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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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    Discipline and Humility
    Extreme Ownership
    Extreme Ownershipby Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Discipline and Humility

    Best-selling authors and former US Navy SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin relate illustrative war stories and link them to crucial business issues: Own ’em, prioritize…

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    Collaborate for Positivity
    Big Potential
    Big Potentialby Shawn Achor Collaborate for Positivity

    Bestselling happiness expert Shawn Achor urges you to find the joy in collaboration, dispel negativity and take the lead, whatever your formal position.

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    Classic Guidance
    Great by Choice
    Great by Choiceby Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen Classic Guidance

    Bestselling author Jim Collins and management professor Morten T. Hansen offer a business classic filled with instantly applicable advice for companies of any size.

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    How Language Changes
    Because Internet
    Because Internetby Gretchen McCulloch How Language Changes

    Linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the origins of internet language and symbolic usage. She finds a place for today’s new forms of typed online language on the…

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    Uunderstanding Numbers
    Making Numbers Count
    Making Numbers Countby Chip Heath and Karla Starr Uunderstanding Numbers

    Master explainers Chip Heath and Karla Starr explain how to explain numbers for greater comprehension, retention and enjoyment.

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    The Attributes of a SEAL
    The Attributes
    The Attributesby Rich Diviney The Attributes of a SEAL

    Retired Navy SEAL commander Rich Diviney describes the attributes that make SEALs successful.

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    Mark Messier Remembers
    No One Wins Alone
    No One Wins Aloneby Mark Messier Mark Messier Remembers

    Canadian pro hockey great Mark Messier details his Hall of Fame career and offers salient guidance for building winning teams.

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    Wield Power Well
    Acting with Power
    Acting with Powerby Deborah Gruenfeld Wield Power Well

    Stanford School of Business professor Deborah Gruenfeld offers a primer in recognizing and utilizing various forms of power.

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    Aging and Its processes
    Borrowed Time
    Borrowed Timeby Sue Armstrong Aging and Its processes

    Science reporter Sue Armstrong discusses theories of aging and how medical science may slow the aging proces.

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    Open Your Mind
    Elastic
    Elasticby Leonard Mlodinow Open Your Mind

    Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow helps you connect to your right brain to gain access to breakthrough thinking.