Archive - Mar 2022

Date

March 8th

Extract: The Herd by Emily Edwards

This entry was posted on 08 March 2022.

Elizabeth and Bryony are polar opposites, but they're the best of friends, and godmothers to each other's daughters – because they trust that the safety of their children is both of their top priority. Little do they know that they differ radically over one very important issue. And when Bryony, afraid of being judged, tells what is supposed to be a harmless white lie before a child's birthday party, the consequences are more catastrophic than either of them could ever have imagined.

Extract: Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson

This entry was posted on 08 March 2022.

Erikson will help you understand yourself better, hone communication and social skills, handle conflict with confidence, improve dynamics with your boss and team, and get the best out of the people you deal with and manage. He also shares simple tricks on body language, improving written communication and advice on when to back away or when to push on, and when to speak up or indeed shut up.

Extract: Grit by Angela Duckworth

This entry was posted on 08 March 2022.

UNLOCK THE KEY TO SUCCESS In this must-read for anyone seeking to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth takes us on an eye-opening journey to discover the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement. Winningly personal, insightful and powerful, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that – not talent or luck – makes all the difference. 

 

 

March 4th

Extract: Zero to One by Peter Thiel

This entry was posted on 04 March 2022.

The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them. It’s easier to copy a model than to make something new: doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. Every new creation goes from 0 to 1. This book is about how to get there.

 

 

Extract: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

This entry was posted on 04 March 2022.

Napoleon Hill, America's most beloved motivational author, devoted 25 years to finding out how the wealthy became that way. After interviewing over 500 of the most affluent men and women of his time, he uncovered the secret to great wealth based on the notion that if we can learn to think like the rich, we can start to behave like them.

 

 

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