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How Five Dysfunctions are Ruining Teams and Companies
Insights from the book ‘Five Dysfunctions of a Team’ by Patrick Lencioni
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Michał Poczwardowski
Book Review: “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts” 4/5
“The world is a pretty random place. The influence of luck makes it impossible to predict exactly how things will turn out, and all the hidden…
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Michał Poczwardowski
Book Review: “Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions” 4/5
“What do you really want? What do you really need? What are your hopes? Your goals? Answering these questions honestly, clearly, and fully puts you on…
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Michał Poczwardowski
Book Review: “Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things” by Adam Grant 4/5
"The ultimate mark of potential is not the height of the peak you've reached, but the distance you've travelled - and helped others travel" - Adam Grant
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Michał Poczwardowski
Book Review: "How to Live" by Derek Sivers 5/5
Its full title describes it perfectly: “27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion”.
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Michał Poczwardowski
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Book Review: "The School of Life: An Emotional Education" 4/5
“Emotional life is never done with showing us how much we might have to suffer for ‘small’ things.”
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Michał Poczwardowski
Book Review: "TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking" by Chris Anderson 4/5
A comprehensive guide to public speaking, starting from finding your idea to the very last moment on stage. Be sure to grab it before your next public…
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Michał Poczwardowski
Book Review: “Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results” by Shane Parrish 5/5
“Anyone looks like a genius when they’re in a good position, and even the smartest person looks like an idiot when they’re in a bad one.” - Shane…
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Michał Poczwardowski
Book Review: “Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon” by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr 4/5
“Secrets from inside Amazon" - the subtitle draws attention, but don't dismiss its clickbait nature - secrets are indeed revealed and are truly…
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Michał Poczwardowski
“Hell Yeah or No: What's Worth Doing” by Derek Sivers 4/5
In this book Derek Sivers gathers his succinct thoughts on updating identity, focusing (by properly saying yes and no), productivity, what’s worth…
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Michał Poczwardowski
“Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur” by Derek Sivers 4/5
Derek Sivers has an unusual point of view for doing business, different from most people, yet completely natural for him.
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Michał Poczwardowski
“The Great Mental Models, Volume 3: Systems and Mathematics” by Farnam Street 4/5
The third volume of the series explores the topics of mathematics and system thinking - the latter has been on my radar for quite some time (check out…
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Michał Poczwardowski
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