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Rich Dad, Poor Dad : What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - Thryft
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This book will:* Explode the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich* Challenge the belief that your house is an assett* Show parents why they can't rely on the school system to teach their kids about money* Define once and for all an assett and a liability* Teach you what to teach your kids about money so they will benefit in ways you did not
Misbehaving : The Making of Behavioural Economics - Thryft
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Misbehaving is an eye-opening book that presents an entirely new lens through which to understand human behavior. Through examining our tendency to make decisions that deviate from rationality, Richard Thaler provides insight on how to make better decisions. He uses practical examples to explain complex concepts, making the book highly engaging. It is recommended for anyone looking to understand the intersection of psychology and economics and how it can be applied to everyday life.
Predictably Irrational - The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions - Thryft
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Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent aspirin?Why does recalling the Ten Commandments reduce our tendency to lie, even when we couldn't possibly be caught?Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup?Why do we go back for second helpings at the unlimited buffet, even when our stomachs are already full?And how did we ever start spending $4.15 on a cup of coffee when, just a few years ago, we used to pay less than a dollar?When it comes to making decisions in our lives, we think we're in control. We think we're making smart, rational choices. But are we?In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities.Not only do we make astonishingly simple mistakes every day, but we make the same "types" of mistakes, Ariely discovers. We consistently overpay, underestimate, and procrastinate. We fail to understand the profound effects of our emotions on what we want, and we overvalue what we already own. Yet these misguided behaviors are neither random nor senseless. They're systematic and predictable--making us "predictably" irrational.From drinking coffee to losing weight, from buying a car to choosing a romantic partner, Ariely explains how to break through these systematic patterns of thought to make better decisions. "Predictably Irrational" will change the way we interact with the world--one small decision at a time.
What The CEO Wants You To Know - How Your Company Really Works - Thryft
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This book is a classic in business literature and has been updated for modern times. With clear language and relatable examples, readers will gain a CEO's perspective on how to cut through the complexity of any business.
Extreme Ownership : How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win - Thryft
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An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.Combat, the most intense and dynamic environment imaginable, teaches the toughest leadership lessons, with absolutely everything at stake. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned this reality first-hand on the most violent and dangerous battlefield in Iraq. As leaders of SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser, their mission was one many thought impossible: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a violent, insurgent-held city deemed "all but lost." In gripping, firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories, they learned that leadership--at every level--is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training to pass on their harsh lessons learned in combat to help forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After leaving the SEAL Teams, they launched a company, Echelon Front, to teach those same leadership principles to leaders in businesses, companies, and organizations across the civilian sector. Since that time, they have trained countless leaders and worked with hundreds of companies in virtually every industry across the U.S. and internationally, teaching them how to develop their own high-performance teams and most effectively lead those teams to dominate their battlefields.Since it's release in October 2015, Extreme Ownership has revolutionized leadership development and set a new standard for literature on the subject. Required reading for many of the most successful organizations, it has become an integral part of the official leadership training programs for scores of business teams, military units, and first responders. Detailing the mindset and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions, Extreme Ownership demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.
Market Wizards: Interviews With Top Traders - Thryft
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Jack D. Schwager | Wiley

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Market Wizards is a must-read for anyone seeking to learn how to invest successfully. The book features interviews with the world's top traders about their approaches to the markets and the strategies they use to make money. The most unique and distinctive feature of the book is the insights it provides into the minds of successful traders, giving readers a glimpse into the mindset needed to succeed in the world of trading. Overall, Market Wizards is a valuable resource for anyone interested in investing and looking to improve their trading skills.
