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Estée: A Success Story by Estée Lauder- Book Recap

Estée: A Success Story by Estée Lauder “The most formidable competitor that you can conjure up is yourself.” PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF Business is not something to be lightly tried on, flippantly modeled. It’s not a distraction, not an affair, not a momentary fling. Business marries you. You sleep with it,

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Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide By John Cleese

Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide By John Cleese Creativity can be seen in every area of life—in science, or in business, or in sport. Wherever you can find a way of doing things that is better than what has been done before, you are being creative. You can teach

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It’s All In Your Head by RUSS

It’s All In Your Head  by RUSS Twenty-six-year-old rapper, songwriter, and producer Russ walks his own path, at his own pace. By doing so, he proved that he didn’t need a major label to surpass over a billion streams on Spotify/Apple Music, get on Forbes’ 2019 “30 Under 30”, make

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Stillness Is The Key by Ryan Holiday

Stillness Is the Key Ryan Holiday The Buddhist word for it was upekkha. The Muslims spoke of aslama. The Hebrews, hishtavut. The second book of the Bhagavad Gita, the epic poem of the warrior Arjuna, speaks of samatvam, an “evenness of mind—a peace that is ever the same.” The Greeks,

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Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived

Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived  By Laurence Shames and Peter Barton  Live as though you’ll live forever. And be prepared to die tomorrow. -The Talmud  I can’t remember a book that has cut to my core like this one. Maybe it’s the fact of being in the

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Your Life As Art by Robert Fritz

Your Life as Art By Robert Fritz Key Takeaways  Your life is art, go create it.  Your life structures determine your outcomes. We do not choose what we love but you need to build the foundation of your life around your true desires.  You must face reality and see it

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Will by Mark Manson

Will by Mark Manson It’s hard to encapsulate an excellent biography so this is more of a compilation of my favorite lines and moments from the book. I honestly could not put this book down. It was witty and entertaining but also filled with deep wisdom. I wouldn’t of said

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Motivation And Personality By Abraham Maslow

Motivation And Personality By Abraham Maslow SELF ACTUALIZING PEOPLE: A STUDY 0F PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH (Their traits)  MORE EFFICIENT PERCEPTION OF REALITY AND MORE COMFORTABLE RELATIONS WITH IT  The first form in which this capacity was noticed was as an unusual ability to detect the spurious, the fake, and the dishonest

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Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine

Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine Derren Brown THINGS ARE NOT ALL AS GRASPABLE AND SAYABLE AS ON THE WHOLE WE ARE LED TO BELIEVE; MOST EVENTS ARE UNSAYABLE, OCCUR IN A SPACE THAT NO WORD HAS EVER PENETRATED From Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria

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The Road to Character By David Brooks

The Road to Character By David Brooks You have to give to receive. You have to surrender to something outside yourself to gain strength within yourself. You have to conquer your desire to get what you crave. Success leads to the greatest failure, which is pride. Failure leads to the

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The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership By Bill Walsh  PART I  My Standard of Performance: An Environment of Excellence The ability to help the people around me self-actualize their goals underlines the single aspect of my abilities and the label that I value most—teacher. —BILL WALSH

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How To Own Your Mind by Napoleon Hill

How To Own Your Mind By Napoleon Hill  Action is critical to success. But you must think before you act or your actions will be wasted. Found in all successful leaders – definite purpose, definite motive, mastermind alliance, self reliance, self discipline over head and heart, persistence, a well developed

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The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life by Boyd Varty

The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life  by Boyd Varty A book filled with life wisdom that’s told through the lens of tracking lions. It can be a super deep book about self discovery and finding meaning in pursuing your own path in life. The renowned writer of the African wilderness

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The Greatness Guide: One of the World’s Most Successful Coaches Shares His Secrets for Personal and Business Mastery By Robin Sharma

The Greatness Guide: One of the World’s Most Successful Coaches Shares His Secrets for Personal and Business Mastery By Robin Sharma ‘Gu’ simply means ‘darkness’ in Sanskrit and ‘ru’ simply means ‘dispel.’ So the word ‘guru’ simply speaks of one who dispels the darkness and brings more understanding and light.”

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With Winning in Mind By Lanny R. Bassham

With Winning in Mind By Lanny R. Bassham Larry is a former gold medal winning Olympic and mental training coach. “The Mental Management® System is not based on psychology; instead, it is 100% based on competition. I did my apprenticeship in the arena of Olympic pressure. My credibility is not

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Wisdom & Empowerment Series by Orison Swett Marden

Orison Swett Marden: The Premium Collection, Wisdom & Empowerment Series  Orison Swett Marden was the founder of Success Magazine and wrote in the early 1900’s around self help and what he learned from the achievers of excellence. Some of his language is old school but lots of gems in here

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Awaken The Giant Within By Tony Robbins 

Awaken The Giant Within By Tony Robbins    “Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.” —ORISON SWETT MARDEN   PART • ONE UNLEASH YOUR POWER 1 DREAM

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The Widening Steam By David Ulrich 

The Widening Steam By David Ulrich   The 7 Stages of Creativity  Discovery & Encounter Passion & Commitment Crisis & Creative Frustration  Retreat & Withdrawal  Epiphany & Insight Discipline & Completion  Responsibility & Release  The Widening Steam By David Ulrich explains, The urge to create—to use our minds, hearts, and hands

