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5 Books Which Will Improve Your Career

Emma Bostian ✨ on December 25, 2018

I read. A lot. And I love reading books that will positively impact my career. I'm the type of person who is motivated by digesting motivational bo...
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Ben Halpern

A book along these lines I recently read and liked was Thinking in Bets.

I also liked Creative Quest.

Both books by stars in interesting fields sharing some generalist principles they’ve acquired.

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Omar Elbaga

Thanks for the recommendation Ben. I just ordered thinking in bets. Looking forward to reading it.

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Emma Bostian ✨

Yay awesome thanks for the recommendations!!

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Conlin Durbin

If you like "The Power of Habit", I highly recommend Charles Duhigg's other book, Smarter, Faster, Better. It's one of my all time favorites!

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Emma Bostian ✨

I'll add it to my list! Thank you!!

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edA‑qa mort‑ora‑y

I'll strive to make it onto your next list. :)

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Matthew Daly

It's been a while since I read it, but one book I found very useful was Pragmatic Thinking and Learning. It taught me a great deal about how to solve problems and get the best work out of myself.

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Nick Palenchar

Going back to the old pragprog site just now reminded me of The Pragmatic Programmer (which I think started the whole series). It's the only one I've read from that site and it's an all time favorite. Definitely recommend checking that out as well. I also think there's a new edition that came out sometime this year, with updated goodness.

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Roberto Capannelli

I read "The power of habits" few months ago and the thing I appreciated most it's the awareness of the author that will power could be improved with exercise and hard work just like any other skills.
And yes it's definitely one of my favorite book this year too, alongside these that follow:

Thanks Emma for sharing you reading list!

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Geraldo dos Santos

I'm very curious about the last book. How did reading about UX help your career in general?
Also, were you able to apply the knowledge you got from the book to the place where you currently work?

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Biron Clark

I love The Power of Habit. Great book, especially the first half (on how individuals behave. I found the second half - on organizational behavior, to be boring).

I'd add one more book here: Cracking the Coding Interview. Fantastic for the topic implied in the name :)

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Domenico Solazzo

I added "Originals" to my list. It sounds like a great book to read.

I would add few books to this list:

These 3 books will help to be a better manager, get more disciplined and have better negotiation skills!

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buet17

Excellent

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ibediko

I certainly enjoyed the book Steal Like An Artist.

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buet17

Please share any documents and tutorial by nour.buet@gmail.com

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Mike Wheaton

The writing style takes some getting used to, but there is valuable information in there.

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Matej Ramuta

Hey, I liked They ask, You Answer a lot - I really recommend it ;)

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Wi45

How i can to do? Could you help me