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← Every memoHoward Schultz on the Moment Commitment Changes Everything
Pour Your Heart Into It
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 69 · quick takesMark Cuban’s Case for Never Clocking Out
How to Win at the Sport of Business, Lessons Learned: My First Business
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 192 · quick takesMark Cuban’s Definition of Relaxing
How to Win at the Sport of Business, Lessons Learned: My First Business
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 108 · quick takesMichael Bloomberg’s Blunt Truth About Risk and Reward
Bloomberg by Bloomberg, Capitalism, Here I Come: School, Work, and Hard Knocks
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 174 · quick takesMichael Dell on the Courage to Hit the Brakes
Direct from Dell
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 173 · quick takesMichael Dell on the Discipline of Hitting the Brakes
Direct from Dell
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 240 · quick takesMichael Dell’s Counterintuitive Edge: Win by the Rules, Not Around Them
Play Nice But Win
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 197 · quick takesMichael Dell’s Formula: Play Nice, But Always Win
Play Nice But Win
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 101 · quick takesMichael Dell’s Rule for Winning Without Losing Yourself
Play Nice But Win
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 222 · quick takesOprah Winfrey on the Only Place Light Enters
What I Know for Sure
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 147 · quick takesOprah Winfrey on the Simplest Thing You’re Overlooking
What I Know for Sure
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 148 · quick takesOprah’s Rule for Every Decision She Makes
What I Know for Sure
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 219 · quick takesPeter Thiel’s Warning to Every Startup Founder
Zero to One, Preface
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 120 · quick takesPeter Thiel’s Warning: Copying Success Isn’t Learning From It
Zero to One, Preface
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 236 · quick takesPeter Thiel’s Warning: Today’s Profits Won’t Save You Tomorrow
Zero to One, Preface
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 195 · quick takesPhil Knight’s Obsession With Factories Over Everything Else
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 193 · quick takesRay Dalio’s Rule for Making Better Decisions
Principles: Life and Work
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 225 · quick takesRay Dalio’s Rule: Never Act Until These Two Things Agree
Principles: Life and Work
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 165 · quick takesRay Dalio’s Three-Part Formula for How Nations Fail
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 176 · quick takesRay Dalio’s Three-Part Formula for How Nations Fall
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 168 · quick takesRay Dalio’s Warning: No Empire Lasts Forever — Including This One
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 126 · quick takesRay Dalio’s Warning: Everyone Sees the Fall Coming — Except the People Living Through It
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 104 · quick takesRay Dalio’s Warning: No Empire Lasts Forever — and Most People Miss It
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 184 · quick takesRay Dalio’s Warning: No System Lasts Forever
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 237 · quick takesRay Kroc Was 52 When His Real Career Began
Grinding It Out
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 124 · quick takesRay Kroc Found His Life’s Work at 52
Grinding It Out
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 244 · quick takesReed Hastings on Freedom and Responsibility: Netflix’s Unlikely Formula
No Rules Rules
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 91 · quick takesReed Hastings on Why ‘Freedom and Responsibility’ Isn’t a Contradiction
No Rules Rules
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 151 · quick takesRichard Branson on Why ‘Thinking Outside the Box’ Is the Wrong Goal
The Virgin Way
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 226 · quick takesRichard Branson’s Problem With ‘Thinking Outside the Box’
The Virgin Way
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 67 · quick takesRichard Branson’s Rule for Making Mistakes
Losing My Virginity
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 218 · quick takesRichard Branson’s Two-Word Business Philosophy
Like a Virgin
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 257 · quick takesRichard Branson’s Two-Letter Word That Kills More Ideas Than Failure Ever Could
Like a Virgin
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 71 · quick takesSam Walton on the Price of Being ‘The Richest Man in America’
Made in America
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 247 · quick takesSam Walton’s Secret to Staying Grounded at the Top
Made in America
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 245 · quick takesSam Zell’s Case for Saying Exactly What You Mean
Am I Being Too Subtle?
