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The Intelligent Investor

By Benjamin Graham | Jason Zweig | Warren E. Buffett

The Intelligent Investor describes the investing philosophy and strategy of Benjamin Graham. How to find great companies, and tell if that company will make a good investment. ...
Posted: March 10, 2021

Crucial Conversations

By Kerry Patterson | Joseph Grenny | Ron McMillan | Al Switzler

When there’s a crucial decision at work, do you speak up, possibly making a new enemy out of anyone with a differing opinion? Or keep a “professional silence” and let the wrong decisions ruin your project? The most successful workers can take a third option, have a successful crucial conversation. ...
Posted: January 28, 2018

The Boggleheads' Guide to Investing

By Taylor Larimore | Mel Lindauer | Michael LeBoeuf

The Bogglehead’s Guide to Investing describes the investing philosophy and strategy of John C. “Jack” Bogle, Founder of the Vanguard Group. Save, invest, hold, and have patience while compound interest works in your favor. It’s investing, not gambling or getting rich quick. ...
Posted: December 17, 2017

How to Read a Book

By Mortimer J. Adler | Charles Van Doren

Most of the education, money, and effort around reading is spent on the first 6 grades. There isn’t much emphasis on improving skill level beyond that level. The average High Schooler doesn’t have the skills to understand and absorb complex ideas very efficiently. There isn’t much formal training to improve on this either. ...
Posted: November 6, 2017

Your Money or Your Life

By Vicki Robin | Joe Dominguez | Monique Tilford

This book explains the view that there is more to life than just working for more money so you can spend it. There are many studies that prove there there are much better goals to focus on that have a much larger impact on your happiness. ...
Posted: October 22, 2017

Deep Work

By Cal Newport

Deep Work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill and are hard to replicate. ...
Posted: October 3, 2017

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

By Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister

The two authors of this book, Tom and Timothy made an observation one day that the biggest and most important problems they have as managers deal with people. ...
Posted: August 26, 2017

So Good They Can't Ignore You

By Cal Newport

In his book “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”, Cal recounts his quest to answer the question of why some people end up loving what they do, and why others fail. ...
Posted: August 4, 2017

The Passionate Programmer

By Chad Fowler

In his book, “The Passionate Programmer”, Chad Fowler explains how you likely aren’t putting enough thought into your career as a software developer. ...
Posted: August 4, 2017