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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 84,887 ratings — published
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 50,742 ratings — published 2013
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Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 3,386 ratings — published 2010
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Hitch 22: A Memoir Hitch 22: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 22,597 ratings — published 2010
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Measure What Matters Measure What Matters (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.97 — 38,321 ratings — published 2017
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The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 2,531 ratings — published 2009
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 76,595 ratings — published 2009
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Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 23,840 ratings — published 2014
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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 11,615 ratings — published 2003
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 15,213 ratings — published 1975
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A Journey: My Political Life A Journey: My Political Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.58 — 4,772 ratings — published 2010
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Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 746 ratings — published 2013
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 23,560 ratings — published 2008
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The War of Art The War of Art (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 121,532 ratings — published 2002
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,367,259 ratings — published 2018
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,451,987 ratings — published 2016
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 194,693 ratings — published 2016
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 35,582 ratings — published 2016
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The Lean Startup The Lean Startup (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 369,156 ratings — published 2011
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User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)) User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))
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avg rating 3.89 — 2,863 ratings — published 2004
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Lean from the Trenches: Managing Large-Scale Projects with Kanban Lean from the Trenches: Managing Large-Scale Projects with Kanban (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,009 ratings — published 2011
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Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)) Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))
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avg rating 4.20 — 868 ratings — published 2006
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 344,348 ratings — published 2012
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 169,402 ratings — published 2001
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The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (The Gonzo Papers, #1) The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (The Gonzo Papers, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 14,453 ratings — published 1979
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The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 660 ratings — published 2024
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 122,233 ratings — published 2002
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How to Take Smart Notes How to Take Smart Notes (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.07 — 14,001 ratings — published 2017
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Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 966 ratings — published 1929
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Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 8,218 ratings — published
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The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 7,292 ratings — published 2011
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How to Win Friends & Influence People How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,173,129 ratings — published 1936
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Radical Focus Radical Focus (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.96 — 4,613 ratings — published 2016
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 202,776 ratings — published 2005
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Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (The XP Series) Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (The XP Series)
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avg rating 4.13 — 4,099 ratings — published 1999
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Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series) Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series)
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avg rating 4.14 — 2,642 ratings — published 2005
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Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 6,015 ratings — published 1996
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 570,684 ratings — published 2012
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 9,960 ratings — published 1987
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Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 23,027 ratings — published 2010
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The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software (ebook)
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avg rating 3.94 — 1,640 ratings — published 2010
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Rework Rework (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 177,059 ratings — published 2010
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 90,211 ratings — published 1990
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It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2) It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)
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avg rating 3.84 — 2,159,892 ratings — published 2022
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 92,215 ratings — published 2023
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Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 22,208 ratings — published 2022
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The Practice: Shipping Creative Work The Practice: Shipping Creative Work (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 5,308 ratings — published 2020
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The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 5,939 ratings — published 2015
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This Is Lean: Resolving the Efficiency Paradox This Is Lean: Resolving the Efficiency Paradox (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,276 ratings — published 2011
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Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.09 — 2,049 ratings — published 2017
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Alan W. Watts
“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”
Alan Watts

“The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. If you're sitting around trying to dream up a great art idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens. But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push you in another direction. Inspiration is absolutely unnecessary and somehow deceptive. You feel like you need this great idea before you can get down to work, and I find that's almost never the case.”
Chuck Close

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