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18 Feb, 2023
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Dark Horse: Achieving Success through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
18 Feb
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Dark Horse: Achieving Success through the Pursuit of Fulfillment →

Dark horses achieve success not by following the standard path but by pursuing what fulfills them personally, using micro-motives to guide unconventional career strategies.
04 Jan, 2022
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Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
04 Jan
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Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen →

Reading Notes on Preventative Interventions In a Nutshell: Upstream is a book about prevention: how to not just mitigate the
11 Oct, 2021
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
11 Oct
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why →

Survivors of extreme situations share key traits: they face reality without denial, stay curious about their environment, and find meaning even in desperate circumstances.
11 Dec, 2019
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
11 Dec
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World →

Why it's ok to be a jack of all trades
28 Jul, 2017
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The Fuzzy and the Techie
28 Jul
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The Fuzzy and the Techie →

I just finished Scott Hartley’s new book The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the
28 Sep, 2016
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Remote: Office Not Required
28 Sep
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Remote: Office Not Required →

I just finished reading Remote: Office Not Required [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804137501/ref=as_li_ss_tl%
24 Sep, 2016
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
24 Sep
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future →

Today, we’re taking a look at the book The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our
25 Aug, 2016
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Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
25 Aug
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Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging →

I recently finished reading Sebastian Junger’s excellent new book Tribes: on Homecoming and Belonging [https://jason-shen.ghost.io/
11 Jan, 2016
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The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else
11 Jan
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The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else →

I recently finished reading The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else [https://web.archive.org/web/20160921075050/http://amzn.
24 Sep, 2015
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The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age
24 Sep
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The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age →

My reading notes The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1625275773/ref=as_
24 Sep, 2015
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Don’t Call it That: A Naming Workbook
24 Sep
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Don’t Call it That: A Naming Workbook →

Today I’m sharing the insights I gleaned from a wonderful (and fairly short) book Don’t Call it That:
28 Jul, 2015
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28 Jul
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The Little Book of Talent →

Five years ago, I stood in a bookstore for about an hour and read half of a wonderful book called
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