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 175 · quick takesSam Zell’s Business Card Is a Warning
Am I Being Too Subtle?
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 172 · quick takesSam Zell’s Rule: Never Apologize for Being Direct
Am I Being Too Subtle?
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 229 · quick takesSeneca’s Warning to Everyone Who Confuses Busy with Productive
Tribe of Mentors
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 110 · quick takesStephen Schwarzman on What Actually Defines You
What It Takes
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 131 · quick takesStephen Schwarzman on What Failures Actually Teach You
What It Takes
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 191 · quick takesStephen Schwarzman’s Case Against Chasing Prestige
What It Takes
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 150 · quick takesStephen Schwarzman’s Counterintuitive Formula for Excellence
What It Takes
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 143 · quick takesThe Billboard Test for How to Live
Trailblazer
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 139 · quick takesThe Hidden Cost of Charging Straight at Your Goals
Onward
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 233 · quick takesThe Hidden Wisdom in Losing Ground
Onward
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 146 · quick takesThe Question That Stopped Oprah Cold
What I Know for Sure
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 181 · quick takesThe Windshield Wiper Blade That Built Amazon
Invent and Wander
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 117 · quick takesTrump’s Simple Formula: Aim High, Push Hard
The Art of the Deal
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 205 · quick takesWarren Buffett’s Honest Confession About Getting Too Big
Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 201 · quick takesWarren Buffett’s Honest Warning About Getting Too Big
Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 261 · quick takesWarren Buffett’s Most Counterintuitive Investing Lesson
The Psychology of Investing
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 95 · quick takesWarren Buffett’s Honest Warning About His Own Success
Berkshire Shareholder Letters
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 238 · quick takesWarren Buffett’s Secret to Being Trusted: Lead With the Bad News
Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 144 · quick takesWarren Buffett’s Most Honest Sentence
Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter 1999
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 89 · quick takesWarren Buffett’s Worst Year — and Why He Said So First
Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter 1999
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 265 · quick takesWhy Ray Dalio Reads Every Debt Crisis the Same Way
Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 128 · quick takesWhy Ray Dalio Studies Financial History Like a Doctor Studies Anatomy
Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises
Power reserve 1 min Ref. 51 · quick takesDonald Trump’s Case for Thinking Bigger
The Art of the Deal
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 35 · quick takesJeff Bezos Is Building a Clock That Ticks Once a Year
Invent and Wander
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 17 · quick takesJohn Doerr’s Case for Measuring What Actually Matters
Measure What Matters
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 52 · quick takesMarc Benioff on Why Values Only Matter When They’re Tested
Marc Benioff
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 61 · quick takesMarc Benioff’s Case for Loud Beliefs
Trailblazer, Prologue
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 53 · quick takesMichael Bloomberg’s Handshake That Built a News Empire
Bloomberg by Bloomberg, We Can Do That: Elementary Journalism, Not Rocket Science:
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 13 · quick takesMichael Dell’s Case for Speed Over Perfection
Direct from Dell
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 54 · quick takesPhil Knight Didn’t Have a Long-Term Plan
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 14 · quick takesRay Kroc Didn’t Start Until 52
Grinding It Out
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 36 · quick takesReed Hastings on Removing the Controls That Kill Innovation
No Rules Rules
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 32 · quick takesRichard Branson’s Case for Never Learning the ‘Right’ Way
Like a Virgin
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 34 · quick takesRichard Branson’s One-Question Business Filter
The Virgin Way
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 15 · quick takesSam Zell’s Case for the Unglamorous Daily Grind
Am I Being Too Subtle?
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 16 · quick takesSchwarzman’s Case for the Single Decision
What It Takes
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 56 · quick takesStephen Schwarzman’s Case for Relentless Daily Action
What It Takes
Power reserve 2 min Ref. 33 · quick takesThe One Word That Changes Everything
The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle
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