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Damon Baehrel runs an exclusive New York's restaurant with a 10 year waiting list. Dylan Gioia runs a pro basketball team out of his mother's basement in Brooklyn. Ben Rasmussen runs a chocolate factory out of a basement. Robert Lang owns and operates a subterranean recording studio. Robert Nepper and Bill Stevenson are entrepreneurial inventors.
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Tiken Jah Fakoly is a star with a conscience. A hugely popular reggae singer from the Ivory Coast, he criticizes politicians through lyrics. As a result, he lives in exile in Mali. Unafraid of controversy, Fakoly believes that the real freedom Africans deserve will only start when education is accessible to all. Malian actress and social activist Fatoumata Coulibaly leads a campaign against female circumcision, a deeply engrained cultural practice....
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South Africa is now the most powerful commercial center on the continent and attracts eager investors from around the globe. In Soweto, meet a woman who began life sleeping with six siblings on one blanket, selling corn to black commuters. Today, Nancy Nxumalo is one of the most influential businesspeople in this energetic, storied township. The former anti-apartheid activist symbolizes the transition from white financial dominance to black business...
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"The essential leadership playbook. Learn the principles and guiding philosophies of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffet, Oprah, and many others through illuminating conversations about their remarkable lives and careers"--
For the past five years, Rubenstein has spoken with the world's highest performing leaders about who they are and how they became successful. Here he distills these revealing conversations into an indispensable...
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Nairobi is home to a massive influx of immigrants, exiles and dreamers. This metropolis of skyscrapers and slums is the backdrop for an absorbing tale of two clashing worlds. Perhaps no one understands the fragile intersection between traditional and modern life better than Moses ole Samante. An ambitious young Maasai, he runs a successful safari business from Nairobi but works hard to maintain his village ties. The other focus of this episode is...
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The best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
"In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell examines...
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Do we each have a dream job that we are, by nature or nurture, uniquely meant for? Chris Ballard set out talk to people who found work they love way off the beaten path. This book is a narrative of what he discovered, and reveals insights the rest of us can use to find passion in our work.
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Foreword / by Thomas Curley -- A national treasure, Rachel Robinson -- For the love of the game, Bill Veeck -- The Costas legacy, Bob Costas -- The ultimate star, Gene Autry -- "You want Gibby on your side," Bob Gibson -- The magic of moneyball, Billy Beane -- Always a mountaineer, Jerry West -- One of a kind, Stan Kasten -- An original, Bud Selig -- Parting thoughts.
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Elvis Presley - Brad Pitt - Angelina Jolie - Madonna - JK Rowling - Dan Brown - Albert Einstein - Sigmund Freud - Coco Chanel - Amelia Earhart - Edmund Hillary - Tiger Woods - David Beckham - Looks at what makes an individual an "outsider"and how this sometimes leads to success in a particular avenue of life.
14) Fraternity
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Tells the unforgettable story of how Father Brooks, a Jesuit priest, transformed the lives of a remarkable group of men during one of the most fraught racial periods in the history of our country.
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"Sylvia Ann Hewlett, the acclaimed author of When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children, tackles one of the most wrenching challenges for women today - creating rich multidimensional lives that contain both career and children." "Almost half of all professional women are childless at age forty. The more a woman succeeds in her career, the less likely it is that she will have a partner or a baby. For men the opposite is true: the more...
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"What drives people to create something from nothing? Is it ambition, the need for self-fulfilment? Is it to do with money, power, or even genes? Is there a mood of the time that encourages people? Can anyone do it?" "Charles Handy has talked to a range of extraordinary characters - from Trevor Baylis and Richard Branson to Jane Tewson and Terence Conran. And Elizabeth Handy has used her new style of composite portraits to highlight aspects of all...
19) Mastery
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Robert Greene, the "modern Machiavelli" debunks the prevailing mythology of success and presents a radical new way to greatness.
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