18 books like Outliers

What to read after Outliers — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Grit Angela Duckworth · 2016 · ★ 4.5 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” Shares Erfolg, Leadership, Success, Psychology

Lean In Sheryl Sandberg · 1799 · ★ 3.9 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root… Shares Leadership, Psychology, Business

Drive Daniel H. Pink · 2009 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm-changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.We've been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is through external rewards like money—the… Shares Achievement, Leadership, Success, Psychology

The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business

The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business Joyce Weinberg · 2009 The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business is all you need to make your passion your profession! Do you enjoy cooking for others? Is your buffet table a work of art? Are your parties the best in the neighborhood? Then catering may be a great career for you!It's all here-from getting licenses and choosing the perfect name to developing menus and getting the word out. Seasoned… Shares Business, Nonfiction

The Everything Guide to Being an Event Planner

The Everything Guide to Being an Event Planner Jennifer Mancuso · 2007 Whether you've recently earned a hospitality degree or are simply looking for a fun career change, The Everything Guide to Being an Event Planner will help you break out of the routine and start a new, creative endeavor-one celebration at a time! Do you love throwing parties? Are you the most organized person you know? Can you thrive in a fast-paced environment? If so, event planning could be… Shares Business, Nonfiction

A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy Marian Radetzki · 2008 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The world is going through an exceptional commodity boom triggered by a global demand shock largely caused by the sudden emergence of China and India as sizeable raw material importers. Prices of numerous commodities tripled between 2003 and 2006, resulting in huge windfalls for producers and a financial squeeze on consumers. A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy is a guide to… Shares Business, Nonfiction

A Guide to Modern Econometrics Marno Verbeek · 2000 · 520p · ≈ 17h · Moderate This revised and updated edition of A Guide to Modern Econometrics continues to explore a wide range of topics in modern econometrics by focusing on what is important for doing and understanding empirical work. It serves as a guide to alternative techniques with the emphasis on the intuition behind the approaches and their practical relevance.New material includes Monte Carlo studies, weak… Shares Business, Nonfiction

Management

Management Michael Heath · 2010 · ★ 3.8 Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Management.Includes how to:• Build a goal-oriented team• Successfully manage individuals, teams and projects• Set clear goals and give quality feedback• Get things done on time and on budget• Deal with difficult situations Shares Business, Nonfiction

Getting to yes Roger Drummer Fisher · 1981 · ★ 3.9 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Getting to Yes offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict—whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution… Shares Interpersonal relations, Psychology, Business, Nonfiction

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Barking Up the Wrong Tree Eric Barker · 2017 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Wall Street Journal BestsellerMuch of the advice we’ve been told about achievement and personal development is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary behavioral science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You’ll learn:• Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your… Shares Success, Business

The Power of Nice Linda Kaplan Thaler & Robin Koval · 2006 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Light Explains how to build a successful business and career through kindness, trust, and fair play, using real-life examples to demonstrate such benefits as lower recruitment costs, higher productivity, and lower employee turnover. Shares Leadership, Success, Business

The 33 Strategies of War Robert Greene · 1998 · ★ 4.2 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate New in the bestselling amoral series—a brilliant distillation of the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern worldRobert Greene's groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power and The Art of Seduction, espouse profound, timeless less Shares Leadership, Success, Psychology, Business

Reframing Organizations Lee G. Bolman · 1991 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate In this third edition of their best-selling classic, authors Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal explain the powerful tool of "reframing." The authors have distilled the organizational literature into a comprehensive approach for looking at situations from more than one angle. Their four frames view organizations as factories, families, jungles, and theaters or temples: The Structural Frame: how to… Shares Leadership, Psychology, Business, Nonfiction

The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a subway crime wave, or a satisfied customer fill the… Shares Erfolg, Psychology, Business, Nonfiction

Sacred Energies of the Sun and Moon

Sacred Energies of the Sun and Moon Erika Buenaflor · 2020 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Psychology Saundra K. Ciccarelli · 2006 · ★ 3.2 · 792p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Advances in Psychology Research Alexandra M. Columbus · 2008 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Invoke the Goddess

Invoke the Goddess Kala Trobe · 2019 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

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