Decision-Making & Problem Solving

An Avid Reader Press book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in...

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world. Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a...

From the creator of Valuetainment, the #1 YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” (Ray Dalio, author of Principles) in business today, comes a practical and effective guide for thinking more clearly and achieving your most audacious professional goals. Both...

Includes bonus audio featuring an exclusive conversation with Naval Ravikant. Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirations may seem out of reach, but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn. So what are these skills, and...

The difference between growing your business and going out of business is your ability to think strategically. The problem is, most leaders are stuck in the operational weeds, struggling to find the time to make better strategic decisions. This challenge is only heightened by the rise of AI.

After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and...

Improve your relationships and learn essential skills to get the results you want out of every conversation--including difficult ones.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit). “A big favorite among...

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, learn what sets high achievers apart—from Bill Gates to the Beatles—in this seminal work from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review). In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of...

For the first time ever, hear the bestselling leadership book of all time, read in its entirety by John Maxwell himself! HarperCollins and John C. Maxwell are celebrating the milestone anniversary of Maxwell’s New York Times bestselling book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, with the...

The Black Swan is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile...

In this perennial best seller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, globally preeminent management thinkers W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne challenge everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success....

In this book you'll find all the tools, strategies, and techniques you need to improve your memory....

In Become Time Rich: How to Stop Being Busy and Start Getting Wealthy, celebrated financial educator and business coach Lloyd Ross delivers an exciting, practical, and insightful new take on how to effectively manage your time to help you reach exceptional financial and lifestyle outcomes.

Over two million copies sold. Stephen M. R. Covey shows how trust—and the speed at which it is established with clients, employees, and all stakeholders—is the single most critical component of a successful leader and organization. Stephen M. R. Covey, widely known as one of the world’s...

I wrote this book to help you respond to anyone who tries to engage you with hostile emails, texts, Facebook postings, vicious rumors, or just plain difficult behavior. But before I explain how to write a BIFF response, I want to give you a brief understanding of how HCPs think.

The Great Game of Business started a business revolution by introducing the world to open-book management....

The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts is the first book in The Great Mental Models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand....

From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living....

This book is not about software development. It is not a book about the computer industry. This book is about applying agility across the entire organization. It's a book that will put you at the front of change and ahead of the competition...

Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk....

Discover the practical, fail-proof tools that will help you to fine-tune your leadership skills, solidify respect among your workforce, and ensure your company's lasting success....

Leadership guru John C. Maxwell and his friend Jim Dornan share their straightforward, effective way for making an impact on the world: make an impact on individual people. How? Through influence. How to Influence People will empower you on your journey to becoming a potent and positive...

In The Book of Beautiful Questions, Berger shares illuminating stories and compelling research on the power of inquiry. Drawn from the insights and expertise of psychologists, innovators, effective leaders and some of the world's foremost creative thinkers, he presents the essential questions readers need to make the best choices when it truly counts, with a particular focus in four key areas: decision-making, creativity, leadership and relationships.

Gary Player's Black Book contains 50 questions and detailed responses from 18-time major winner Gary Player....

Saber o seu propósito é só o começo. Neste audiolivro inédito, Joel Jota te conduz em uma jornada de transformação: sair da teoria e finalmente agir com intenção. Porque propósito sem ação é só intenção perdida. Com reflexões poderosas, perguntas provocativas e direcionamento prático, você vai entender como transformar seu chamado interior em atitudes diárias que constroem uma vida de sentido, impacto e coerência. Aqui, não tem espaço para o piloto automático. Se você sabe que tem algo maior para viver, mas ainda está travado entre o “saber” e o “fazer”, este conteúdo é para você.

Overwhelmed by choices, short on time, and second-guessing your calls? Most advice says “think harder.” This book shows you how to think better with practical mental models you can use before the next meeting, purchase, or life decision. Mental Models for Critical Thinking is a field guide to clear judgment under uncertainty. In plain language and real examples, Albert Rutherford turns fuzzy concepts into usable playbooks so you can frame problems correctly, reduce bias, and choose with confidence. Critical thinking isn’t a talent; it’s a system.

