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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
    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.

  • Review
    “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.

  • Review
    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?

  • Review
    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.

  • Review
    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.

  • Review
    An Insider’s Managerial Manual
    The Making of a Manager
    The Making of a Managerby Julie Zhuo An Insider’s Managerial Manual

    Facebook’s Julie Zhuo, a design executive who’s been with the company since it began, refers to her journey from working at a small tech startup to managing hundreds…

  • Review
    The New World of Work
    An Everyone Culture
    An Everyone Cultureby Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey The New World of Work

    Harvard professors detail groundbreaking mental and emotional approaches to work at cutting-edge corporations.

  • Review
    Blunt Heartfelt Advice
    So You Want to Talk About Race
    So You Want to Talk About Raceby Ijeoma Oluo Blunt Heartfelt Advice

    In this indispensable guide, Nigerian-American New York Times best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo explores how – and why – to talk about race and racism.

  • Review
    Don’t Be Afraid to Lead
    Dare to Lead
    Dare to Leadby Brené Brown Don’t Be Afraid to Lead

    In Dare to Lead, bestseller Brené Brown supplements her Daring Greatly and Rising Strong with exercises and insights specifically for leaders.