Warren Buffett's Ground Rules : Words of Wisdom from the Partnership Letters of the World's Greatest Investor - Thryft
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At the age of 26, Warren Buffett founded Buffett Partnership Limited, which lasted from 1956 to 1970. During this time he wrote 33 letters to his small but growing group of partners. These letters chronicle his thoughts, approaches and reflections in the period immediately prior to his Berkshire Hathaway tenure - one that saw an unprecedented record of investing success.This early period was astonishing: in 1968 he beat the Dow by more than 50%. Because Buffett wanted to ensure that his partners understood his process, he wrote letters. In them, he sets out what he termed "ground rules" for investing that remain startlingly relevant today for every type of investor - from beginners to sophisticated pros.Warren Buffett's Ground Rules brings together, for the first time, and with Buffett's blessing, the key investment principles and teachings the letters reveal. Here you will find the basis for Buffett's contrarian diversification strategy, his almost religious celebration of compounding interest and his tactics for bettering market results by at least 10% annually.Quoting extensively and directly from Buffett, equity research expert Jeremy Miller introduces us to the timeless advice the letters contain, demonstrating a set of highly effective investment strategies that continue to resonate today.
Finite and Infinite Games - Thryft
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James P. Carse | Free Press

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“There are at least two kinds of games,” states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. “One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.”Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious. Their object is not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play. The rules may change, the boundaries may change, even the participants may change—as long as the game is never allowed to come to an end.What are infinite games? How do they affect the ways we play our finite games? What are we doing when we play—finitely or infinitely? And how can infinite games affect the ways in which we live our lives?Carse explores these questions with stunning elegance, teasing out of his distinctions a universe of observation and insight, noting where and why and how we play, finitely and infinitely. He surveys our world—from the finite games of the playing field and playing board to the infinite games found in culture and religion—leaving all we think we know illuminated and transformed. Along the way, Carse finds new ways of understanding everything, from how an actress portrays a role to how we engage in sex, from the nature of evil to the nature of science. Finite games, he shows, may offer wealth and status, power and glory, but infinite games offer something far more subtle and far grander.Carse has written a book rich in insight and aphorism. Already an international literary event, Finite and Infinite Games is certain to be argued about and celebrated for years to come. Reading it is the first step in learning to play the infinite game.
Money Master the Game : 7 Steps to Financial Freedom - Thryft
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This book could be a good read for anyone looking to take control of their finances and achieve financial freedom. Anthony Robbins provides 7 practical steps to break down complex financial concepts and strategies, making them easy to understand and implement. The most unique and distinctive feature of this book is the insights from interviews with some of the most successful investors in the world, providing readers with valuable first-hand advice. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive guide for readers to achieve financial success and security.
The $100 Startup - Reinvent The Way You Make A Living, Do What You Love, And Create A New Future - Thryft
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The $100 Startup is a must-read for anyone looking to embark on their entrepreneurial journey. Filled with practical tips, real-life case studies, and actionable advice, it is a guidebook that demystifies the process of starting a business. Its most distinctive feature is its emphasis on the lean startup methodology, which helps readers avoid common mistakes and get their ideas off the ground quickly and cheaply. Readers would find this book useful regardless of their current financial situation, as it is targeted at those who want to create their own future and do what they love.
Traction : How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth - Thryft
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Two successful startup founders offer a comprehensive overview of the various ways startups can achieve strong, sustainable growth, and a guide to choosing the ones that will make the differencce.Why do so many startups fail? According to entrepreneurs Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares, most failed startups don’t get off the ground not because of a bad product, but because they don’t have enough customers. They make the fatal mistake of putting all their effort into perfecting their product at the cost of reaching out to potential users. Instead, they should be putting half their resources into getting traction.TRACTION is the essential guide for any startup looking to stay ahead of the curve and start building a user base early in the game. The book offers no one-size-fits-all solution: every startup is unique, so no single method is guaranteed to generate traction. Instead, the authors identify nineteen different traction channels from viral marketing to trade shows, offer insights on how to exploit each one to its fullest potential, and provide a framework to test various channels and identify the best one for any startup.Drawing on advice from more than 40 successful startup founders and marketers, from Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales to American Apparel’s Ryan Holiday, TRACTION is a comprehensive textbook for marketing your way to growth.
DotCom Secrets : The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online - Thryft
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DotCom Secrets is a great read for entrepreneurs who are struggling with low online traffic or conversions. Brunson shares the secrets he learned from helping thousands of entrepreneurs to sell millions of dollars worth of products and services. Using the actual playbook he created after perfecting what works online, he provides all the marketing funnels and sales scripts you need to drive online sales.
