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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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    Sports Teams and Business Teams
    We’re All in This Together
    We’re All in This Togetherby Mike Robbins Sports Teams and Business Teams

    Former professional athlete and self-help author Mike Robbins explains how lessons from sports teams can help business teams be more productive.

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    Fix It!
    The Innovation Delusion
    The Innovation Delusionby Andrew Russell and Lee Vinsel Fix It!

    Technology historians Lee Vinsel and Andrew L. Russell argue for nothing less than a grand shift of the American mind-set – away from adoring innovation…

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    Michelle Obama’s Life Story
    Becoming
    Becomingby Michelle Obama Michelle Obama’s Life Story

    Michelle Obama movingly identifies and explores her life’s formative stages.

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    Enforcing Ethical Behavior
    Intentional Integrity
    Intentional Integrityby Robert Chesnut Enforcing Ethical Behavior

    The chief ethics officer at Airbnb Robert Chesnut explains why you need a unique corporate code of ethics, and he tells you how to create, disseminate…

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    Use Less Stuff
    How to Save the World For Free
    How to Save the World For Freeby Natalie Fee Use Less Stuff

    Environmental activist Natalie Fee offers numerous easy-to-use tips you can follow to help sustain the environment, and she calls on you to take action.

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    Do Better with Less
    Essentialism
    Essentialismby Greg McKeown Do Better with Less

    Co-author of Multipliers, Greg McKeown offers a detailed, workable method for paring your life to its essentials.

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    Become Conscious
    Conscious Leadership
    Conscious Leadershipby John Mackey, Steve McIntosh and Carter Phipps Become Conscious

    Whole Foods co-founder and CEO John Mackey and forward thinkers Steven McIntosh and Carter Phipps detail how to become a more conscious, egalitarian and successful leader.

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    Names and Numbers
    The Address Book
    The Address Bookby Deirdre Mask Names and Numbers

    Deirdre Mask provides an unlikely fascinating history, overview and cultural analysis of street addresses.

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    Why You Do What You Do
    Payoff
    Payoffby Dan Ariely Why You Do What You Do

    Best-selling author Dan Ariely reflects on his struggles with pain to offer insight into motivation.

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    Find Your Strength
    Women Don’t Owe You Pretty
    Women Don’t Owe You Prettyby Florence Given Find Your Strength

    Activist Florence Given issues a bold call for feminism, self-empowerment and gender tolerance.