Key Insights from Essential Reads
Summaries compiled by Nabin Shrestha, originally published in New Business Age Monthly Magazine.
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Personal DevelopmentProductivity
Smarter Faster Better
Charles Duhigg
Explores the science of productivity, and why managing how you think is more important than what you think.
Personal DevelopmentProductivity
The One Thing
Gary Keller
Gary Keller identifies that behind every successful person is their ONE Thing. Concentrating on this ONE Thing is key to achieving your goals.
Marketing & SalesStrategy & Innovation
Hooked
Nir Eyal with Ryan Hoover
Nir Eyal explains how successful products make us form habits. These products quickly become an integral part of our daily lives.
LeadershipMarketing & Sales
Start with Why
Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek explains in his leadership bestseller that people don't buy what you do—they buy why you do it.
Personal Development
The Book of Mistakes
Skip Prichard
What if successful people avoid nine key life pitfalls? This self-help fiction introduces David, whose life feels hollow until he learns these secrets.
Strategy & InnovationLeadership
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton M. Christensen
Clayton Christensen explains why well-managed, customer-focused companies struggle with disruptive industry changes.
LeadershipStrategy & Innovation
No Rules Rules: NETFLIX and the Culture of Reinvention
by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
Reed Hastings shares how Netflix questioned the status quo, giving workers more independence, not more rules, as it grew popular.
Personal DevelopmentProductivity
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
Angela Duckworth shows that the secret to outstanding achievement isn't talent, but a special blend of passion and perseverance called grit.
Marketing & SalesStrategy & Innovation
Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms
David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee
Crowd-based capitalism is a new economic model using technology to help companies scale rapidly, potentially replacing traditional approaches.