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The Andy Grove Line Michael Dell Put at the Front of His Book — and Lived Twice

Play Nice But Win

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Charlie Munger’s Blunt Advice for Anyone Afraid to Think Differently

Poor Charlie's Almanack

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How John D. Rockefeller Turned Market Chaos Into a Lifelong Advantage

Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

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Donald Trump’s One Rule for Thinking That Separates Winners from Everyone Else

The Art of the Deal

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How Ray Dalio Turned 50 Years of Debt Cycles Into a System That Beat the 2008 Crisis

Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises

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Howard Schultz on Why Commitment Comes Before the Map

Onward, A Beverage of Truth

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Howard Schultz’s Quiet Leadership Rule: ‘We’ Before ‘I’

Onward, A Reservoir of Trust

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Why John Doerr Ties Accountability to Who Can See Your Goals

Measure What Matters

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John Doerr’s Closing Conviction: The Mantra Behind One of Silicon Valley’s Most Influential Books

Measure What Matters

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John Doerr’s Parting Lesson: Why It Always Takes a Team to Win

Measure What Matters

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Mark Cuban’s Definition of Relaxing Will Make You Rethink Every Idle Moment

How to Win at the Sport of Business

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Mark Cuban’s Simple Test for Whether You’re Serious About Business

How to Win at the Sport of Business

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Oprah Winfrey’s Quiet Principle for Getting Through the Hardest Days

What I Know for Sure

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Phil Knight Never Had a Master Plan — And That’s Exactly Why Nike Exists

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, 1962

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Phil Knight’s Obsession With Factories: The Insight That Built Nike’s Edge

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, 1976

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Ray Dalio’s Simple Rule for Never Making a Decision He Regrets

Principles: Life and Work, Embrace Reality and Deal with It

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Ray Dalio’s Warning: No Empire, Currency, or System Lasts Forever — Yet We’re Always Surprised

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

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Ray Dalio’s Warning: The Three Forces That Have Collapsed Every Empire in History

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

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Reed Hastings’ Real Achievement Wasn’t Reinventing Television — It Was Reinventing How Companies Treat People

No Rules Rules

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Richard Branson’s One-Word Rule for Building a Billion-Dollar Empire

Screw It, Let's Do It, Just Do It!

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Richard Branson’s One-Word Rule for Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Empire

Screw It, Let's Do It, Just Do It!

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Richard Branson’s Simple Test for Knowing When to Actually Worry About Failure

The Virgin Way

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Richard Branson’s Simple Rule for a Life Worth Living

Losing My Virginity

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Richard Branson’s Two-Word Philosophy That Built a $5 Billion Empire

Screw It, Let's Do It, Just Do It!

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Sam Walton’s Secret Weapon: He Never Forgot Where He Came From

Made in America

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Sam Zell Built a Real Estate Empire by Saying What Everyone Else Was Too Polite to Say

Am I Being Too Subtle?

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Sam Zell’s One-Line Philosophy That Explains Every Deal He Ever Made

Am I Being Too Subtle?

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Stephen Schwarzman’s Definition of Character — It’s Not What Happens to You

What It Takes

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Stephen Schwarzman’s Quiet Rule for Achieving Excellence: Follow Enthusiasm, Not Prestige

What It Takes

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The Decision Filter That Changes Everything: Make Every Choice Based on Who You Want to Become

Pour Your Heart Into It

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The George Patton Rule for Reading People Instantly

Tribe of Mentors

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The One Sentence That Explains Why Some People Can Persuade Anyone

The One Sentence Persuasion Course

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The Question That Stopped Oprah Cold — And Sparked a Career-Defining Search for Truth

What I Know for Sure

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The Question That Stopped Oprah Cold — And Launched Her Most Defining Work

What I Know for Sure

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The Rabbi’s Question That Cuts Through Every Business Dilemma

Tribe of Mentors

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The Ray Dalio Principle That Turns Every Setback Into a Gift

Principles: Life and Work, Embrace Reality and Deal with It

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The Surprising Thing Michael Dell Learned From His Customers That No Competitor Could Copy

Direct from Dell

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Trump’s Uncomfortable Truth: The Best Business Minds Aren’t Made in a Classroom

The Art of the Deal

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Trump’s Unsettling Truth: The Smartest Person in the Room Often Loses

The Art of the Deal

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Warren Buffett’s Four-Word Rule That Separates Price From Value

Tools of Titans

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Warren Buffett’s Honest Confession: Why Getting Bigger Made Winning Harder

Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters

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Warren Buffett’s Most Honest Admission: The Year Even Inspector Clouseau Could Have Done Better

Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter 1999

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Warren Buffett’s Secret Persuasion Weapon: Admitting He Was Wrong First

Berkshire Shareholder Letters

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Warren Buffett’s Worst Year: How He Faced Failure With Brutal Honesty

Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter 1999

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Warren Buffett’s Worst Year: How He Faced Failure Without Flinching

Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter 1999

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Why Jeff Bezos Says You Can’t Innovate Without a Long Time Horizon

Invent and Wander, Decisions

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Why Ray Dalio Spent Decades Mapping Every Major Debt Crisis in History

How Countries Go Broke

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Why Reed Hastings Believes a Great Workplace Isn’t About Perks — It’s About People

No Rules Rules

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Why Richard Branson Calls Himself ‘Dr Yes’ — And What It Cost Him to Forget It

Screw It, Let's Do It, Be Bold

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Why Richard Branson Banned the Word ‘Can’t’ — And Built an Empire Because of It

Screw It, Let's Do It, Just Do It!

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Why Stephen Schwarzman Tells His Scholars to Embrace Failure First

What It Takes

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5 Steps Ray Dalio Built to Diagnose Any Failure and Never Repeat It

Principles

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Richard Branson’s Two-Word Philosophy That Built an Empire: Just Do It

Screw It, Let's Do It

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Howard Schultz’s Case for Showing Up Every Single Day — Even When It Doesn’t Feel Like It Matters

Pour Your Heart Into It

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J. Paul Getty’s Unvarnished Truth About a Life Spent in the Arena

As I See It

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J. Paul Getty’s Quiet Blueprint for Wealth: Serve Many People

How to Be Rich

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J. Paul Getty’s Three-Part Formula for a Good Life

As I See It

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Mark Cuban’s Relentless Rule: Why He Never Really Stops Working

How to Win at the Sport of Business

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Ray Dalio’s Most Underrated Confession — And Why It’s the Key to Everything He Built

Principles

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Ray Dalio’s Most Underrated Skill: Knowing What You Don’t Know

Principles: Life and Work, Introduction

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Ray Dalio’s Self-Taught Superpower: Why Figuring Things Out Beats Knowing Things

Principles: Life and Work, The Ultimate Boon: 1995-2010

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Reed Hastings’ Counterintuitive Formula: More Freedom, Fewer Rules, Better Results

No Rules Rules

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Stephen Schwarzman on Why a Small Business Costs the Same as a Big One

What It Takes

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Why Marc Benioff Says the CEO Can’t Be the Only One Making the Hard Calls

Trailblazer

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The Cowards Never Started and the Weak Died Along the Way

Shoe Dog

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