Oaktree (Howard Marks) Book Recommendations 2022
1. Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me)
The authors explain that “cognitive dissonance” arises when people are confronted with new evidence that calls into question their preexisting beliefs.
1. Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me)
The authors explain that “cognitive dissonance” arises when people are confronted with new evidence that calls into question their preexisting beliefs.
When this happens, unconscious mechanisms enable people to justify their original positions, despite the evidence to the contrary. This concept helps explain why people often engage in activities that have long proven to be futile…like macro forecasting.
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2. How Will You Measure Your Life
The book deals with how to be successful and happy in one's career and how to maintain a well-balanced family life and attain the happiness one seeks at home.
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The book deals with how to be successful and happy in one's career and how to maintain a well-balanced family life and attain the happiness one seeks at home.
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3. The Book of Form and Emptiness
Ozeki’s unconventional novel is a beautiful coming-of-age story about belonging, difference, peace, and perception. Ozeki’s background as a Zen Buddhist priest is evident throughout the book.
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Ozeki’s unconventional novel is a beautiful coming-of-age story about belonging, difference, peace, and perception. Ozeki’s background as a Zen Buddhist priest is evident throughout the book.
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4. Recessional
The Book is a vital warning that if we don’t confront the cultural thuggery now, the commissars and their dupes will transform the Land of the Free into the dictatorship at which they aim.
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The Book is a vital warning that if we don’t confront the cultural thuggery now, the commissars and their dupes will transform the Land of the Free into the dictatorship at which they aim.
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5. How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil has written an unemotional, apolitical, science-based study of key issues that are impacting the world today, including energy, industry, and the interplay between them.
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Vaclav Smil has written an unemotional, apolitical, science-based study of key issues that are impacting the world today, including energy, industry, and the interplay between them.
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6. Give & Take
Adam Grant demonstrates how smart givers avoid becoming doormats, and why this kind of success has the power to transform not just individuals and groups, but entire organizations and communities.
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Adam Grant demonstrates how smart givers avoid becoming doormats, and why this kind of success has the power to transform not just individuals and groups, but entire organizations and communities.
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7. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional' A compelling mediation on the power of running and a fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer
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'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional' A compelling mediation on the power of running and a fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer
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8. The New Map
The New Map tells a sweeping story about how the role of energy in climate change is shaping geopolitical discussions, challenging our industries and our lifestyles, and accelerating a second energy revolution - the quest for renewables.
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The New Map tells a sweeping story about how the role of energy in climate change is shaping geopolitical discussions, challenging our industries and our lifestyles, and accelerating a second energy revolution - the quest for renewables.
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9. The Last Thing You Surrender
The Book explores the powerful moral struggles of individuals from a divided nation. What does it take to change someone’s mind about race? What does it take for a country and a people to move forward, and be transformed?
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The Book explores the powerful moral struggles of individuals from a divided nation. What does it take to change someone’s mind about race? What does it take for a country and a people to move forward, and be transformed?
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10. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
In a world of information overload, it’s often hard to see the bigger picture. This book lays out some of the most significant issues that humans are facing – or could likely face – during the twenty-first century.
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In a world of information overload, it’s often hard to see the bigger picture. This book lays out some of the most significant issues that humans are facing – or could likely face – during the twenty-first century.
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