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Gandhi by his own words

Autobiography / biography / spiritual / politics

An Autobiography: The Story Of My Experiments With Truth, by M.K. Gandhi (1926)

Pages: 454, Final verdict: Great-read

"Generations to  come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the Earth in flesh and blood." (Albert Einstein

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June 30, 2019 by Nuno Carneiro
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Free markets yes, but not everywhere

politics / economics / moral / market

What Money Can't Buy, by Michael J. Sandel (2012)

**Pages: 203**, Final verdict: Should-read

Is 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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January 13, 2019 by Nuno Carneiro
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Why we must ask the big questions

science / physics

Brief Answers to the Big Questions, by Stephen Hawking (2018)

**Pages: 218**, Final verdict: Should-read

Stephen Hawking addresses some of the big questions of our universe: how did it all begin? or, are we alone in the universe? Brief Answers

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December 09, 2018 by Nuno Carneiro
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Why great companies fail to innovate

innovation / entrepreneurship / management / business / technology

The Innovator's Dilemma, by Clayton M. Christensen (1997)

**Pages: 229**, Final verdict: Must-read

How 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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June 17, 2018 by Nuno Carneiro
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Startups for beginners

entrepreneurship / startup / startups / tech

The Art of the Start 2.0, by Guy Kawasaki (2015)

**Pages: 316**, Final verdict: Great-read

The Art of the Start 2.0 is the follow up to the 2004 guide for creating a company The Art of Start, now

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May 27, 2018 by Nuno Carneiro
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We're all gonna die, so we'd better start living

Autobiography / personal-development

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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May 20, 2018 by Nuno Carneiro
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The life of the oil tycoon

biography / wealth / philanthropy / rockefeller

Titan - The Life Of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., by Ron Chernow (1998)

**Pages: 679**, Final verdict: Great-read

Hero or thief? What does it take to become the second world's richest historical figure? Titan is the biography of John D.

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April 08, 2018 by Nuno Carneiro
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Doing our job right matters more than having the right job

career / motivation

So Good They Can't Ignore You , by Cal Newport (2012)

**Pages: 230**, Final verdict: Great-read

Is 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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December 10, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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How to not think too much of yourself

philosophy / stoicism / self-management

Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday (2016)

**Pages: 220**, Final verdict: Great-read

Did you ever think you are the best in the world? If yes, it's very likely you were suffering from a big ego and you got hurt

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October 06, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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Where Management comes from

management / leadership

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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September 25, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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A primer to the rise of China in the 21st century

politics / asia / china

Easternization: War and Peace in the Asian Century, by Gideon Rachman (2016)

**Pages: 255**, Final verdict: Great-read

Which region will be the leading the world in the 21st century? In Easternization, Gideon Rachman provides convincing arguments that the 21st century

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August 20, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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The memoir of a dying neurosurgeon

memoir / death

When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi (2016)

**Pages: 225**, Final verdict: Great-read

What 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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July 09, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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Short and concise career advice

management / career

Managing Oneself, by Peter Drucker (1999)

**Pages: 55**, Final verdict: Should-read

Do you consider your values system when choosing a new job? Peter Drucker thinks you should. This and other advice is presented in Managing Oneself, a book which is

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June 27, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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Nike and the story of its early days

memoir / Sports

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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June 11, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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How companies become great

business / management / excellence

Good to Great, by Jim Collins (2001)

**Pages: 210**, Final verdict: Should-read

Can a good company become a great company and, if so, how? This is the question answered in the 2001 best-seller Good to Great by Jim Collins, an

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March 26, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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An entertaining walk through 150 years of modern art

art / history / creativity

What Are You Looking At, by Will Gompertz (2012)

**Pages: 395**, Final verdict: Great-read

Could 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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March 05, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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Contrarian thinking on startups and innovation

entrepreneurship / startups / innovation / contrarian

Zero To One, by Peter Thiel (2014)

**Pages: 195**, Final verdict: Should-read

Do you think that monopolies are bad or that first movers always have the advantage in business? Then be prepared to get your ideas challenged by Peter Thiel,

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January 31, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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Business theories to guide our personal lives

personal-development / business

How Will You Measure Your Life?, by Clayton M. Christensen (2012)

**Pages: 221**, Final verdict: Should-read

Clayton 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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January 17, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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Patagonia and its 40 years looking into the future

business / environment / sustainability / entrepreneurship

Let My People Go Surfing, by Yvon Chouinard (2005)

**Pages: 231**, Final verdict: Should-read

Let My People Go Surfing tells the story of Yvon Chouinard in founding and managing his companies Chouinard Equipment and Patagonia.

