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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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    The Mystery of Creativity
    Inspired: Understanding Creativity
    Inspired: Understanding Creativityby Matt Richtel The Mystery of Creativity

    Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist Matt Richtel probes the mysteries of human inspiration.

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    “Zennials” Explained
    The 100 Trillion Dollar Wealth Transfer
    The 100 Trillion Dollar Wealth Transferby Ken Costa “Zennials” Explained

    Banker Ken Costa highlights some fundamental differences in the “Zennial” and baby boomer financial mind-sets.

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    Laissez-faire Origins
    The Big Myth
    The Big Mythby Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway Laissez-faire Origins

    Professors Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway trace the origins of the talking points that have come to characterize laissez-faire economics.

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    An Enduring Dilemma
    The Innovator’s Dilemma
    The Innovator’s Dilemmaby Clayton M. Christensen An Enduring Dilemma

    Everything will eventually be disrupted, says business guru Clayton Christensen. Why does his seminal book show no signs of aging?

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    The Power of Self-Compassion
    Mirror Mirror
    Mirror Mirrorby Julie Nee The Power of Self-Compassion

    This actionable framework helps boost your self-love, self-affirmation and kindness to the person in the mirror.

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    Tools for Mental Peace
    Mental Immunity
    Mental Immunityby Richard Norman Tools for Mental Peace

    Richard Norman provides helpful, if familiar, ways to stay strong amid stress and boost your self-regard.

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    The Underbelly of Rock and Roll
    Rockonomics
    Rockonomicsby Alan B. Krueger The Underbelly of Rock and Roll

    Is America’s music scene the perfect metaphor for the US economy? Economist Alan Krueger thinks so. For every platinum-selling artist, he says, there are millions of musicians who…

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    A Communicative Introvert
    Small Talk
    Small Talkby Diane Weston A Communicative Introvert

    Master the art of small talk by giving your complete attention to others and truly listening.

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    Huffington on Thriving
    Thrive
    Thriveby Arianna Huffington Huffington on Thriving

    Arianna Huffington says that to thrive you should build your life around four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving.

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    The Go-To Person
    Linchpin
    Linchpinby Seth Godin The Go-To Person

    Don’t fear fear itself. Be creative and original, embrace self-discipline and, perennial bestseller Seth Godin asserts, you can become a linchpin.

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