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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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    Small Steps, Big Goals
    Limitless
    Limitlessby Jim Kwik Small Steps, Big Goals

    Jim Kwik details his recovery from a brain injury and how that inspired him to create how-to methods for developing a positive mind-set, retaining what…

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    How Amazon Does It
    Working Backwards
    Working Backwardsby Colin Bryar and Bill Carr How Amazon Does It

    Amazon insiders Colin Bryar and Bill Carr detail Amazon’s processes for hiring, compensation and expansion as well as using metrics, generating new ideas and nurturing its corporate culture.

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    Shape Your Brand
    On Brand
    On Brandby Aliza Licht Shape Your Brand

    Branding coach Aliza Licht – who also wrote Leave Your Mark – offers detailed guidance – for beginners – for building and maintaining your personal…

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    After the Factory Closes
    American Made
    American Madeby Farah Stockman After the Factory Closes

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman chronicles the monetary, emotional, and political impact of the loss of American skilled blue-collar jobs.

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    Friction or Not
    The Friction Project
    The Friction Projectby Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao Friction or Not

    Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao explain how organizational friction works, for good or ill, and how to use it productively.

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    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…

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    The Catmull Way
    Creativity, Inc.
    Creativity, Inc.by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace The Catmull Way

    Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, presents a memoir full of wonderful film production stories and incredibly valuable lessons in leadership, humility and mindfulness.