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The CEO was sitting in his office late one evening, looking tired and drained.

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan.

Almost done reading this book,a Business Classic, I dare say.
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ea_anthony wrote: 21 Jul 2018, 20:10 This chapter will outline the viewpoints that will be set forth in the remainder of the book. In particular we wish to develop at the outset our concept of appropriate portfolio policy for the individual,nonprofessional investor.

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, published in 1949.

Warren Buffet called this book "By far the best book on investment written" and also wrote the preface to the 4th edition (1973)
"I read the first edition of this book early in 1950, when I was nineteen. I thought then that it was by far the best book about investing ever written. I still think it is."

Warren Buffet - Preface to the 4th edition [The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham] 1975
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Russia is vast.

Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
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The miracle happened on West Seventy-Fourth Street, in the home where Mama worked.

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
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The soft constant buzzing from the determined alarm clock filled the room with sound, intending to go on forever until the one sleeping put an end to its voice.

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Allyseria wrote: 26 Jul 2018, 11:40 The soft constant buzzing from the determined alarm clock filled the room with sound, intending to go on forever until the one sleeping put an end to its voice.

By Jordan David.
Hi, you missed out the book title.
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When we are children, other people, typically our parents, guide us through
our encounters with reality.

Principles by Ray Dalio
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In Church of All Grace, the choir has just stepped up to the altar to
start singing “Amazing Grace,” Pastor Job’s favorite song.

Our Pastor has gone mad again
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ea_anthony wrote: 26 Jul 2018, 15:58
Allyseria wrote: 26 Jul 2018, 11:40 The soft constant buzzing from the determined alarm clock filled the room with sound, intending to go on forever until the one sleeping put an end to its voice.

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Hi, you missed out the book title.
Sorry! It's The Elf Brief :P
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I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.

The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Allyseria wrote: 26 Jul 2018, 18:36
ea_anthony wrote: 26 Jul 2018, 15:58
Allyseria wrote: 26 Jul 2018, 11:40 The soft constant buzzing from the determined alarm clock filled the room with sound, intending to go on forever until the one sleeping put an end to its voice.

By Jordan David.
Hi, you missed out the book title.
Sorry! It's The Elf Brief :P
Ok, cool
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"Brian Robeson stared out the window of the small plane at the endless green northern wilderness below." --from Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
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Good is the enemy of great.

Good to Great by Jim Collins.
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The source of a stream must be sought, not where it arises in some green glen among the hills, making a tiny pool of clear water, where the mountain sheep come down to drink; but in the mighty sea, drawn upwards in evaporation, or in the clouds that condense against the cold slopes of the hills.

Paul by F.B Meyer
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There were people who said... "Oral Roberts will never be a preacher."

Still Doing the Impossible by Oral Roberts.
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