The 10% Entrepreneur : Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job - Thryft
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The book could be a good read for someone who is considering starting a business but does not want to quit their day job. The book provides a step-by-step guide on how to invest only 10% of their resources and time to become an entrepreneur without losing a steady paycheck. It also profiles real-world examples of successful 10% entrepreneurs, detailing the multiple paths one can follow to invest their resources and expertise in a start-up. The unique and distinctive feature of the book is its emphasis on achieving the benefits of entrepreneurship while maintaining the stability of a traditional career.
The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Thryft
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The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.
Millionaire Teacher : The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School - Thryft
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The incredible story of how a schoolteacher built a million-dollar portfolio, and how you can too Most people wouldn't expect a schoolteacher to amass a million-dollar investment account. But Andrew Hallam did so, long before the typical retirement age. And now, with Millionaire Teacher , he wants to show you how to follow in his footsteps. With lively humor and the simple clarity you'd expect from a gifted educator, Hallam demonstrates how average people can build wealth in the stock market by shunning the investment products peddled by most financial advisors and avoiding the get-rich-quicker products concocted by an ever widening, self-serving industry.Using low cost index funds, coupled with a philosophy in line with the one that made Warren Buffett a multi-billionaire, Hallam guides readers to understand how the stock and bond markets really work, arming you with a psychological advantage when markets fall.Millionaire Teacher explains how anyone can learn the ABCs of personal finance and strengthen their financial position.
The Goal : A Process of Ongoing Improvement - Thryft
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Jeff Cox, Eliyahu M. Goldratt  | Routledge

The Goal : A Process of Ongoing Improvement

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The Goal provides an insightful look into the Theory of Constraints and how it can be applied to improve efficiency and productivity in any industry. The fast-paced, thriller style of writing keeps readers engaged while the detailed case studies provide real-world examples of the methodology in action. This book is perfect for managers and business owners who are looking to improve their operations and achieve their goals.
The Culture Map : Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business - Thryft
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This book could be a good read for individuals who are interested in building a successful global career. Erin Meyer's "The Culture Map" sheds light on cultural differences and how it can impact international business. It offers practical solutions and a specific analytical framework to help readers understand these differences and chart a path to success in a globalized world. With anecdotes and examples from different countries and cultures, it helps readers identify the impact of cultural differences on business practices, and provides actionable advice to mitigate these challenges. This book is a must-read for anyone looking to work with diverse teams, partners, or customers.
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty : How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves - Thryft
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The New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality returns with thought-provoking work to challenge our preconceptions about dishonesty and urge us to take an honest look at ourselves.Does the chance of getting caught affect how likely we are to cheat? How do companies pave the way for dishonesty? Does collaboration make us more honest or less so? Does religion improve our honesty? Most of us think of ourselves as honest, but, in fact, we all cheat. From Washington to Wall Street, the classroom to the workplace, unethical behavior is everywhere. None of us is immune, whether it's the white lie to head off trouble or padding our expense reports. In The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, award-winning, bestselling author Dan Ariely turns his unique insight and innovative research to the question of dishonesty. Generally, we assume that cheating, like most other decisions, is based on a rational cost-benefit analysis. But Ariely argues, and then demonstrates, that it's actually the irrational forces that we don't take into account that often determine whether we behave ethically or not. For every Enron or political bribe, there are countless puffed résumés, hidden commissions, and knockoff purses. In The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, Ariely shows why some things are easier to lie about; how getting caught matters less than we think; and how business practices pave the way for unethical behavior, both intentionally and unintentionally. Ariely explores how unethical behavior works in the personal, professional, and political worlds, and how it affects all of us, even as we think of ourselves as having high moral standards. But all is not lost. Ariely also identifies what keeps us honest, pointing the way for achieving higher ethics in our everyday lives. With compelling personal and academic findings, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty will change the way we see ourselves, our actions, and others
The Energy Bus - Thryft
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Jon Gordon | Wiley India Pvt Ltd

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The Energy Bus is a great read for anyone who needs some positivity and motivation in their life. Jon Gordon's writing style is engaging and easy to follow, and the book's premise of using positive energy to tackle life's challenges is both inspiring and practical. Readers will love the relatable characters and the powerful messages woven throughout the story. Overall, The Energy Bus is a great choice for anyone who needs a boost in their personal or professional life.
