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Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 62,025 ratings — published 2017
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 145,217 ratings — published 2002
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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 4.15 — 200,454 ratings — published 2016
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 284,375 ratings — published 2009
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 85,908 ratings — published 2002
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 620,686 ratings — published 2011
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 315,690 ratings — published 2001
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The Lean Startup The Lean Startup (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 376,390 ratings — published 2011
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 847,357 ratings — published 1989
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Dare to Lead Dare to Lead (ebook)
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avg rating 4.17 — 133,555 ratings — published 2018
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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 — 1,200,733 ratings — published 1936
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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 4.25 — 51,484 ratings — published 2013
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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 4.30 — 1,437,384 ratings — published 2018
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 128,076 ratings — published 2009
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 230,211 ratings — published 2016
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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 — 170,925 ratings — published 2001
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Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 26,448 ratings — published 2008
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 271,414 ratings — published
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The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 22,879 ratings — published 2019
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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 68,431 ratings — published 2014
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Measure What Matters Measure What Matters (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.97 — 39,542 ratings — published 2017
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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 — 579,224 ratings — published 2012
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Rework Rework (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 179,482 ratings — published 2010
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The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 39,922 ratings — published 2003
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 183,443 ratings — published 2006
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 185,733 ratings — published 1984
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The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 37,725 ratings — published 2017
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The 4-Hour Workweek The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
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avg rating 3.90 — 345,158 ratings — published 2007
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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 — 86,783 ratings — published 1984
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter) Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)
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avg rating 4.24 — 31,178 ratings — published 2000
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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever (ebook)
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avg rating 4.00 — 31,214 ratings — published 2016
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The Design of Everyday Things The Design of Everyday Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 49,495 ratings — published 1988
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 313,254 ratings — published 2014
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 55,955 ratings — published 2010
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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 23,896 ratings — published 2016
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 487,136 ratings — published 2012
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 102,121 ratings — published 2006
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 106,235 ratings — published 2014
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The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 10,736 ratings — published 2017
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 116,298 ratings — published 2014
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 148,684 ratings — published 2016
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Who Moved My Cheese? Who Moved My Cheese? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 523,072 ratings — published 1998
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 422,973 ratings — published 2014
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Outliers: The Story of Success Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 893,840 ratings — published 2008
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 52,489 ratings — published 2013
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 4.12 — 19,259 ratings — published 2011
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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 23,848 ratings — published 2007
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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 63,430 ratings — published 1997
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 24,641 ratings — published 1999
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The One Minute Manager The One Minute Manager (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 150,141 ratings — published 1981
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Aristotle
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
― Aristotle

The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce
“The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.


From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.”
― Frederick Lewis Donaldson

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