Principles: Life and Work, by Ray Dalio (2017)
Pages: 552, Final verdict: Great-read
What principles does one of the most successful investment managers of the last 40 years live by?
At some point in life people decide it is time
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You should get 8h of sleep every day
Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker (2017)
Pages: 340, Final verdict: Should-read
Would you be interested in an inexpensive way of prolonging good health, delaying aging, while improving memory and learning? Why We Sleep will convince you that sleep works
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Free markets yes, but not everywhere
What Money Can't Buy, by Michael J. Sandel (2012)
**Pages: 203**, Final verdict: Should-readIs there anything which we shouldn't allow money to buy? What Money Can't Buy - The Moral Limits of Markets is a call for public discussion
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Why great companies fail to innovate
The Innovator's Dilemma, by Clayton M. Christensen (1997)
**Pages: 229**, Final verdict: Must-readHow do disruptive technologies cause great companies to fail? In his most famous book, The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen explores the process by which very well managed
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We're all gonna die, so we'd better start living
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch (2008)
Pages: 206,
Final verdict: Should-read
Do you have a book which you like so much that you gift it to all your friends? This was The Last Lecture for me, the I-love-this-book-you-should-read-it-too that
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Doing our job right matters more than having the right job
So Good They Can't Ignore You , by Cal Newport (2012)
**Pages: 230**, Final verdict: Great-readIs following our passion bad advice when choosing a career? Cal Newport believes so. So Good They Can't Ignore You is all about the idea
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Where Management comes from
The Practice of Management, by Peter Drucker (1954)
Pages: 340, Final verdict: Great-read
What does it mean to be a manager? Is there such thing as a definition of management? Peter Drucker believed so, and his thoughts on the topic
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The memoir of a dying neurosurgeon
When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi (2016)
**Pages: 225**, Final verdict: Great-readWhat makes life worth living in the face of death? This is the question asked by Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon diagnosed with cancer at age 36. When
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Nike and the story of its early days
Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight (2016)
Pages: 386,Final verdict: Great-read
Where did the biggest athletics company in the world start? Shoe Dog tells the story of Nike, and its humble beginnings in Oregon, United States, through the eyes of
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An entertaining walk through 150 years of modern art
What Are You Looking At, by Will Gompertz (2012)
**Pages: 395**, Final verdict: Great-readCould your 5-year old really have painted that work you've seen at the modern art museum? Will Gompertz answers this and other questions in What Are
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Business theories to guide our personal lives
How Will You Measure Your Life?, by Clayton M. Christensen (2012)
**Pages: 221**, Final verdict: Should-readClayton Christensen is one of world's most acclaimed business thinkers, famous for his theory on innovation published in the book The Innovators Dilemma. But
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How humanity has tamed uncertainty
Against the Gods, by Peter L. Bernstein (1996)
**Pages: 337**, Final verdict: Great-readHow certain can we be of future events? Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk answers the question by following the path of handling uncertainty from
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A good internet story, but a poor book
Without Their Permission, by Alexis Ohanian (2013)
**Pages: 245**, Final verdict: Don't-readWithout Their Permission is a memoir-meets-entrepreneurship-advice book written by Alexis Ohanian at the age 30. From the founding of the social news webpage Reddit to the political fight
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The last leadership lecture from an NFL legend
The Score Takes Care of Itself, by Bill Walsh (2009)
**Pages: 242**, Final verdict: Must-readBill Walsh is considered to be one of the greatest American Football coaches of all time. After becoming head coach of the San Francisco 49ers
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The emergence of a new organizational model
Reinventing Organizations, by Frederic Laloux (2014)
**Pages: 331**, Final verdict: Should-readDo you ever feel like you wear a mask at work? Do you wonder why decisions about your work are taken by those who are not familiar with it?
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How to make ideas spread like they're cool
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
Pages: 259, Final verdict: Great-readWhy all the fuss about the new fashion in town? Trends and ideas grow, but sometimes they spread like a virus at an incredible pace and range -
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Discovering Myanmar in 3 books
Finding George Orwell in Burma, by Emma Larkin (2005)
Pages: 295, Final verdict: Great-readMyanmar (formerly known as Burma) was up to 2011 one of the most enclosed countries in the world, ruled by a military junta which successively deterred
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The classical guide to building great realtionships
How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie (1936)
Pages: 264,
Final verdict: Must-read
Have you been hearing a lot about emotional intelligence lately? One could think this is a recent concept, by the way it is discussed nowadays,
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Women needed! The next steps on overcoming gender stereotypes
Leadership lessons from a tennis star
Open: An Autobiography, by Andre Agassi (2009)
Pages: 386,
Final verdict: Great-read
What kind of leadership lesson can you take from a book about a tennis player who spent most of his career playing by himself on the court?
Open
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