles T. Munger, edited by Peter D. Kaufman cover

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

Charles T. Munger, edited by Peter D. Kaufman

The Great Mental Models Boxed Set by Shane Parrish cover

The Great Mental Models Boxed Set

Shane Parrish

Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger by Peter Bevelin cover

Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger

Peter Bevelin

Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models by Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann cover

Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models

Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann

First Principles Thinking: Mental Models for Thinking Clearly and Making Better Decisions by Walter Dimon cover

First Principles Thinking: Mental Models for Thinking Clearly and Making Better Decisions

Walter Dimon