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Sr |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
Year First Published |
What’s it about |
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1 |
The Black Swan |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
Penguin |
2007 |
The Impact of the Highly Improbable…will change the way you look at the World…we fool ourselves into thinking we know more than we actually do
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2 |
Winners Never Cheat |
Jon M Huntsman |
Wharton School Publishing |
2006 |
The Rationale that you have to cheat to stay competitive is a powerful lure.Moral Bankruptcy is the inevitable conclusion If you want to succeed nowadays,you have to make compromises.Right? Wrong
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3 |
Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace : How we got to be so hated |
Gore Vidal |
Thunder’s Mouth Press/Nation Books |
2002 |
Could it be that the greatest victim of the September 11th terror attacks will be American Liberty? “Once alienated,”,Vidal writes,” an ‘unalienable right’ is apt to be forever lost”
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4 |
blink The Power of Thinking Without Thinking |
Malcolm Gladwell |
Little, Brown & Company,Time Warner Book Group |
2005 |
…about choices that appear to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren’t as simple as they seem…Great Decision Makers are those who have perfected the art of “thin slicing”-knowing the very few things that matter |
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5 |
Every Man A King |
Dr Orison Swett Marden |
Nesma Books |
1999 |
Our Worst Enemy is Fear….Pessimism is Unprofitable….The Power of Cheerful Thinking is Immense |
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6 |
Faith |
Sharon Salzberg |
Riverhead Books…a Member of Penguin Putnam |
2002 |
Faith is not a Commodity we either have or don’t have-it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience |
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7 |
Discover Your Destiny |
Robin Sharma |
Jaico Publishing |
2004 |
Readers are introduced to Dar Sanderson,a highly ambitious executive who appears to have it all on the outside but lacks happiness ,meaning and inner peace…he embarks on an extraordinary odyssey to find his authentic self and claim the life of his dreams learning the seven potent lessons that are essential |
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8 |
Thinking about Thinking |
K R Ravi |
Jaico Publishing |
2005 |
The author is the first in India to be certified as an Edward Bono Trainer in Lateral Thinking The key to a beautiful mind is creativity,imagination and empathy.A properly trained mind enables you to hone your skills,but a misguided mind can leave you confused and stranded |
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9 |
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times |
Anjana Chokshi |
Jaico Publishing |
2006 |
Refreshing Insights into the many Challenges that we face in day to day living |
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10 |
Screw It, Let’s Do it |
Richard Branson |
Virgin Books |
2006 |
People will always try to talk you out of ideas and say :”It can’t be done,” but if you have faith in yourself you’ll find you can achieve almost anything |
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JUDGMENT How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls |
Noel M Tichy & Warren G Bennis |
Portfolio Penguin Group |
2007 |
“With good judgment,little else matters. Without it,nothing else matters.” |
| 12 | The GOD Delusion |
Richard Dawkins |
Bantam Press |
2006 |
A Deeply Religious Non Believer…Why there almost certainly is no God |