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With more than 50,000 copies sold in Denmark, this book has been on the bestseller list since its publication in 2017. Barack Obama used a secret competitive advantage to win two elections. Companies such as Google, Amazon and Novo Nordisk use the same insight to stir up innovation, increase compliance, improve the work environment and sell more products. And successful management groups in the C20 index have started using it as their preferred strategy. But what kind of insight are we talking about here? The answer is - behavioural design.
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Great, practical summary of behaviour design
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By: Morten Münster
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UCLA psychologist and organizational consultant Dr. Robert Maurer provides a simple and proven effective technique for making major changes with minimal disruption. Applying the operational concept of kaizen - small, continual improvements - to common management challenges, managers can drive major improvements with a series of well-planned techniques for boosting quality, innovation, sales, and morale.
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A must for anyone that wants to achieve.
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- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
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How happy would you be if you had all the money in the world? We spend endless hours obsessing over our budgets and investments, trying to figure out ways to stretch every dollar. We try to follow the advice of money gurus and financial planners, then kick ourselves whenever we spend too much or save too little. For all of the stress and effort we put into every choice, why are most of us unhappy about our finances? According to Laura Vanderkam, the key is to change your perspective.
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Very Practical Book with Good Ideas
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By: Laura Vanderkam
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No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.
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start here, if you are looking to achieve in life
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How important is luck in economic success? No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly observe, people who amass great fortunes are almost always talented and hardworking. But liberals are also correct to note that countless others have those same qualities yet never earn much. In recent years, social scientists have discovered that chance plays a much larger role in important life outcomes than most people imagine.
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Not what is advertised
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Brainblocks are the mental obstacles that keep people from achieving success, defined as setting, pursuing, and achieving a goal. Managing the brain is the solution to preventing mental blocks from interfering with achieving your goals.
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Lighten Up
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Miss Peter's Narration...
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The Gig Economy
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From Uber to the presidential debates, the gig economy has been dominating the headlines, and for good reason. Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy - mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those who've figured out the formula, life has never been better! The Gig Economy is your guide to this uncertain but ultimately rewarding world. Succeeding in it starts with shifting gears to recognize that only you control your future.
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interesting and informative
- By Erin P. on 03-26-17
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Focus
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We all want to experience pleasure and avoid pain. But there are really two kinds of pleasure and pain that motivate everything we do. If you are promotion-focused, you want to advance and avoid missed opportunities. If you are prevention-focused, you want to minimize losses and keep things working. And as Tory Higgins has found in his groundbreaking research, if you understand how people focus, you have the power to motivate yourself and everyone around you.
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Pain / Pleasure
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An insightful guide that shows how habits of behavior are formed, and how we can transform bad habits into positive behaviors in ourselves and others. Smart Change explores the psychological mechanisms that form and maintain habits in individuals and groups and offers real, accessible and actionable advice for changing habits. In an engaging narrative, Markman covers a wide range of habits, from individual behaviors like eating better and exercising regularly to work-related behaviors such as learning effectively and influencing customers’ purchases.
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Even Smarter Than I Thought!!!
- By Rand on 05-30-14
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- RickWalter
- 03-14-19
Another tool for your mental toolbox!
Excellent framework that can be used for all- around problem solving. Good reading on subject
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- Drake M.
- 11-05-19
A great listen.
Fascinating subject. Really interesting and easy to follow. I wish I didn’t listen to so much in my car because I wanted to take so many notes.
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- JDR
- 07-09-17
Well-written and extremely interesting
I enjoyed this entire book. The authors do a great job explaining economic concepts for a lay audience. While there are some political implications to their theories and they do suggest som policy approaches, they do a good job of not getting lost in the tall weeds of politics outside of a social science tool. As for content, I wondered at times if there is a component of applying new terminology to some standard economic principles. But, they present historical and new data from empirical studies that are very impressive to me as not being classically trained in the science of economics (aka, the study of scarcity).
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- Marcel
- 02-03-17
too repetitive
the contents could've been delivered in half the chapters. the subject is important and interesting, but the book has too much repeated content. we get it! scarcity reduces mental bandwidth to a high degree, do we need a million chapters to repeat that?
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- Felix Rust
- 06-27-17
Had to stop running to take notes!
I often listen to business books while I run. I started this one with a sense of duty. But it was so fascinating, specific, and relevant, that I kept having to stop and take important notes. This book wrecked my run pace. Highly recommended.
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- Dan Gottesman
- 10-23-18
Important and fascinating perspective
Important and fascinating perspective through which to view how we humans live our lives and behave. Dealing with scarcity of time or scarcity of money impacts our lives to an extent beyond what I previously understood.
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- Rebecca
- 10-06-15
A must read that I will read again and share
This book is very informative and holds useful information for everyone, literally. From the rich to the poor, highly educated to the uneducated, the information in this tool should be in every home, degree program, social service provider and boardroom.
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- Daniel Hawes
- 06-03-20
Spectacular
This book is insightful and extremely well presented. It represents a watershed moment in cognitive psychology demonstrating how we think and what we are most vulnerable to. I place this at the same level of significance as Maslows hierarchy. Thanks guys. You inspired me.
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- Katia
- 10-29-20
A different perspective on resources
Animated narrator speaking about an interesting subject with a ton of new information and studies to back it up. Great book.
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- Gary
- 06-25-19
Great insight!
Valuable information and insights! I thought I was going to read a book to learn more about those that are financially insecure. I didn't realize that I would relate so much when they tied the same concepts to busy people. Great read!
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