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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Claudia Kalb’s Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder and NOT the original book. Preview: Claudia Kalb’s Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Greatest Personalities offers 12 short biographies of famous individuals, focusing on their...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Chris Voss’s & et al Never Split the Difference and NOT the original book. Preview: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz is a guide to using hostage negotiation techniques in business and personal negotiations. Modern...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Patrick Lencioni’s The Ideal Team Player and NOT the original book. Preview: Patrick Lencioni’s The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues posits that in order to succeed—especially in a work environment—one...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Ryan Levesque’s Ask and NOT the original book. Preview: Ask, by Ryan Levesque, details the Ask Formula, including the Survey Funnel Formula, that teaches businesses the best way to connect with current and potential customers by cleverly asking...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Clayton M. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma and NOT the original book. Preview: The Innovator’s Dilemma contemplates the difficulties of maintaining a firm’s position when faced with innovative technologies. It was first published in...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion Robert B. Cialdini’s, PhD Influence and NOT the original book. Preview: Robert B. Cialdini’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion examines the compliance methods by which marketers, salespeople, and others, such as cult leaders, pressure people...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Adam Grant's Originals and NOT the original book. Preview: Originals provide an insightful window into the most innovative and creative minds that society has ever known. By investigating the reasons why some entrepreneurs were able to effectively...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Michael Lewis's The Undoing Project and NOT the original book. Preview: The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds explores the relationship and psychological theories of two Israeli academics, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, whose...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Timothy Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Workweek and NOT the original book. Preview: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich is a manifesto calling for workers everywhere to rise up and flee their cubicles in pursuit of a life...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Gene Kim’s & et al The DevOps Handbook and NOT the original book. Preview: The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations is a manual for technology companies looking to improve...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Grant Cardone's The 10X Rule and NOT the original book. Preview: The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by real estate mogul Grant Cardone is a no-holds-barred exhortation for people to aim higher and work harder. By employing...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robert Kegan’s & et al An Everyone Culture and NOT the original book.  Preview: An Everyone Culture by Robert Kegan, Lisa Lahey, Matthew Miller, Andy Fleming, and Deborah Helsing is an academic description of unconventional employee...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Daymond John’s & et al The Power of Broke and NOT the original book. Preview: The Power of Broke emphasizes that money does not make the entrepreneur. Successful businesspeople seek creative solutions and are able to resolve challenges...

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Chris Anderson’s TED Talks and NOT the original book. Preview: TED Talks is a comprehensive handbook for learning the now-famous TED talk style. TED is a world-renowned conference series founded by Ricky Wurman and Harry Marks in 1984. Inside...