Books like The Score Takes Care of Itself

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Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin · Business

Extreme Ownership is former Navy SEAL commanders Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's argument that the single most important principle in leadership is taking total responsibility for everything that happens under your command — not just your own actions but your team's performance, your mission's failure, and the behavior of those above you when it doesn't support your mission.

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On Becoming a Leader

Warren Bennis · Business

On Becoming a Leader is Warren Bennis's argument that leadership is not a set of techniques to be mastered but a continuous process of self-discovery — and that the most important leadership development work is inner rather than outer.

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Leaders Eat Last

Simon Sinek · Business

Leaders Eat Last is Simon Sinek's argument that the best organizations run on a feeling he calls the Circle of Safety — an environment where people trust that the people above them in the hierarchy have their interests at heart.

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Good to Great

Jim Collins · Business

Good to Great is Jim Collins's attempt to answer a deceptively simple question: why do some good companies make the leap to sustained greatness while most don't?

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100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them

Christopher Mayer · Business

Christopher Mayer built this book on research conducted earlier by Thomas Phelps, whose 1972 book 100 to 1 in the Stock Market studied stocks that returned one hundred times their purchase price.

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7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

Hamilton Helmer · Business

7 Powers is Hamilton Helmer's attempt to distill the full landscape of business strategy into a single rigorous framework.