Books like Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
12 books with a reading profile close to Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh. Growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, memoir
Reese Witherspoon documents her upbringing in Nashville, Tennessee, organized around the central metaphor of a Southern woman being strong and fiery on the inside despite a delicate exterior.
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The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
by Guy Kawasaki
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, business strategy
Guy Kawasaki provides a tactical blueprint for creating new organizations, focusing on the immediate requirements of getting an idea off the ground.
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The E-myth Revisited
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, business strategy
Michael Gerber dismantles the assumption that technical proficiency in a specific craft naturally translates into a functional business.
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, business strategy
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin outline a leadership framework developed during their service as Navy SEAL officers in the battle of Ramadi.
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, business strategy
Chip Heath and Dan Heath argue that memorable ideas share six specific traits, organized under the SUCCES acronym: simplicity, unexpectedness, concreteness, credibility, emotions, and stories.
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Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · business strategy, memoir
After stepping down as CEO years earlier, Howard Schultz returned to lead Starbucks in 2008 during a period of severe financial decline and identity crisis.
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The Leader in You
by Dale Carnegie, Stuart R. Levine
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, business strategy
The Leader in You adapts Dale Carnegie’s interpersonal philosophies for the modern organizational environment, emphasizing human relations as the foundation of professional authority.
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Contagious: Why Things Catch On
by Jonah Berger
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, business strategy
Jonah Berger examines the mechanics of social transmission to explain why certain products and ideas gain public visibility while others fail.
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Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, business strategy
Donald Miller argues that businesses fail when they make themselves the protagonist of their marketing.
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The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, memoir
In this book, Melinda French Gates details the direct correlation between gender equality and societal stability.
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Rework
by Jason Fried
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, business strategy
Rework challenges traditional corporate wisdom by arguing that businesses can thrive with fewer resources, smaller teams, and less planning.
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Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, business strategy
Charles Duhigg identifies eight key concepts that drive efficiency, ranging from motivation and goal setting to team dynamics and decision making.
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