Zero to One : Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future - Thryft
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If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things. Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation, even if we’re too distracted by shiny mobile devices to notice. Information technology has improved rapidly, but there is no reason why progress should be limited to computers or Silicon Valley. Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourself.Doing what someone else already knows how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But when you do something new, you go from 0 to 1. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. Tomorrow’s champions will not win by competing ruthlessly in today’s marketplace. They will escape competition altogether, because their businesses will be unique. Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places.
Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ : It's Time to Get Smarter with Your Money - Thryft
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This book can be a good read for those who want to take control of their finances and learn how to use their money to work for them. Kiyosaki breaks down complex financial concepts into easy-to-understand language and offers practical advice on how to increase your financial IQ. The book also emphasizes the importance of budgeting and protecting your assets through tax planning. Overall, readers will gain valuable insights on building wealth and achieving financial freedom.
The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Thryft
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If you're someone who's always been fascinated by the power of collective momentum, "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" is a must-read for you. Malcolm Gladwell takes you on a captivating journey into the world of tipping points, unraveling the hidden dynamics behind the spread of ideas, trends, and behaviors. With his thought-provoking analysis and captivating storytelling, you'll gain a newfound understanding of how the small actions of individuals can have an enormous impact on society as a whole. Prepare to be inspired and challenged to think differently about the world around you.
The Honest Truth about Dishonesty : How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves - Thryft
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Dan Ariely, behavioral economist and the New York Times bestselling author of The Upside of Irrationality and Predictably Irrational, examines the contradictory forces that drive us to cheat and keep us honest, in this groundbreaking look at the way we behave: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty.From ticket-fixing in our police departments to test-score scandals in our schools, from our elected leaders’ extra-marital affairs to the Ponzi schemes undermining our economy, cheating and dishonesty are ubiquitous parts of our national news cycle—and inescapable parts of the human condition.Drawing on original experiments and research, in the vein of Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, and Survival of the Sickest, Ariely reveals—honestly—what motivates these irrational, but entirely human, behaviors.
The Millionaire Next Door : The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy - Thryft
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This book is a great read for individuals looking to build wealth in unconventional ways. It showcases how ordinary people with modest incomes can accumulate significant wealth by adopting frugal lifestyle habits. The book provides practical advice and real-life examples to help readers make the most of their finances.
Antifragile : Things That Gain from Disorder - Thryft
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Antifragile : Things That Gain from Disorder

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Antifragile  is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are  Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Skin in the Game,  and  The Bed of Procrustes .Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world.Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. What Taleb has identified and calls “antifragile” is that category of things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. In The Black Swan, Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. In Antifragile, Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary, and proposes that things be built in an antifragile manner. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better.Furthermore, the antifragile is immune to prediction errors and protected from adverse events. Why is the city-state better than the nation-state, why is debt bad for you, and why is what we call “efficient” not efficient at all? Why do government responses and social policies protect the strong and hurt the weak? Why should you write your resignation letter before even starting on the job? How did the sinking of the Titanic save lives? The book spans innovation by trial and error, life decisions, politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems, and medicine. And throughout, in addition to the street wisdom of Fat Tony of Brooklyn, the voices and recipes of ancient wisdom, from Roman, Greek, Semitic, and medieval sources, are loud and clear.Antifragile is a blueprint for living in a Black Swan world.Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, Taleb’s message is revolutionary: The antifragile, and only the antifragile, will make it.Praise for Antifragile“Ambitious and thought-provoking . . . highly entertaining.” — The Economist“A bold book explaining how and why we should embrace uncertainty, randomness, and error . . . It may just change our lives.” — Newsweek
The Trusted Advisor - Thryft
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This book is an essential read for anyone who desires to build trust-based relationships with clients and colleagues. It offers a practical approach towards cultivating and maintaining trusting relationships in a corporate setting. Maister offers illuminating examples and detailed analysis that will inspire readers to put his advice into practice. The most distinctive feature of this book is its hands-on approach, making it an excellent recommendation for anyone who wants to develop or improve their ability to build trust.
