A lot of professors give talks titled “The Last Lecture.” Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can’t help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? IfContinue reading “The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch”
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Start with Why by Simon Sinek
In 2009, Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work, and in turn inspire their colleagues and customers. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, including more than 28 million who’ve watched his TED Talk based on START WITH WHY — the third most popularContinue reading “Start with Why by Simon Sinek”
How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere by Larry King
America’s best-known master of conversation unveils his secrets for getting the talk flowing smoothly in any situation. “Communication is a necessary skill: Larry King is a master of communication, and now he’s shared what he knows. If only he’d written the book sooner, I might have had a more interesting career.”–Dan Rather.
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, he offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. His advice has stood theContinue reading “How to Win Friends and Influence People”
Robert Kiyosaki (Author – Rich Dad Poor Dad)
Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert’s story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income toContinue reading “Robert Kiyosaki (Author – Rich Dad Poor Dad)”
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern – this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged. Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through theContinue reading “A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole”
The Trial by Franz Kafka
The Trial is one of Kafka’s most brilliant works. It tells the unsettling story of Josef K., a man who is arrested but left to wonder what crime he has committed, and provides a disturbing and powerful look into the nature of state and society. Filled with psychological tension and disconcerting parallels with the modernContinue reading “The Trial by Franz Kafka”
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
As a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 US fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful city to rubble and claimed the lives of thousands of its citizens.For many years, Kurt tried to write about Dresden but the words would not come. When he didContinue reading “Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut”
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal ofContinue reading “Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury”
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho continues to change the lives of its readers forever. With more than two million copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasureContinue reading “The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho”
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