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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.

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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.

  • 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?

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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.

  • Review
    America Revealed
    These Truths
    These Truthsby Jill Lepore America Revealed

    Prolific author and Harvard professor Jill Lepore offers a compelling, comprehensive American history seen through the prism of the Declaration of Independence.

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    The Team Comes First
    Team Work
    Team Workby Russ Sarratt and Rusty Chadwick The Team Comes First

    Russ Sarratt and Rusty Chadwick’s basic guide to the mind-set of successful teams focuses on the emotional connections among team members.

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    It Ain’t For Money
    Why We Work
    Why We Workby Barry Schwartz It Ain’t For Money

    Swarthmore psychology professor Barry Schwartz raises compelling theories backed by persuasive, albeit well-known, examples to explore what motivates you to work. Hint: Whatever it is,…

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    Workplace Trailblazers
    Corporate Rebels
    Corporate Rebelsby Joost Minnaar and Pim de Morree Workplace Trailblazers

    Joost Minnaar and Pim de Morree left corporate life to research radical, pioneering companies and explore their methods; their discoveries provide a practical blueprint for effective…