Outliers : The Story of Success - Thryft
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"Outliers is a great read for those who are looking for a different perspective on success. Gladwell challenges the traditional narrative of success and explains how external factors such as birthplace, family, and birthdate can play a crucial role in determining success. His unique insights and storytelling make for an engaging and thought-provoking read."
Rich Dad, Poor Dad : What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - Thryft
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Sharon L. Lechter, Robert T. Kiyosaki  | Warner Books (ny)

Rich Dad, Poor Dad : What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money

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"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" is a great read for anyone looking to learn how to build wealth. This book offers a unique perspective on personal finance, as it draws from the author's experience with two very different father figures. The book's practical advice and simple language make it accessible to readers of all ages and backgrounds. This book is highly recommended for anyone seeking to improve their financial literacy and build a strong foundation for their financial future.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street - The Time-Tested Strategy For Successful Investing - Thryft
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This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to invest in the stock market. It offers a classic and timeless approach to investing that has stood the test of time. Malkiel is able to break down complex concepts and theories into simple language that readers can easily understand. By the end of this book, readers will feel more confident about making sound investments and will be equipped with the tools necessary to build a winning portfolio.
Pre-Suasion - A Revolutionary Way To Influence And Persuade - Thryft
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Influence established Cialdini as the world’s foremost authority on the science of persuasion, winning plaudits from such figures as Dan Pink, Chip Heath and Tom Peters. In Pre-suasion, Cialdini builds on his investigations into the subtle world of influence to reveal that the best persuaders succeed not only because of what they say or how they say it, but because of what they do in the moment before they deliver their message. In the process he draws on a series of compelling case studies and a profound understanding of human psychology to offer a ground-breaking work that is both fascinating and brilliantly practical.
Warren Buffett's Ground Rules : Words of Wisdom from the Partnership Letters of the World's Greatest Investor - Thryft
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Using the letters Warren Buffett wrote to his partners between 1956 and 1970, a veteran financial advisor presents the renowned guru’s “ground rules” for investing—guidelines that remain startlingly relevant today.In the fourteen years between his time in New York with value-investing guru Benjamin Graham and his start as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett managed Buffett Partnership Limited, his first professional investing partnership. Over the course of that time—a period in which he experienced an unprecedented record of success—Buffett wrote semiannual letters to his small but growing group of partners, sharing his thoughts, approaches, and reflections.Compiled for the first time and with Buffett’s permission, the letters spotlight his contrarian diversification strategy, his almost religious celebration of compounding interest, his preference for conservative rather than conventional decision making, and his goal and tactics for bettering market results by at least 10% annually. Demonstrating Buffett’s intellectual rigor, they provide a framework to the craft of investing that had not existed before: Buffett built upon the quantitative contributions made by his famous teacher, Benjamin Graham, demonstrating how they could be applied and improved.Jeremy Miller reveals how these letters offer us a rare look into Buffett’s mind and offer accessible lessons in control and discipline—effective in bull and bear markets alike, and in all types of investing climates—that are the bedrock of his success. Warren Buffett’s Ground Rules paints a portrait of the sage as a young investor during a time when he developed the long-term value-oriented strategy that helped him build the foundation of his wealth—rules for success every investor needs today.
Think Like a Freak : Secrets of the Rogue Economist - Thryft
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The Freakonomics books have come to stand for challenging conventional wisdom; using data rather than emotion to answer questions. Now Levitt and Dubner have turned what they've learned into a readable and practical toolkit for thinking smarter, harder, and different - thinking, that is, like a Freak. Think Like a Freak offers rules like 'Put Your Moral Compass in Your Pocket,' 'The Upside of Quitting,' 'Just Because You're Great at Something Doesn't Mean You're Good at Everything,' and 'If You Have No Talent, Follow Levitt's Path to Success.'
