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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
    Beat Loneliness to Stay Well
    Together
    Togetherby Vivek Murthy Beat Loneliness to Stay Well

    United States surgeon general Vivek Murthy explains that loneliness kills, but kind human connections nurture your health.

  • Review
    The SEAL Way
    Leadership Strategy and Tactics
    Leadership Strategy and Tacticsby Jocko Willink The SEAL Way

    Bestseller and former Navy SEAL commander Jocko Willink offers leadership lessons learned on the battlefield.

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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…

  • Review
    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.