The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas by Gustave Flaubert
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Cliches, turns of phrase and common expressions can all be poked fun at. We are happy to use them in lieu of finding our own, original words; but do they actually get the job done?
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Mastery by George Leonard
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The path to mastery includes many plateaus, short bursts of improvement and requires a lifetime of vision.
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Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson
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1. Lead from the inside out
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Letters From a Stoic by Seneca
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Seneca was born in Spain, lived much of his life in Rome, and was the advisor to several emperors. He was exiled, fell deathly ill, brought back to advise again, and eventually died under Nero.
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The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh
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Exhibit a ferocious and intelligently applied work ethic directed at continual improvement
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Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins
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Awaken the Giant Within is a step-by-step guide to changing your life for the better. We're all guilty of leaving our best inside of ourselves. So, what can we do to be better every day?
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Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry
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Emotional awareness is something we're not taught in school. We enter the workforce knowing how to read, write, and report on bodies of knowledge; but too often we lack the skills to manage our emotions. Good decisions require more than factual knowledge. They are made using self-knowledge and emotional mastery.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
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Be Proactive
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Crystalizing Public Opinion by Edward Bernays
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Edward Bernays, the nephew of famed Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, was the first pioneer of the profession of Public Relations. He changed the minds of millions of people, without them even knowing.
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The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
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Michael E. Gerber wrote this small business classic in the mid 90's, and popularized the idea of systematizing one's enterprise.
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How to Win Friends and Influence People is a seminal work on improving one's life and ability to deal with others. In the 80 years since its publication, How to Win Friends has become a classic, referred to by thousands of copycat works.
The advice Carnegie offers is not nuanced, it's not ground breaking and it did not win any pulitzer prizes. However, this simple-to-enact advice is timeless. Dale breaks down the work into four major (overlapping) pieces:
- Fundamentals Techniques of Handling People
- Six Ways to Make People Like You
- How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking
- How To Lead People
There are many redundant ideas throughout, for which Dale offers interesting stories and anecdotes. His writing is dated at times, reading it with 21st century eyes, but is always simple and entertaining. The book reads very quickly, and the reader leaves with a ton of good ideas as well as a number of adverse actions to be avoided.