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Charles Poliquin's Top Book Recommendations

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The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

Gary Keller and Jay Papasa

4.4
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The One Thing explains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the seven thieves that steal time, and leverage the laws of purpose, priority, and productivity.
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Erik Rostad

For career books, I'll focus on more overarching themes. You can get books on particular skills you need for a given job, but these books will help having the right mindset for a career and how work should fit into the greater story of your life. For focus: The One Thing by Gary Keller. [source]

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Gennady Batrakov

Reading improved my self-discipline and consistency. It helped me to focus on the right things. This book, in particular, opened my eyes to how extraordinary results can be achieved – The ONE Thing by Gary Keller. [source]

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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Timothy Ferriss

4.2
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More than 100 pages of new, cutting-edge content.
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, Th
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Tim Draper

Founder/Draper Fisher Jurvetson

With this kind of time management and focus on the important things in life, people should be able to get 15 times as much done in a normal work week. [source]

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Atul Gawande

4.3
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The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist

We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies‚neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer

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David Allen

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Atul is really talking about how absolutely powerful checklists are, and I think he makes a very creative point: that checklist are not just some static, boring thing. They actually allow you to do excellent work and free up your brain by not having to keep remembering what you need to do when. That then allows your brain to be a lot more creative about whatever it is you’re doing. [source]

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59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

Richard Wiseman

4.0
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Jeff Atwood

@jonobacon highly recommend this book as well https://t.co/kCVa2nuu5a [source]

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Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

Ben Goldacre

4.2
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The informative and witty expose of the "bad science" we are all subjected to, called "one of the essential reads of the year" by New Scientist.

We are obsessed with our health. And yet — from the media's "world-expert microbiologist" with a mail-order Ph.D. in his garden shed laboratory, and via multiple health scares and miracle cures — we are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory,
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Timothy Ferriss

Author & Entrepreneur

I agree wholeheartedly with a lot of the co-opted science, which people can read a book called Bad Science, which is by a doctor named Ben Goldacre. It’s great. [source]

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Dinosaur Training Secrets: Volume I: Exercises, Workouts and Training Programs

Brooks D. Kubik

4.6
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Dinosaur Training Secrets: Volume II: How Strong Are You?

Brooks D. Kubik

4.2
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Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned About Life in School--But Didn't

Peter McWilliams

4.2
With quotes from Aristotle to Mae West, this acclaimed common-sense narrative helps to make up for lost time in the classroom of life.
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The Warrior Diet

Ori Hofmekler, Diana Holtzberg

3.9
Aims to present a synthesis of modern scientific research and ancient secrets for reducing body fat, gaining energy, getting stronger and looking younger. This book seeks to prove that humans are at their energetic, physical, mental and passionate best when they 'undereat' during the day and 'overeat' at night.
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