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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
    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.

  • Review
    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.

  • Review
    Talking in Code
    Brave, Not Perfect
    Brave, Not Perfectby Reshma Saujani Talking in Code

    Why women should work to be brave, but not perfect.

  • Review
    A Kind of Genius
    Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free
    Information Doesn’t Want to Be Freeby Cory Doctorow A Kind of Genius

    What happens when creativity meets copyright? Cory Doctorow lays out the issues with clarity and conviction, while warning that most protective locks get broken and…

  • Review
    Class Disparity
    The Tyranny of Merit
    The Tyranny of Meritby Michael J. Sandel Class Disparity

    Professor Michael J. Sandel describes the problems and dangerous fallout of America's obsession with status and success.

  • Review
    Do Less
    Drop the Ball
    Drop the Ballby Tiffany Dufu Do Less

    Tiffany Dufu, the Chief Leadership Officer of Levo, offers sound advice for working women who seek work-life balance and true collaboration with their domestic partners.

  • Review
    Inspiring Olympic Victory
    The Boys in the Boat
    The Boys in the Boatby Daniel James Brown Inspiring Olympic Victory

    Daniel James Brown tells the compelling story of the US crew members who triumphed in the face of Nazi Germany at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

  • Review
    Don’t Bother Excelling
    The Peter Principle
    The Peter Principleby Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull Don’t Bother Excelling

    Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull remade management tactics and perceptions forever with this funny, best-selling business classic.

  • Review
    Essential Coaching
    Trillion Dollar Coach
    Trillion Dollar Coachby Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle Essential Coaching

    Google executives Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle illuminate the intersection of strategy and coaching in this homage to executive coach Bill Campbell.

  • Review
    The Eyes of a Child
    Small Fry
    Small Fryby Lisa Brennan-Jobs The Eyes of a Child

    Lisa Brennan-Jobs writes with candor, skill and remarkably little self-pity about her complex and contradictory relationship with her renowned father.