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The 48 Laws of Power
How power is gained, kept and lost, with one modern example for every law.
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The 5 AM Club
20 key learnings on owning your morning, from the 20/20/20 formula to the 90/90/1 rule.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
24 key learnings on character-based effectiveness, from being proactive to sharpening the saw.
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The Art of War
20 key learnings on strategy from the ancient Chinese classic, applied to work, business and everyday conflict.
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Arthashastra
20 key learnings from ancient India’s treatise on statecraft, economics, administration and leadership.
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Atomic Habits
30 key learnings on how tiny changes compound into remarkable results, and how to build habits that last.
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Autobiography of a Yogi
18 key learnings from Paramahansa Yogananda’s spiritual autobiography, from his search for a guru to bringing yoga to the West.
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The Black Swan
18 key learnings on rare, unpredictable events, and how to live and invest in a world shaped by them.
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Crucial Conversations
18 key learnings on handling high-stakes conversations when opinions differ and emotions run high.
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Deep Work
24 key learnings on focused, distraction-free work: why it matters and how to build it into your days.
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Don’t Believe Everything You Think
Why overthinking, not life itself, causes most of our stress, and how to step out of it.
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Essentialism
20 key learnings on doing less, but better: explore, eliminate and execute.
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The Everyday Hero Manifesto
16 key learnings on living heroically in ordinary life: focus, mastery, environment and courage.
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Everything Is F*cked
18 key learnings on hope, emotion, values and meaning in a world of abundance and anxiety.
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Expect to Win
18 key learnings from a Wall Street veteran on perception, relationships, sponsors and owning your career.
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Good Habits, Bad Habits
20 key learnings from a habit researcher on why willpower fails, and how context, repetition and reward make change stick.
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Good to Great
20 key learnings from Jim Collins’ study of companies that went from good results to great ones.
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The Greatness Guide
18 key learnings from Robin Sharma’s 101 short lessons for making good work and life even better.
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Grit
18 key learnings on passion and perseverance, and why effort counts twice.
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
24 key learnings from the classic on handling people, being liked, persuading and leading.
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Ikigai
20 key learnings from Okinawa, home to some of the world’s longest-lived people, on purpose, health and happiness.
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An Incomplete Life
16 key learnings from the autobiography of the former Raymond chairman and record-setting aviator.
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Influence
22 key learnings on the seven principles of persuasion, and how to spot them being used on you.
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The Intelligent Investor
20 key learnings from the classic on value investing, Mr. Market and the margin of safety.
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The Laws of Human Nature
Why people do what they do, and how to read them, and yourself, more clearly.
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The Leader Who Had No Title
18 key learnings from Robin Sharma’s fable on leading without a title, whatever your role.
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The Lean Startup
20 key learnings on building products under uncertainty: build, measure, learn, and know when to pivot.
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Letters from a Stoic
20 key learnings from Seneca’s letters on time, fear, friendship and living wisely.
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Let’s Talk Money
16 key learnings on organising your money, written for Indian readers: accounts, insurance, investing and planning.
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Managing the Unmanageable
20 key learnings on managing software people and teams, from hiring and onboarding to motivation and culture.
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Man’s Search for Meaning
20 key learnings from a psychiatrist who survived the Nazi camps, on finding meaning even in suffering.
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Meditations
22 key learnings from the private notebook of a Roman emperor on calm, duty and living well.
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Mindset
18 key learnings on fixed and growth mindsets, and how what you believe about ability shapes what you achieve.
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
20 key learnings from Robin Sharma’s fable of a burnt-out lawyer who finds a wiser way to live.
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Never Split the Difference
20 key learnings on negotiation from a former FBI hostage negotiator.
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Outliers
18 key learnings on why success depends on opportunity, timing and culture, not just talent.
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The Power of Now
18 key learnings on living in the present moment and stepping out of the mind’s constant noise.
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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
20 key learnings from the classic on how beliefs, imagination and habits of thought shape your life.
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The Psychology of Money
20 key learnings on why doing well with money is less about what you know and more about how you behave.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad
22 key learnings on money mindset, assets and financial literacy from one of the best-selling personal finance books.
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Sapiens
20 key learnings on how one ordinary species came to rule the world, through stories, farming, money and science.
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The Science of Accelerated Learning
24 key learnings on how to learn faster, remember longer and build real expertise.
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Srimad Bhagavad Gita
48 key learnings from Krishna’s counsel to Arjuna, in the order they appear, each with its verse reference.
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Start with Why
18 key learnings on how great leaders inspire action by starting with purpose.
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
20 key learnings on caring about fewer, better things, and why struggle is part of a good life.
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Thinking in Bets
18 key learnings from a former poker champion on making smarter decisions when you can’t know everything.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Why smart people make predictable mistakes, and how to catch your own before they cost you.
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Unf*ck Yourself
16 key learnings on changing your self-talk through seven assertions, and getting out of your own way.
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The Wealth Money Can’t Buy
16 key learnings on Robin Sharma’s eight forms of wealth, and why money is only one of them.
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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
26 key learnings on the habits that hold successful people back, and how to change them.
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When Breath Becomes Air
18 key learnings from a neurosurgeon’s memoir about meaning, mortality and what makes life worth living.
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Who Will Cry When You Die?
18 key learnings from Robin Sharma’s collection of 101 short lessons for a meaningful life.
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Wings of Fire
18 key learnings from the autobiography of India’s “Missile Man”, from Rameswaram to rockets.
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You Can
16 key learnings from a 1913 collection of short talks on success, habit and self-belief.
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The Z Factor
18 key learnings from Subhash Chandra’s memoir, from a debt-ridden family business in Haryana to founding Zee TV.
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Zero to One
20 key learnings on creating something genuinely new, from monopoly and secrets to founders and distribution.
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