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The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

Mel Lindauer , Taylor Larimore , et al.

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Geoff Smart and Randy Street

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The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback

Dan Olsen

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Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization

Dave Logan , John King, et al.

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The Big Picture: How to Use Data Visualization to Make Better Decisions―Faster

Steve Wexler

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New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development

Mike Weinberg

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The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

William N. Thorndike

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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

Jake Knapp

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The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

Julie Zhuo

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The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

Morgan Housel, Chris Hill, et al.

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TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking

Chris Anderson

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Beating the Street

Peter Lynch and John Rothchild

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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

Bill Browder

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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh, et al.

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Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations

William Ury

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binomialonNov 28, 2010

It's possible great advice. See these two TED Talks by Sugata Mitra for evidence:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRb7_ffl2D0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk60sYrU2RU

tsjqonJan 14, 2021

I agree. I feel many talks are selling their books, adding a lot of fluff around the core point and making it a TED Talk. Would be great to have a blog that's entirely TLDW of Ted Talks

oyvindehonJan 22, 2013

I guess the most easily accessible info is Ben Goldacre's TED talks, based on his books "Bad Pharma" and "Bad Science":

http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_what_doctors_don_t_kno...

http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science.h...

jonhohleonJune 29, 2018

I've been thinking _a lot_ about this recently and how to communicate this in a loving way because I think it's critically important to understand that people have differing priorities that aren't necessarily morally wrong, just different.

Jonathan Haidt's TED talks[0] are a good starting point. Getting people from both sides of an argument to see others as humans, neighbors, partners and how different perspectives add value.

Miyazaki comes to mind quite a bit. For the most part the "villains" in his movies are easy to empathize with and the protagonists learn about their goals and view points and work within those to solve the problem they originally set out to solve. I'd like to think people within a country are more like Ashitaka, San, and Lady Eboshi than Luke Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine.

My own personal conviction would like to see more constructive action from everybody. I don't consider threatening people, screaming at others, demeaning them, or name calling constructive. I think if more people found thing they thought could make _any_ impact, and went and helped real people, a lot more would be done than by lamenting the current state of the universe. And unless you need help, don't talk about it, don't expect anything in return, and don't put down others for not thinking the areas you choose to focus on aren't as important as the areas they've chosen to focus on.

0 - https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind , https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_can_a_divided_ameri...

criticaltinkeronAug 16, 2021

> But I think using psilocybin mushrooms in spaceflight makes a lot of sense. There are more than 65 articles right now ... at ClinicalTrials.gov that say psilocybin mushrooms help people overcome [post-traumatic stress disorder], loneliness and depression. Do you think the astronauts are going to have loneliness and depression and PTSD? I think yes. How are you going to help them?

Paul Stamets is an expert mycologist and really down-to-earth guy. I highly recommend his Ted Talks if you're interested in this type of stuff, here's one of them [1].

[1] https://youtu.be/XI5frPV58tY

ybluonMar 4, 2017

Also check out this book "TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking" [1], written by the owner of TED himself. I read many books on public speaking and this is by far the best. I've been giving it as gift to friends who do public speaking of any kind.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/TED-Talks-Official-Public-Speaking/dp...

vividmindonSep 4, 2013

The obligatory Ken Robinson's TED talks:

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_crea...

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_how_to_escape_educatio...