Originally published in 2005 and

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December 10, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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How humanity has tamed uncertainty

science / finance / risk / probability

Against the Gods, by Peter L. Bernstein (1996)

**Pages: 337**, Final verdict: Great-read

How 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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November 13, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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Must-reads from the 1st year at BetaGlyph

must-read / list / bestof

Must-reads from the 1st year at BetaGlyph

Time flies! It has been 1 year since we have started BetaGlyph and we couldn't be happier about the results. During this year, we had the chance to review more than 40 books,

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October 16, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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A good internet story, but a poor book

internet / memoir

Without Their Permission, by Alexis Ohanian (2013)

**Pages: 245**, Final verdict: Don't-read

Without 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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October 10, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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Thinking for the (very) long-term

philosophy / time / responsibility / technology

The Clock of the Long Now, by Stewart Brand (1999)

**Pages: 173**, Final verdict: Great-read

How did people live in the 21st century? How did the first computer program work? Why have they driven so many species to extinction? In

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September 13, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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The last leadership lecture from an NFL legend

leadership / Sports / football

The Score Takes Care of Itself, by Bill Walsh (2009)

**Pages: 242**, Final verdict: Must-read

Bill 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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August 28, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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Finding Meaning with the help of a holocaust survivor

meaning / holocaust / logotherapy / existential-analysis

Man's Search For Meaning, by Viktor Frankl (1946)

**Pages: 154**, Final verdict: Should-read

Can suffering provide a meaning for one's life? In the cruel setting of World War II concentration camps where Viktor Frankl was imprisoned, he found a meaning

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August 07, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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The emergence of a new organizational model

management / organization / innovation

Reinventing Organizations, by Frederic Laloux (2014)

**Pages: 331**, Final verdict: Should-read

Do 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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July 13, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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The definitive principles of value investing

finance / investment / stockmarket

The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham (1973)

**Pages: 578**, Final verdict: Should-read

"By far the best book on investing ever written" - according to Warren Buffett and many other followers of Benjamin Graham's ideas. The Intelligent Investor is

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June 13, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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How to make ideas spread like they're cool

sociology / growth / viral / trend

The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell (2000)

**Pages: 259**, Final verdict: Great-read

Why 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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May 29, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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The private notes of the stoic Emperor Marcus Aurelius

meditation / stoicism / philosophy

Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius (circa 180 AD)

**Pages: 163**, Final verdict: Should-read

Live in the present, be frugal and live your life in accordance with Good - the two-thousand year old advice of Marcus Aurelius is still relevant today! In

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April 03, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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Discovering Myanmar in 3 books

orwell / burma / travel

Finding George Orwell in Burma, by Emma Larkin (2005)

**Pages: 295**, Final verdict: Great-read

Myanmar (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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March 13, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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Compassion, balance and a supple mind

happiness / dalai-lama / buddhism / spirituality

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, by The 14th Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler (1998)

**Pages: 268**, Final verdict: Great-read

The Art of Happinness is an introduction to the way of living of the Dalai Lama, written by

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February 14, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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The classical guide to building great realtionships

sales / influence / emotional-intelligence

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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December 26, 2015 by Nuno Carneiro
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If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough

google / nunocarneiro / ericschmidt / jonathanrosenberg / startup / culture

How Google Works, by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg (2014)

**Pages: 260**, Final verdict: Great-read

Have you ever been curious about the way Google works? Did you know that 1 spreadsheet was Google's main tool for managing resources for many

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December 06, 2015 by Nuno Carneiro
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Women needed! The next steps on overcoming gender stereotypes

nunocarneiro / sandberg / women / workplace / gender / business / tech

Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg (2013)

**Pages: 184**, Final verdict: Should-read

The 8th most powerful woman in the world according to Fortune in 2015 asks: is it possible to talk about gender equality without people thinking that women are crying

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November 08, 2015 by Nuno Carneiro
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The practical guide to startup management

lean / startups / entrepreneurship / nunocarneiro / eric ries

The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries (2011)

**Pages: 292**, Final verdict: Should-read

The book that laid down the framework for today's startup culture.

