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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

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    One Man, One Company
    Play Nice But Win
    Play Nice But Winby Michael Dell One Man, One Company

    Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, recounts how he built his company from nothing and persevered through management issues and corporate raids to…

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    Time to Change
    Job Moves
    Job Movesby Bob Moesta, Ethan Bernstein and Michael B. Horn Time to Change

    Career-change researchers Bob Moesta, Ethan Bernstein, and Michael B. Horn detail the path to a satisfying, painless job transition.

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    Strong and Adaptable
    15 Lies Women Are Told at Work
    15 Lies Women Are Told at Workby Bonnie Hammer Strong and Adaptable

    Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal Bonnie Hammer reveals empowering realities to help women effectively navigate the workplace.

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    Uncontrollable Power
    Nexus
    Nexusby Yuval Noah Harari Uncontrollable Power

    Historian and bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari details a history of information-sharing and examines AI as a tool for ignorance versus intelligence and totalitarianism versus…

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    Do Your Research, Hire Well, Cut Your Losses.
    How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
    How to Make a Few Billion Dollarsby Brad Jacobs Do Your Research, Hire Well, Cut Your Losses.

    Businessman Brad Jacobs, who built several companies into billion-dollar behemoths, details the straightforward tactics and positive mindset that enabled his success.

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    Applying Empathy
    The Empathy Factor
    The Empathy Factorby Marie R. Miyashiro Applying Empathy

    Fortune 500 Consultant Marie Miyashiro explains the virtues of empathy and how to build an empathetic – and thus more effective – workplace.

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    Tomorrow’s Proximity Today
    Proximity
    Proximityby Kaihan Krippendorff and Robert C. Wolcott Tomorrow’s Proximity Today

    Business consultants Kaihan Krippendorff and Robert C. Wolcott provide a heady, dazzling portrait of a future in which demand and delivery happen instantly.

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    Leadership for Managers
    The New Manager Playbook
    The New Manager Playbookby Lia Garvin Leadership for Managers

    Lia Garvin, bestselling author of Unstuck and The Unstoppable Team, offers in-depth, practical leadership advice for managers.

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    Start Me Up!
    Build the Fort
    Build the Fortby Chris Heivly Start Me Up!

    MapQuest co-founder Chris Heivly, managing director of The Startup Factory, provides a clear process for building a start-up community.

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    Use Your Leverage.
    Reset
    Resetby Dan Heath Use Your Leverage.

    Dan Heath explains how to apply leverage to remove impediments that block your processes and to solve complex problems.