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  The Men Who Would Be King - An...

  Nicole LaPorte

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  For sixty years, since the birth of United Artists, the studio landscape was unchanged.Then came Hollywood's Circus Maximus-created by director Steven Spielberg, billionaire David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who gave the world The Lion King-an entertainment empire called DreamWorks. Now Nicole LaPorte, who covered the company for Variety, goes behind the hype to reveal for the first time the delicious truth of what happened. Audiences will feel they are part of the creative calamities of moviemaking as LaPorte's fly-on-the-wall detail shows us Hollywood's bizarre rules of business. We see the clashes between the often otherworldly Spielberg's troops and Katzenberg's warriors, the debacles and disasters, but also the Oscar-winning triumphs, including Saving Private Ryan. We watch as the studio burns through billions, its rich owners get richer, and everybody else suffers. We see Geffen seducing investors like Microsoft's Paul Allen, showing his steel against CAA's Michael Ovitz, and staging fireworks during negotiations with Paramount and Disney. Here is Hollywood, up close, glamorous, and gritty.

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  Financial Autonomy - The money...

  Paul Benson

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  Financial Autonomy, by financial planning expert Paul Benson, is about money. But, unlike most money books, it’s not focused on making you the richest person in your street, or worse, the richest person in the cemetery. Instead, the focus of this book is on gaining choice. 
  Divided into parts dedicated to cash flow, investing in stocks, investing in property and self-employment and side hustles, the book starts with the reader -- YOU! What are your goals and aspirations? What does financial autonomy mean to you? Then the author shows you how to make a plan and follow it with the ultimate destination being the freedom to choose the lifestyle you desire. 
  "A clear, sensible and straightforward guide to take control of your money and put you on the path to financial independence." 
  Stephen Miles, Investment Editor, SMH and The Age 
  "Paul outlines three distinct — but possibly overlapping — strategies to build wealth and freedom. Or choice. Or independence." 
  Nick Lope, The Side Hustle Show 
  "I would highly recommend Financial Autonomy to anyone looking to explore their options, in regaining control over their financial life." 
  Kate Campbell, How to Money

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  Managing Humans - Biting and...

  Michael Lopp

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  Read hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp's perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The Third Edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the ongoing saga of Lopp's adventures in Silicon Valley, together with classic episodes remastered for high fidelity and freshness.
  
  Whether you're an aspiring manager, a current manager, or just wondering what the heck a manager does all day, there is a story in this book that will speak to you-and help you survive and prosper amid the general craziness of dysfunctional bright people caught up in the chase of riches and power. Scattered in repose among these manic misfits are managers, an even stranger breed of people who, through a mystical organizational ritual, have been given power over the futures and the bank accounts of many others.
  
  Lopp's straight-from-the-hip style is unlike that of any other writer on management and leadership. He pulls no punches and tells stories he probably shouldn't. But they are magically instructive and yield Lopp's trenchant insights on leadership that cut to the heart of the matter-whether it's dealing with your boss, handling a slacker, hiring top guns, or seeing a knotty project through to completion.
  
  Writing code is easy. Managing humans is not. You need a book to help you do it, and this is it.
  
  You'll learn to: lead engineers, handle conflict, hire well, motivate employees, manage your boss, discover how to say no, understand different engineering personalities, build effective teams, run a meeting well, and scale teams.
  
  Who This Book Is For
  Managers and would-be managers staring at the role of a manager wondering why they would ever leave the safe world of bits and bytes for the messy world of managing humans. The book covers handling conflict, managing wildly differing personality types, infusing innovation into insane product schedules, and figuring out how to build a lasting and useful engineering culture.

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  How to Be Like Pat Williams -...

  John Simmons

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  **To Become a Waymaker, You Must First Become a Pathfinder **Have you ever had a dream you wanted to fulfill? Or an opportunity you hoped to get? Is mentorship something you find valuable or are searching for?If you are looking for answers to those questions or practical advice for how to live a life that will be able to give back to others in a meaningful way, then some of the answers you have been looking for are here. How to Be Like Pat Williams will inspire hope and answer real questions for anyone trying to accomplish big dreams and help bring up others beside them.Orlando Magic Founder Pat Williams has lived an incredible life of 19 kids, Professional Sports Championships and 58 marathons. He has written over 100 books and even drafted Shaquille O’Neal. More than those things however, Pat has directly influenced the lives of thousands to achieve dreams, find the perfect career, read more and increase their faith in God. Pat has lived a life of profound influence using the example of the perfect waymaker, Jesus Christ.Inside this book, you will read the accounts of professional sports hall of famers, coaches, businessmen, musicians, and millionaires who have all benefitted because of their one-on-one contact with Pat Williams. You will learn how Pat went from pathfinder to waymaker as he used practical steps to lead others through areas of life he had already been through. If you are looking to carve your own path, the stories and advice in this book will help you succeed in your journey.

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  Why She Buys - The New Strategy...

  Bridget Brennan

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  If the consumer economy had a sex, it would be female.If the business world had a sex, it would be male. And therein lies the pickle.Women are the engine of the global economy, driving nearly 80 percent of consumer household spending in the United States alone. They hold the purse strings, and when they've got a tight grip on them as they do now, companies must be shrewder than ever to win them over. Just when executives have mastered becoming technology literate, they find there's another skill they need: becoming female literate.This isn't always easy. Gender is the most powerful determinant of how a person views the world and everything in it. It's stronger than age, income, or race. While there are mountains of research done every year segmenting consumers and analyzing why they buy, more often than not it doesn't factor in the one piece of information that trumps them all: the sex of the buyer.It's stunning how many companies overlook the psychology of gender when we all know that men and women look at the world so differently. Bridget Brennan's Why She Buys shows decision makers how to bridge this divide and capture the business of the world's most powerful consumers just when they need it most.

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  Remotivation - The Remote...

  Sarah Aviram

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  Remotivation is a vital guide to help you thrive at work and beyond - no matter where you're located! 
  The book is designed to help you create your own version of success by showing you how to activate 6 key motivations to work: money, identity, routines, growth, impact, and joy. 
  Sarah Aviram worked remotely as a Human Resources leader from 12 different countries in 12 months while researching the future of work - from co-working spaces in Mexico City and Medellin, to cafes in Kuala Lumpur and Kyoto. 
  Many remote workers she met and interviewed, thought that having the freedom and flexibility to work from anywhere would make them feel happier and more motivated at work. But then they found themselves working from the beach in Bali still feeling stuck and unfulfilled. 
  Aviram realized that being able to work from anywhere was only a band aid solution for a much bigger challenge: not being motivated by the work itself. 
  Through fun inspirational stories, research, and her HR expertise, Aviram shows you how to tackle challenges that might be getting in the way of your fulfillment like the pressure of others’ expectations, the guilt you have about what you “should” be doing, and inertia of routines that don’t support your goals. You’ll also be empowered with the tools you need to create more opportunities for impact, tactics to develop new skills, and ways to do more work you enjoy – whether from the office, your home, or the beach!

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