The Lion King | 55
Books
Getting to Yes with
Yourself: And Other Worthy
Opponents
By William Ury
In his highly anticipated follow up to the
best-selling “Getting to Yes: Negotiation
Agreement Without Giving”, Harvard
University’s world renowned negotiation
expert William Ury provides the definitive
guide to attaining success at work and
at home.
Drawing upon decades of experience
in some of the world’s most challenging
conflict areas – from million-dollar
corporate mergers to high profile
Middle Eastern struggles – Ury highlights
a previously unexamined issue
which affects us all, personally and
professionally: the biggest obstacle to
achieving what we want comes from
our own self-destructive actions.
In his brilliant new book, Ury outlines
practical strategies for dealing with
the inner conflicts that hinder our
successes. From tactics for dealing
with an untrustworthy work colleague,
to methods for handling a divorce
conversation, and coming out on top,
“Getting to Yes with Yourself” outlines
universal techniques for success in
seven compelling chapters.
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The Internet Is Not the
Answer
By Andrew Keen
The Internet, created during the Cold
War, has now ushered in one of the
greatest shifts in society since the
Industrial Revolution. There are many
positive ways in which the Internet
has contributed to the world, but as
a society we are less aware of the
Internet’s deeply negative effects on
our psychology, economy, and culture.
In The Internet Is Not the Answer,
Andrew Keen, a twenty-year veteran
of the tech industry, traces the
technological and economic history
of the internet from its founding in
the 1960s through the rise of the big
data companies to the increasing
attempts to monetize almost every
human activity, and investigates how
the internet is reconfiguring our world—
often at great cost. In this sharp, witty
narrative, informed by the work of other
writers, academics, and reporters,
as well as his own wide-ranging
research and interviews, Keen shows
us the tech world, warts and all, and
investigates what we can do to make
sure the choices we make about the
reconfiguring of our society do not lead
to unpleasant unforeseen aftershocks.
Source: Goodreads.com
How Adam Smith Can
Change Your Life: An
Unexpected Guide to
Human Nature and
Happiness
By Russ Roberts
In How Adam Smith Can Change Your
Life, Roberts examines Smith’s forgotten
masterpiece, and finds a treasure trove
of timeless, practical wisdom. Smith’s
insights into human nature are just as
relevant today as they were three
hundred years ago. What does it take
to be truly happy? Should we pursue
fame and fortune or the respect of
our friends and family? How can we
make the world a better place? Smith’s
unexpected answers, framed within the
rich context of current events, literature,
history, and pop culture, are at once
profound, counter-intuitive, and highly
entertaining.
In reinvigorating this neglected classic,
this book provides us with an invaluable
look at human behaviour through the
lens of one of history’s greatest minds.
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