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Legacy by James Kerr

Legacy by James Kerr The First XV The First XV: Lessons in Leadership. I Sweep the Sheds Never be too big to do the small things that need to be done II Go for the Gap When you’re on top of your game, change your game  III Play with Purpose

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Unlimited Power By Tony Robbins 

Unlimited Power By Tony Robbins    To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world

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The Wisdom of Life by Schopenhauer, Arthur

The Wisdom of Life by Schopenhauer, Arthur Introduction Voltaire says we shall leave this world as foolish and as wicked as we found it on our arrival. Chapter 1. Division Of The Subject Aristotle divides the blessings of life into three classes—those which come to us from without, those of

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Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success By Phil Jackson

Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success By Phil Jackson    When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.-RUMI 1 THE CIRCLE OF LOVE  Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar. JIM BUTCHER “What moves me is watching

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Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration by Warren Bennis

Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration Warren G. Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman INTRODUCTION The most exciting groups—the ones, like those chronicled in this book, that shook the world—resulted from a mutually respectful marriage between an able leader and an assemblage of extraordinary people. Groups become great only when

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Stray Reflections by Jawad Mian

Stray Reflections by Jawad Mian  The Opening “I wandered in pursuit of my own self; I was the traveler, and I am the destination.”- Muhammad Iqbal Nana Abu was also the first person to introduce me to Allama Iqbal, the cosmic poet and spiritual godfather of Pakistan. I remember him

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Trying Not To Try by Edward Slingerland

Trying Not to Try: Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity Slingerland, Edward Introduction Wu-wei literally translates as “no trying” or “no doing,” but it’s not at all about dull inaction. In fact, it refers to the dynamic, effortless, and unselfconscious state of mind of a person who

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Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller  The roadmap to building a great brand through storytelling…  The human brain, no matter what region of the world it comes from, is drawn toward clarity and away from confusion. The reality is we aren’t just in

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Unlocking Potential by Michael K. Simpson

Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations Simpson, Michael K. PART ONE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF COACHING 1. TRUST 1. TRUST All effective coaching is based on building trust, tapping potential, creating commitment, and actually executing goals. Simply being in a position of authority does not make

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Resilience by Eric Greiteins

Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life is a book written by Eric Greitens, a former Navy SEAL and Naval Officer, that consists of a series of letters written to a friend struggling with life after military service. 10/10  LETTER 1 Your Frontline Resilience is the virtue that enables

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The Mindful Athlete by George Mumford

The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance by Geoge Mumford   Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships. Mumford also helped Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom and countless other NBA players turn around

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Leaders: The Strategy for Taking Charge by Warren Bennis

Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge  Bennis, Warren G.; Nanus, Burt Leaders implement and create the atmosphere for the vision to thrive. In order to do this a leader must be crystal clear with clarity and also bring consistency and reliability. This will establish trust which is the glue that

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In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters

In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters The theme we shall return to continually in the book is that it is attention to employees, not work conditions per se, that has the dominant impact on productivity. He described good managers as value shapers concerned with the informal social properties of

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Decoding Greatness by Dr. Ron Friedman

Decoding Greatness by Dr. Ron Friedman  Key Takeaways  Identify the models you can Deconstruct, Analyze, and Reproduce.  You can copy others’ work backwards to extract a wide range of lessons.  Don’t limit your focus to a particular domain or genre, sample a wide range of fields/people/industries. Studying a wide range

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The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin

The Distillation of Josh Waitzkin Being true to yourself is the only way to become a master of your craft The love and motivation has to come from within yourself, it can’t be fakedIt begins with mastering the fundamentals. Full immersion into the principles Embrace failure, setbacks teach you how to succeed Growth

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Think Again by Adam Grant

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know Adam Grant  After the prologue are 30 actionable takeaways from the book and then a more indepth exploration of each chapter. Highly recommend this book  Prologue When people reflect on what it takes to be mentally fit, the first idea

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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip Tetlock

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction Tetlock, Philip E.; Gardner, Dan Excellent Mauboussin Research on Superforecasters Pair with other Decision Making Learnings from the CIA How To Decide- Annie Duke  Think Again – Adam Grant   Summary Philip Tetlock’s study of hundreds of experts making thousands of predictions over two

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Perform Under Pressure by Dr. Ceri Evans

Perform Under Pressure By Ceri Evans Dedication Te waka taiuhu, monā I whakatau akē, ngā ngaru āwhā. The prow of the waka will cut a decisive pathway through the stormiest of ocean waves. Introduction Whatever your performances look like, the aim of this book is to change the way you

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The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman and Kelly Klemp At all times we are either “Above The Line” or “Below The Line”  Above The Line Open, curious, committed to learning Below The Line Closed, defensive, committed to being right  Further, we reveal that when leaders

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How To Live by Derek Sivers

How to Live Derek Sivers Be independent. Decide everything is your fault. Whoever you blame has power over you, so blame only yourself. When you blame your location, culture, race, or history, you’re abdicating your autonomy. When you say you want more freedom from the world, you may just need

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The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge

The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge  Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline describes how sustainably competitive organizations comprehend the interconnectedness of people, ideas, and their operating context, can identify and treat causal, rather than the symptomatic barriers to learning, and can nurture ongoing reflective practice and open communication throughout the organization.

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