Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success
Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success - by John C. Maxwell
The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
The Power of Fun: "How to Feel Alive Again"by Catherine Price
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life by Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. Nalebuff.
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: A clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategies
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: A clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategies by Richard P. Rumelt.
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High Performing Teams: Advice on how to achieve excellence
High Performing Teams: How to Lead your Team to Excellence by Patrick Lencioni. 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Leaders Eat Last: How Great Leaders Get Teams To Pull Together
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't. 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo
Start with Why: “How Great Leaders Inspire Action” by Simon Sinek
Start with Why: "How Great Leaders Inspire Action" by Simon Sinek. A 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Contagious: How to Build Word of Mouth in the Digital Age
Contagious by Jonah Berger. A 1-Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
Outliers : Why some people succeed and some don’t – by Malcolm Gladwell.
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo
Grit: Achieve Your Goals with the Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Grit by Angela Duckworth. A 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo
The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage”
"The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage" by Kelly McGonigal.
Transform Your Life: How To Think Like a Monk – Advice from Jay Shetty
Transform Your Life: How To Think Like a Monk - Advice from Jay Shetty
Thinking, Fast and Slow: How to Overcome Indecisiveness by Daniel Kahneman
Thinking, Fast and Slow in 1 Sentence “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman explores the dual systems of human thinking, System 1 (intuitive, fast) and System 2 (analytical, slow),…
Mindset: How to Transform Your Life and Achieve Success with a Growth Mindset
The Book in One Sentence ”Mindset” by Carol Dweck explores the dichotomy between fixed and growth mindsets, revealing how one’s beliefs about their innate abilities profoundly influence their approach to…
Blitzscaling your company to monetize growth
Blitzscaling by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh. 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo
The Slight Edge: How to Turn Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness – Jeff Olson
The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness by Jeff Olson
Good to Great: Unlock Excellence in Leadership
Good to Great by Jim Collins - i Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo
The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day And Control Your LifeÂ
The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
Mastery: Achieve your Life’s Task with these Secrets from Robert Greene
Mastery" by Robert Greene. 1-Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
The Power Of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip and Dan Heath. A 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy
Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to activate untapped brain energy to work smarter and think faster in just 2 weeks by Dave Asprey
Keto Diet: Fueling Your Fitness to Achieve Your Health Goals
Keto Diet: Fueling Your Fitness to Achieve Your Health Goals with Thomas DeLauer
The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
The $100 Startup: "Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future" by Chris Guillebeau
The Tipping Point: “How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: "How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" by Malcolm Gladwell. A 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs
Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs by Reid Hoffman.
The Willpower Instinct: “How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It” by Kelly McGonigal
The Willpower Instinct: "How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It" by Kelly McGonigal
Tribes: “We Need You to Lead Us” by Seth Godin
“Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us” by Seth Godin. A 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
Indra Nooyi: How to use the “7C Framework” to Improve Your Leadership Skills
Indra Nooyi: How to use the "7C Framework" to Become a Better Leader. 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
HYPERGROWTH: How a Customer-Driven Model can revolutionise your business to profit
Hypergrowth: How the Customer-Driven Model Is Revolutionizing the Way Businesses Build Products, Teams, & Brands by David Cancel.
The E-myth Revisited: Why most small businesses don’t work and a solution to fix it
E-myth Revisited: Why most small businesses don't work and what to do about it - by Michael Gerber
The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime
The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime - MJ De Marco.
Breakthrough Advertising: Your Key to Marketing Excellence
Breakthrough Advertising' by Eugene Schwartz is a groundbreaking masterpiece that delves deep into the art and science of effective marketing.
Anything You Want: Actionable Lessons For Entrepreneurs by Derek Sivers
Anything You Want by Derek Sivers. A 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength” by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength” by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
Zero to One: Peter Thiel’s Playbook for Startups
Zero to One: 1 Hour Guide to Peter Thiel's book by Anil Nathoo
Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t
Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't by Verne Harnish
Achieve Operational Excellence through Continuous Improvement
What is Continous Improvement? Continuous Improvement Frameworks encompasses a set of models (structured methodologies and approaches) that organizations use to identify, analyze, and improve processes, products, or services continually. These…
The Law of Success (Napoleon Hill)
The Book in One Sentence “The Law of Success” by Napoleon Hill is a seminal self-help book that outlines principles of positive thinking, goal-setting, and collaboration, emphasizing the role of…
Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga.
