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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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    Enlightened Leaders
    Compassionate Leadership
    Compassionate Leadershipby Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, Marissa Afton and Moses Mohan Enlightened Leaders

    Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter's worthwhile, fact-based manual helps leaders build compassion, wisdom, understanding and mindfulness.

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    Continual Discord
    The Age of Unpeace
    The Age of Unpeaceby Mark Leonard Continual Discord

    Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations Mark Leonard presents a compelling, discouraging overview of the current state of the world: ever-increasing fragmentation and…

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    Become a “Happy High Achiever”
    Happen to Your Career
    Happen to Your Careerby Scott Anthony Barlow Become a “Happy High Achiever”

    Career coach Scott Barlow, host of the HTYC podcast, guides you toward building the mind-set you need to pursue a deeply fulfilling career – and life.

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    Productive Change
    Move Fast and Fix Things
    Move Fast and Fix Thingsby Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Productive Change

    Focus on excellence (and fast!) and effective change management.

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    Merge Your Intelligence With Your Soul
    Head & Heart
    Head & Heartby Kirstin Ferguson Merge Your Intelligence With Your Soul

    Leadership expert Kirstin Ferguson shows you how to combine your conscious rational skills and your soulful, reflexive understanding to be the best possible leader.

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    Not So Green
    The War Below
    The War Belowby Ernest Scheyder Not So Green

    Reuter’s senior correspondent Ernest Scheyder presents the complex trade-offs that emission-reducing technologies create.

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    Work Less, Earn the Same
    The 4 Day Week
    The 4 Day Weekby Andrew Barnes Work Less, Earn the Same

    New Zealand entrepreneur Andrew Barnes argues passionately for greater employee flexibility to save society, economies and the planet.

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    Accelerating Change
    Accelerate
    Accelerateby John P. Kotter Accelerating Change

    Older structures and processes won’t do anymore. No matter how you tinker with your existing reality, change expert John P. Kotter insists it won’t be enough.…

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    Advice from One Who Knows
    Secrets of Sand Hill Road
    Secrets of Sand Hill Roadby Scott Kupor Advice from One Who Knows

    Wildly successful venture capitalist Scott Kupor, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, provides a welcome and straightforward guide for founders seeking venture capital.

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    Decisive Success
    What It Takes
    What It Takesby Stephen A. Schwarzman Decisive Success

    Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman, CEO and co-founder of the investment firm Blackstone, details his extraordinary career.