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Influential Books
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The Extreme Self
I found this at Foyles in Waterloo station in London
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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr & E.B. White (1959)
Writing well is a useful skill in almost any career.
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It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be by Paul Arden (2003)
Refreshing, funny, thought provoking and liberating for your attitude. A
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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert Pirzig (1974)
I read this book in my first year at Uni.
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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (2008)
Life comes in waves, this is the story of an
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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960)
Yes this is a classic, but this book taught me
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Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean by Roberto Verganti (2009)
Verganti makes an attempt to penetrate how design actually works
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Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by Kim & Mauborgne (2015)
Again, favorite class in my MBA program. Used same tactics
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Marketing Management by Kotler and Keller 14th Edition (2011)
I used Marketing Management (14th Edition) during my MBA program.
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In Search of Excellence by Peters and Waterman (1982)
I think this was the very first book I read
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss (2016)
There are a lot of books about negotiation, but this
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The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness by Prof Steve Peters (2012)
The Chimp Paradox is one of those books that explains
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Multimedia and Hypertext: The Internet and Beyond (By Jakob Nielsen, Birgit Nielsen · 1995)
I was on my placement year at Uni and was
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Competing for the future by Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad (1996)
Compelling framework for strategy that has stood the test of
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard Rumelt (2011)
When I first read this book, it made so much
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Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik (2020)
An owner’s manual for your brain … the book will
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Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking by Matthew Syed (2020)
It’s a very engaging and well written overview of the
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Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders by Adam Morgan (2009)
The classic book on challenger brands, their behaviour and how
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Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes By William Bridges (2004)
Our lives are full of changes. We transition through periods
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The Essentials of Job Negotiations: Proven Strategies for Getting What You Want by Terri Kurtzberg (2011)
It is full of practical wisdom. If you are fortunate
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Use Your Head: How to unleash the power of your mind by Tony Buzan (2011)
An eye-opener on how to use the gift of our
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Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don’t Make Sense by Rory Sutherland (2019)
It’s a book about looking at problems in a slightly
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Maverick! : The Success Story Behind the World’s Most Unusual Workplace by Ricardo Semler (1988)
It was a relatively early example of a hands-on CEO
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