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Man's Search for Meaning
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Principles
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Principles
Ray Dalio
Zero to One
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Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
Shoe Dog
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Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Meditations
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Richard P. Feynman
The Score Takes Care of Itself
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The Score Takes Care of Itself
Bill Walsh
Einstein
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Einstein
Walter Isaacson
How to Change Your Mind
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How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
Bird by Bird
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Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
The Ride of a Lifetime
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The Ride of a Lifetime
Robert Iger
Elon Musk
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Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance
When Breath Becomes Air
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When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
Becoming Steve Jobs
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Becoming Steve Jobs
Brent Schlender
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Creativity, Inc.
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Creativity, Inc.
Ed Catmull
Becoming
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Becoming
Michelle Obama
Between the World and Me
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Only the Paranoid Survive
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Only the Paranoid Survive
Andrew Grove
The Undoing Project
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The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
Open
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Open
Andre Agassi
Delivering Happiness
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Delivering Happiness
Tony Hsieh
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