Being one of the most famous books for entrepreneurs, what exactly turned Eric Ries' ideas into a

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October 18, 2015 by Nuno Carneiro
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Leadership lessons from a tennis star

Agassi / Tennis / Autobiography / nunocarneiro / Sports

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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October 11, 2015 by Nuno Carneiro
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How Semco revolutionized the workplace relations before it was trendy

business / semler / semco / Brazil / workplace / must-read

Maverick, by Ricardo Semler (1993)

**Pages: 316**, Final verdict: Must-read

Are flexible working hours, democratic management end employee empowerment trends of the new millennium, exclusive of tech companies in Silicon Valley? Think again.

Maverick tells the story of Ricardo Semler

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September 20, 2015 by Nuno Carneiro
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Free markets yes, but not everywhere

politics / economics / moral / market

What Money Can't Buy, by Michael J. Sandel (2012)

**Pages: 203**, Final verdict: Should-read

Is 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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January 13, 2019 by Nuno Carneiro
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Why great companies fail to innovate

innovation / entrepreneurship / management / business / technology

The Innovator's Dilemma, by Clayton M. Christensen (1997)

**Pages: 229**, Final verdict: Must-read

How 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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June 17, 2018 by Nuno Carneiro
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We're all gonna die, so we'd better start living

Autobiography / personal-development

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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May 20, 2018 by Nuno Carneiro
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Doing our job right matters more than having the right job

career / motivation

So Good They Can't Ignore You , by Cal Newport (2012)

**Pages: 230**, Final verdict: Great-read

Is 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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December 10, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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Where Management comes from

management / leadership

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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September 25, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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The memoir of a dying neurosurgeon

memoir / death

When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi (2016)

**Pages: 225**, Final verdict: Great-read

What 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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July 09, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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Nike and the story of its early days

memoir / Sports

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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June 11, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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An entertaining walk through 150 years of modern art

art / history / creativity

What Are You Looking At, by Will Gompertz (2012)

**Pages: 395**, Final verdict: Great-read

Could 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

...
Read More More

March 05, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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Business theories to guide our personal lives

personal-development / business

How Will You Measure Your Life?, by Clayton M. Christensen (2012)

**Pages: 221**, Final verdict: Should-read

Clayton Christensen is one of world's most acclaimed business thinkers, famous for his theory on innovation published in the book The Innovators Dilemma. But

...
Read More More

January 17, 2017 by Nuno Carneiro
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How humanity has tamed uncertainty

science / finance / risk / probability

Against the Gods, by Peter L. Bernstein (1996)

**Pages: 337**, Final verdict: Great-read

How 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

...
Read More More

November 13, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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A good internet story, but a poor book

internet / memoir

Without Their Permission, by Alexis Ohanian (2013)

**Pages: 245**, Final verdict: Don't-read

Without 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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October 10, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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The last leadership lecture from an NFL legend

leadership / Sports / football

The Score Takes Care of Itself, by Bill Walsh (2009)

**Pages: 242**, Final verdict: Must-read

Bill 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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August 28, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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The emergence of a new organizational model

management / organization / innovation

Reinventing Organizations, by Frederic Laloux (2014)

**Pages: 331**, Final verdict: Should-read

Do 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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July 13, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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How to make ideas spread like they're cool

sociology / growth / viral / trend

The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell (2000)

**Pages: 259**, Final verdict: Great-read

Why 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 -

...
Read More More

May 29, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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Discovering Myanmar in 3 books

orwell / burma / travel

Finding George Orwell in Burma, by Emma Larkin (2005)

**Pages: 295**, Final verdict: Great-read

Myanmar (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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March 13, 2016 by Nuno Carneiro
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The classical guide to building great realtionships

sales / influence / emotional-intelligence

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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December 26, 2015 by Nuno Carneiro
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Women needed! The next steps on overcoming gender stereotypes

nunocarneiro / sandberg / women / workplace / gender / business / tech

Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg (2013)

**Pages: 184**, Final verdict: Should-read

The 8th most powerful woman in the world according to Fortune in 2015 asks: is it possible to talk about gender equality without people thinking that women are crying

...
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November 08, 2015 by Nuno Carneiro
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Leadership lessons from a tennis star

Agassi / Tennis / Autobiography / nunocarneiro / Sports

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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October 11, 2015 by Nuno Carneiro
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