Principles
Title | Principles PDF eBook |
Author | Ray Dalio |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2018-08-07 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1982112387 |
#1 New York Times Bestseller “Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” —The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. 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 history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater’s exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as “an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical transparency.” It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio—who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood—that he believes are the reason behind his success. In Principles, Dalio shares what he’s learned over the course of his remarkable career. He argues that life, management, economics, and investing can all be systemized into rules and understood like machines. The book’s hundreds of practical lessons, which are built around his cornerstones of “radical truth” and “radical transparency,” include Dalio laying out the most effective ways for individuals and organizations to make decisions, approach challenges, and build strong teams. He also describes the innovative tools the firm uses to bring an idea meritocracy to life, such as creating “baseball cards” for all employees that distill their strengths and weaknesses, and employing computerized decision-making systems to make believability-weighted decisions. While the book brims with novel ideas for organizations and institutions, Principles also offers a clear, straightforward approach to decision-making that Dalio believes anyone can apply, no matter what they’re seeking to achieve. Here, from a man who has been called both “the Steve Jobs of investing” and “the philosopher king of the financial universe” (CIO magazine), is a rare opportunity to gain proven advice unlike anything you’ll find in the conventional business press.
How Life Works
Title | How Life Works PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Matthews |
Publisher | Watkins Media Limited |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2018-02-27 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 1786781832 |
A fun, whimisical primer to the New Thought movement. THE MYTH: Success makes you happy. THE FACT: Happiness makes you successful. It's not about who you know, or even what you know. It's about how good you feel, which, luckily for you, is entirely within your own power. Discover how to feel good, replace patterns of fear and failure with love and kindness, and create the life of abundance you've always dreamt of: • Doing work you love • Surrounded by people you love • And with the love of your life 'In a Nutshell' features throughout provide useful reminders of the key valuable lessons in each chapter. How Life Works is illustrated with 90 of Andrew's trademark sketches. "My cartoons illustrate the message", says Andrew. "Cartoons also remind us not to take life too seriously."
The Life and Works of Monet
Title | The Life and Works of Monet PDF eBook |
Author | Susie Hodge |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Painters |
ISBN |
An expert and detailed account of the painter Claude Monet, one of the key founders of the Impressionist movement and arguably the most influential painter of modern times. An insightful biography tells the story of his life, the historical context of society at the time, and the relationships with Renior, Sisley and Manet. Features a beautiful gallery of all Claude Monet's most signicficant works accompanied by in-depth analysis of his style and technique. Stunningly illustrated with more than 500 reproductions and photographs.
Van Gogh
Title | Van Gogh PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Howard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010-02 |
Genre | Expressionism |
ISBN | 9780754819547 |
An expert and comprehensive reference book on the life and works of influential Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.
A World to Win
Title | A World to Win PDF eBook |
Author | Sven-Eric Liedman |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Pages | 902 |
Release | 2018-04-17 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1786635062 |
Karl Marx has fascinated and inspired generations of radicals in the past 200 years. In this new, definitive biography, Sven-Eric Liebman makes his work live once more for a new generation. Despite 200 years having passed since his birth, his burning condemnation of capitalism remains of immediate interest. Now, more than ever before, Marx's texts can be read for what they truly are. In addition to providing a living picture of Marx the man, his life, and his family and friends - as well as his lifelong collaboration with Friedrich Engels - Sweden's leading intellectual historian Sven-Eric Liedman, in this major new biography, shows what Karl Marx the thinker and researcher really wrote, demonstrating that this giant of the nineteenth century can still exert a powerful attraction for the inhabitants of the twenty-first.
The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Title | The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Laurence Dunbar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | African American authors |
ISBN |
The life and works of Gustav Klimt
Title | The life and works of Gustav Klimt PDF eBook |
Author | Nathaniel Harris |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Artists |
ISBN | 9781858139234 |
Written with students of aerospace or aeronautical engineering firmly in mind, this is a practical and wide-ranging book that draws together the various theoretical elements of aircraft design - structures, aerodynamics, propulsion, control and others - and guides the reader in applying them in practice. Based on a range of detailed, real-life aircraft design projects, including military training, commercial and concept aircraft, the experienced UK and US based authors present engineering students with a useful toolkit and reference to support their own project work.