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The Science of Selling (or why “Friends Fish with Fearless Frank”)
Laurence Endersen • Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference
In the end, for Sam to leave he had to want to leave, and Sam did not really want to leave. And so, on April 9, 2018, his entire management team, along with half of his employees, walked out the door, with somewhere between one and two million dollars in severance. At that moment, the outside investors were in the same uneasy position as Bob’s frie
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
A team of field workers spread out across the country to find what they called the “submerged 10th” of the normal curve.
Jonathan Mooney • Normal Sucks
“I lit into them. ‘You goddamn cowards, afraid to face who you are. Pat, you’re a mooching drunk who screws his own cousin and sponges off everyone. You, Duff, you’re great company, I love you, but let’s face it, you hop beds hoping to find some unidentified something you lost. And you, Harold, you know your trouble? You’re a Guggenheim with no pri
... See moreA. E. Hotchner • Hemingway in Love: His Own Story
Amanda Ripley describes it, the gun control article “read less like a lawyer’s opening statement and more like an anthropologist’s field notes.”
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
She was tempted to flip them down and see if they could face-rec this Larry and if so find out who his editor was—or more likely what edit stream he subscribed to and what particular flavor of post-reality it was pumping into his mind.