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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

  • Review
    Coping with Grief
    Option B
    Option Bby Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant Coping with Grief

    Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook and the best-selling author of Lean In, candidly describes her grief at her husband’s death and offers guidance for others coping with the…

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    Vest in Life
    Flow
    Flowby Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Vest in Life

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s now 30-year-old essay on achieving flow and awareness remains timeless and current.

  • Review
    Talking in Code
    Brave, Not Perfect
    Brave, Not Perfectby Reshma Saujani Talking in Code

    Accepting your shortcomings and missteps is the path to success, writes Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, as she explains why women should work to be brave, but not perfect.

  • Review
    Secrets of Corporate Longevity
    Built to Last
    Built to Lastby Jerry I. Porras and Jim Collins Secrets of Corporate Longevity

    Jerry I. Porras and Jim Collins break down decades of research to discover how certain companies maintain success and market dominance over the long haul.

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    Show Appreciation
    Appreciate
    Appreciateby Todd Nordstrom, Kevin Ames, Gary Beckstrand and David Sturt Show Appreciation

    Executives from the insight firm O.C. Tanner offer a solid guide for showing appreciation to your employees and colleagues.

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    Overcoming Barriers
    Lean In
    Lean Inby Sheryl Sandberg Overcoming Barriers

    Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg offers her sometimes controversial and all-time best-selling thoughts about women in the workplace.

  • Review
    Accept Paradoxes and Thrive
    The Age of Paradox
    The Age of Paradoxby Charles Handy Accept Paradoxes and Thrive

    Management consultant Charles Handy offers a clear path for dealing with today’s myriad and murky paradoxes.

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    Decadence and Renaissance
    The Decadent Society
    The Decadent Societyby Ross Douthat Decadence and Renaissance

    Conservative political analyst Ross Douthat launches strong arguments about the dreary present and likely future of stagnating Western societies. Could exhaustion spark a new renaissance?

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    China and the World Trade Organization
    Schism
    Schismby Paul Blustein China and the World Trade Organization

    International financial and political journalist Paul Blustein breaks down the pros and cons – and consequences – of China joining the WTO.

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    Warm, Worthy Advice
    Supermaker
    Supermakerby Jaime Schmidt Warm, Worthy Advice

    Jaime Schmidt, founder of Schmidt’s Naturals, details her journey from making products in her bathtub to selling her blockbuster company to Unilever. She writes with wit,…