Em 99 capítulos curtos e repletos de exemplos do cotidiano, Rolf Dobelli explica de onde vem nossa tendência a agir de forma irracional e revela os erros de julgamento mais comuns que cometemos.

Give Your Brain an AI-Level Upgrade This 5-in-1 cognitive arsenal is designed to transform you from a reactive thinker into a masterful strategist, decision-maker, and unshakeable problem-solver. It distills the proven, powerful reasoning strategies of data scientists, world-class strategists, and philosophers into 500 total bite-sized methods. The goal is to lock them into your memory for life, giving you a complete, AI-level operating system for success.

本書で僕が何を伝えたいのか、最初にお話しします。本書で僕が伝えたい核心は、ビジネス上の課題の本質は「何に取り組むべきか」を見極めることにある、ということです。

En este volumen 4, el lector encontrará 300 nuevas reflexiones de 30 nuevos personajes de relevancia de ámbitos muy diversos, explicadas con profundidad y rigor por Francisco Alcaide para darles coherencia y significado. Además, por primera vez, se incluyen entre «los mejores» a personajes de ficción del mundo del cine, la literatura o el cómic que han trascendido a sus creadores y cuyas enseñanzas son reveladoras. Entre otros: El Principito, Forrest Gump, Eliot Ness o Guido Orefice desfilan por estas páginas.

Engineering isn’t broken because people stopped caring. It’s broken because product thinking got lost. In a world where shipping is fast but impact is rare, Product Driven offers a new model for engineering leadership. One built on outcomes, not output. If you’ve ever led a software team and wondered why the work feels disconnected, why your best engineers start coasting, or why everything still flows through you no matter how senior your team gets, this book is your roadmap out.

Disrupt or Be Disrupted is the ultimate playbook for winning in an era where change happens faster than most companies can respond—and where slow, rigid businesses die without warning. In today’s hyper-competitive world, the only real advantage is your ability to adapt, innovate, and outrun everyone else. This book reveals how market leaders, visionary entrepreneurs, and unstoppable companies dominate by anticipating shifts before they happen, moving with extraordinary speed, and building organizations engineered for constant evolution.

In a world that feels like constant chaos, how do leaders create clarity, momentum, and lasting impact?

Are you tired of being told to stop overthinking? What if your overthinking could be your greatest asset? 'The Beautiful Mess: How to Think Too Much and Still Win' offers a rebellious take on harnessing your thoughts for creativity, empathy, and strategic insight.

The use of nuclear energy ensures smooth operations while guaranteeing that energy levels are supplied without any carbon emissions. This makes it one of the best energy sources in the world today. As nuclear energy advances, Lean Six Sigma tools can significantly aid in the improvement of processes, clarification of documentation, and certification of definitive ROI.

Every day in corporate life, misunderstandings abound — and sometimes the miscues are intentional. Whether an innocent mistake or an underhanded attack, The Elegant Pivot shares one simple approach to keep you insulated from making things worse: assume positive intent. In The Elegant Pivot, Lynn Carnes tells of her journey from deep resistance to embracing this vulnerable, yet effective way of approaching even the most difficult situations. Along the way, she reveals several key principles that open the gateway to curiosity, build courage and offer strength in the face of uncertainty.

Dieses Buch ist kein weiterer Ratgeber voller hektischer Tipps , sondern eine Einladung zu einer anderen Art zu leben: würdevoll, klar, wirksam . In einer kultivierten, an frühere Jahrhunderte erinnernden Sprache zeigt das Werk, wie Probleme ihren Schrecken verlieren und stattdessen zu königlichen Chancen werden.

El profesor de la Escuela de Negocios de Stanford y consultor de algunos de los CEO más grandes e innovadores de la actualidad comparte un plan revolucionario que les enseña a los líderes a dominar las presiones cruzadas del mundo en que vivimos: ejecutar al mismo tiempo que innovar, pensar en los asuntos locales y globales, además de proyectar ambición y diplomacia por igual.

Success in business does not happen by chance—it is built with deliberate strategy, clear vision, and decisive action. Building Success Through Strategy, Vision, And Action provides a roadmap for entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals who aim to turn their goals into measurable results. This audiobook explores the principles of strategic planning, highlighting the importance of foresight, alignment, and goal-setting to drive sustainable growth.