The Bed of Procrustes : Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms - Thryft
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The author of the modern classics The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb expresses major ideas in ways you least expect in this collection of aphorisms and meditations—now expanded with fifty percent more material than the hardcover.The Bed of Procrustes takes its title from the Greek myth of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection, either by stretching them or by cutting their limbs. It represents Taleb’s view of modern civilization’s hubristic side effects—modifying humans to satisfy technology, blaming reality for not fitting economic models, inventing diseases to sell drugs, defining intelligence as what can be tested in a classroom, and convincing people that employment is not slavery. Playful and irreverent, these aphorisms will surprise you by exposing self-delusions you have been living with but never recognized. With a rare combination of pointed wit and potent wisdom, Taleb plows through human illusions, contrasting the classical values of courage, elegance, and erudition with the modern diseases of nerdiness, philistinism, and phonies.
Adapt : Why Success Always Starts with Failure - Thryft
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Author Q&A with Tim Harford [image] So are you an economic missionary, or is this just something that you love to do? It began as something that I love to do--and I think I am now starting to get a sense of it being a mission. People can use economics and they can use statistics and numbers to get at the truth and there is a real appetite for doing so. This is such a BBC thing to say--there’s almost a public service mission to be fulfilled in educating people about economics. When I wrote The Undercover Economist, it was all about my pure enthusiasm for the subject; the book is full of stuff I wanted to say and that is always the thing with the books: they are always such fun to write. Do you think that people these days are generally more economically literate? People are now aware of economics for various reasons. There are the problems with the economy--there is always more interest in economics when it is all going wrong. Where is the border line in your new book between economics and sociology? I don’t draw a border line, and particularly not with the new book. The Undercover Economist was basically all the cool economics I could think of and The Logic of Life was me investigating a particular part of economics. All of the references in The Logic of Life were academic economics papers that I had related--and hopefully made more fun. This new book, Adapt, is very different. I have started by asking what is wrong with the world, what needs fixing, how does it work--and if economics can tell us something about that (which it can) then I have used it. And if economics is not the tool that you need--if you need to turn to sociology or engineering or biology or psychology--I have, in fact, turned to all of them in this book. If that’s what you need, then that’s where I have gone. So I have written this book in a different way: I started with a problem and tried to figure out how to solve it. What specific subjects do you tackle? To be a bit more specific, the book is about how difficult problems get solved and I look at quick change; the banking crisis; poverty; innovation, as I think there is an innovation slow-down; and the war in Iraq. Also, I look at both problems in business and in everyday life. Those are the big problems that I look at--and my conclusion is that these sorts of problems only ever get solved by trial and error, so when they are being solved, they are being solved through experimentation, which is often a bottom-up process. When they are not being solved it is because we are not willing to experiment, or to use trial and error. Do you think companies will change to be much more experimental, with more decisions placed in the hands of employees? I don’t think that is necessarily a trend, and the reason is that the market itself is highly experimental, so if your company isn’t experimental it may just happen to have a really great, successful idea--and that’s fine; if it doesn’t, it will go bankrupt. But that said, it is very interesting to look at the range of companies who have got very into experimentation--they range from the key-cutting chain Timpson’s to Google; you can’t get more different than those two firms, but actually the language is very similar; the recruitment policies are similar; the way the employees get paid is similar. The “strap line” of the book is that “Success always starts with failure.” You are a successful author… so what was the failure that set you up for success? I was working on a book before The Undercover Economist… it was going to be a sort of Adrian Mole/Bridget Jones’ Diary-styled fictional comedy, in which the hero was this economist and through the hilarious things that happened to him, all these economic principles would be explained--which is a great idea--but the trouble is that I am not actually funny. Another example would be my first job as a management consultant… and I was a terrible management consultant. I crashed out after a few months. Much better that, than to stick with the job for two or three years-- a lot of people say you have got to do that to “show your commitment.” Taking the job was a mistake--why would I need to show my commitment to a mistake? Better to realise you made a mistake, stop and do something else, which I did. That idea that “failure breeds success” is central to most entrepreneurs. Do you think we need more of it in the UK? I think that the real problem is not failure rates in business; the problem is failure rates in politics. We need a much higher failure rate in politics. What actually happens is politicians--and this is true of all political parties--have got some project and they’ll say, “Right, we are going to do this thing,” and it is quite likely that idea is a bad idea--because most ideas fail; the world is complicated and while I don’t have the numbers for this, most ideas are, as it turns out, not good ideas. But they never collect the data, or whatever it is they need to measure, to find out where their idea is failing. So they have this bad idea, roll this bad idea out and the bad idea sticks, costs the country hundreds, millions, or billions of pounds, and then the bad idea is finally reversed by the next party on purely ideological grounds and you never find out whether it really worked or not. So we have this very, very low willingness to collect the data that would be necessary to demonstrate failure, which is the bit we actually need. To give a brief example: Ken Livingstone, as Mayor of London, came along and introduced these long, bendy buses. Boris Johnson came along and said, “If you elect me, I am going to get rid of those big bendy buses and replace them with double-decker buses.” He was elected and he did it, so… which one of them is right? I don’t know. I mean, isn’t that crazy? I know democracy is a wonderful thing and we voted for Ken Livingstone and we voted for Boris Johnson, but it would be nice to actually have the data on passenger injury rates, how quickly people can get on and off these buses, whether disabled people are using these buses… the sort of basic evidence you would want to collect. Based on that, are you a supporter of David Cameron’s “Big Society”, which in a sense favours local experimentation over central government planning? Well, I have some sympathy for the idea of local experimentation, but what worries me is that we have to have some mechanism that is going to tell you what is working and what is not--and there is no proposal for that. Cameron’s Tories seem to have the view that ‘if it is local then it will work.’ In my book, I have all kinds of interesting case studies of situations where localism really would have worked incredibly well, as in, say, the US Army in Iraq. But I have also got examples of where localism did not work well at all--such as a corruption-fighting drive in Indonesia. Is the new book, Adapt, your movement away from economic rationalist to management guru? Are you going to cast your eye over bigger problems? The two changes in Adapt are that I have tried to start with the problem, rather than saying, “I have got a hammer--I’m going to look for a nail.” I started with a nail and said, “Ok, look, I need to get this hammered in.” So I have started with the problem and then looked anywhere for solutions. And the second thing is that I have tried to do is write with more of a narrative. This is not a Malcolm Gladwell book, but I really admire the way that people like Gladwell get quite complex ideas across because they get you interested in the story; that is something that I have tried to do more of here. I am not too worried about it, because I know that I am never going to turn into Malcolm Gladwell--I am always going to be Tim Harford--but it doesn’t hurt to nudge in a certain direction. On Amazon, we recommend new book ideas to people: “If you like Tim Harford you may like…”, but what does Tim Harford also like? I read a lot of books, mostly non-fiction and in two categories: people who I think write a lot better than I do, and people who think about economics more deeply than I do. In the first category I am reading people like Michael Lewis, Kathryn Schulz (I loved her first book, Being Wrong), Malcolm Gladwell and Alain de Botton. In the second category, I read lots of technical economics books, but I enjoy Steven Landsburg, Edward Glaeser (who has a book out now which looks good), Bill Easterly… I don’t necessarily agree with all of these people! When I am not reading non-fiction, I am reading comic books or 1980s fantasy authors like Jack Vance.
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Paperback. Pub Date :2010-06-01 352 English HarperCollins UK Behavioral economist and New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely returns to offer a much-needed take on the irrational decisions that influence our dating lives . our workplace experiences. and our general behaviour. up close and personal.In The Upside of Irrationality. behavioral economist Dan Ariely will explore the many ways in which our behaviour often leads us astray in terms of our romantic relationships. our experiences in the workplace .. and our temptations to cheat Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research. Ariely explains how expectations. emotions. social norms and other invisible. seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities.Among the topics Dan explores What we think will make us happy and what really makes us h...
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