Net Promoter Score (NPS)
What is it? Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a market research metric used to measure customer loyalty. It is based on a single survey question that asks respondents to rate…
The McKinsey Way: Secret Consulting Techniques and Problem Solving Methods
The McKinsey Way: Secret Consulting Techniques and Problem Solving Methods by Ethan M. Rasiel
Cracked it!: How to solve big problems and sell solutions like top strategy consultants
Cracked it!: How to solve big problems and sell solutions like top strategy consultants
The McKinsey Engagement: A Powerful Toolkit for Solving Problems
The McKinsey Engagement: A Powerful Toolkit for Solving Problems by Paul N. Friga.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers” by Ben Horowitz
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers” by Ben Horowitz. 1-Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Your Next Five Moves: “Master The Art of Business Strategy” with Patrick Bet-David’s Formula
Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet-David. A 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy by Martin Lindstrom.
Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth
Traction: "How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth" by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mare. 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy by Martin Lindstrom.
Why We Buy: The Secret Science of Shopping that Increases Wallet Share
Why We Buy: The Secret Science of Shopping that increases Wallet Share by Paco Underhill.
Obsidian: Sharpen your Thinking to Achieve Success
Obsidian: Sharpen your thinking to achieve success. Obsidian is a personal knowledge base and note-taking software application that operates on Markdown files. It allows users to make internal links for…
Zettelkasten: A Note-Taking Method to Achieve Success by Niklas Luhmann
Zettelkasten: A Note-Taking Method to Achieve Success, developed by Niklas Luhmann
Using the McKinsey 7-S Model for improved performance
What is the McKinsey 7S model? The McKinsey 7-S Model is a management problem solving framework used to assess and improve organizational effectiveness and performance. It was developed by management…
Books on Personal Transformation
Introduction Transformation” is a term that encompasses the idea of personal growth, inner change, and the journey toward a more centered and evolved self, which is a common theme in…
Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Converting Your Online Visitors into Lifelong Customers
Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Converting Your Online Visitors into Lifelong Customers by Russell Brunson.
DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online
DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online by Russel Brunsons
Innovation Frameworks to generate new Business ideas & solutions
Innovation frameworks comprise a set of models (structured methodologies and approaches) aimed at fostering and managing innovation within organizations. They provide a systematic process for generating creative ideas, developing new…
Decision Making Frameworks: Increase Your Chances of Making the Right Choice
Decision Making Frameworks: Increase Your Chances of Making the Right Choice. 1-Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Problem Solving Frameworks: Unlock Solutions to Business Problems
Problem Solving Frameworks. 1-Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Structured Approach Frameworks: A Roadmap to Success
Structured Approach Frameworks. 1-Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Framework Thinking: A Helpful Approach to Solving Problems
Framework Thinking. 1-Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Balanced Scorecard
What is it? The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic performance management framework developed by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton in the early 1990s. It is designed to help…
Important Communication Frameworks
What is a Communication Framework? These are models (structured methodologies and approaches) that organizations use to facilitate effective communication both internally and externally. These frameworks provide systematic processes for planning,…
Storyworthy: Achieve Success Through the Power of Storytelling
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks. 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
PESTEL
What is it? PESTEL analysis, often referred to as PESTLE analysis, is a strategic tool used in business and marketing to assess the macro-environmental factors that can impact an organization.…
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It. 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
SWERL
What is it? SWERL (Strengths, Weaknesses, Emerging Situations, Resources, and Limitations) appears to be an expansion or modification of the commonly known SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis used in…
The Owners Model: The New Way to Build a 7 Figure Business
The Owners Model: The New Way to Build a 7 Figure Business by Ryan Daniel Moran
Growth Mindset: Unlocking Your Full Potential for Success
Growth Mindset Carol Dweck - 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
"Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool.
First Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
First Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham
Man Up: How to Cut the Bullshit and Kick Ass in Business
Man Up: How to Cut the Bullshit and Kick Ass in Business by Bedros Keuilian
Gap Analysis
What is it? Gap analysis is a management technique used to compare actual performance with potential or desired performance, helping organizations identify discrepancies and areas for improvement. It assesses whether…
Memory Craft for Entrepreneurs: Building a Better Business Mind
Memory Craft by Lynne Kelly. A 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
Founders at Work: The Secrets to Startup Success
Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. 1 Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
BHAG
What is it? A Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) in “Good to Great” is a highly ambitious and inspiring long-term objective that unites and motivates an organization, serving as a…
Ansoff Matrix
What is it? The Ansoff Matrix, also known as the Product/Market Expansion Grid, is a strategic planning tool used by businesses to devise growth strategies. It was developed by Igor…
Value Chain Model
What is it? A value chain refers to a series of interconnected activities that a company engages in to create and deliver a valuable product or service to its customers.…
McKinsey 9-Box Matrix
What is it? The McKinsey 9-Box Matrix, also known as the McKinsey Talent Assessment Grid, is a management tool used for assessing and visualizing an organization’s talent pool. It is…
Cultural Web Model
What is it? The Cultural Web Model is a concept developed by Gerry Johnson and Kevan Scholes in the field of organizational culture and management. It is used to analyze…
Strategy Maps
What is it? A Strategy Map is a visual tool used in strategic management to communicate and illustrate an organization’s strategy in a clear and concise manner. They are often…
One Minute Manager
The Book in One Sentence “The One Minute Manager” introduces a management philosophy centered around setting one-minute goals, giving one-minute praises, and addressing one-minute reprimands to achieve productive and positive…
Show Your Work
The Book in One Sentence “Show Your Work!” by Austin Kleon advocates for creators to share their creative process openly, embrace the digital realm, and foster a collaborative and supportive…
Scenario Planning
What is it? Scenario planning is a strategic management tool used by organizations to anticipate and prepare for possible future events and developments. It involves creating a set of scenarios…
Living Standards Measure (LSM)
What is it? LSM stands for “Living Standards Measure.” It is a segmentation tool widely used in South Africa to categorize the population based on their living standards. The LSM…
SWOT Analysis
What is it? SWOT analysis is a strategic planning and management technique used to assess and evaluate the internal and external factors affecting an individual, organization, or project. It stands…
Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends
Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends by Martin Lindstrom
Core Competencies Analysis
What is it? Core competencies analysis is a process that organizations use to identify and evaluate their unique strengths and capabilities. This analysis helps businesses understand what sets them apart…
Strategy Diamond
What is it? The Strategy Diamond is a framework developed by Donald C. Hambrick and James W. Fredrickson. It is a strategic management tool used to analyze and communicate a…
Crossing The Chasm: The Secret to Explosive Growth
Crossing The Chasm by Geoffrey Moore. A 1-Hour Guide Summary by Anil Nathoo.
Organizational Commitment: Research by Meyer & Allen
Organizational Commitment: The Power of Nurturing Employee Loyalty - Meyer and Allen's 3 Component Framework. 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Business Model Canvas
What is it? The Business Model Canvas is a strategic management tool used to develop and document business models. It provides a visual framework for analyzing and describing how a…
FAST v SMART Goals
Goal-setting frameworks are essential for guiding individuals and organizations toward achieving their objectives. Two prominent methodologies are SMART and FAST goals, each with its unique characteristics and applications.
Critical Success Factors
What is it? Critical success factors (CSFs) in business are the key elements or activities that an organization must focus on and execute effectively in order to achieve its strategic…
Hip Pocket Skill: How To Develop a Brand for your Leadership Style
Hip Pocket Skill: How To Develop A Brand for your Leadership Style. A 1 Hour Guide by Anil Nathoo.
Business Thinking
What is it? “Business thinking” is a mindset and approach to problem-solving and decision-making that is focused on achieving success and creating value within the context of a business environment.…
9 Rules for a Monumental Life by Robin Sharma
Robin Sharma: 9 Rules for a Monumental Life