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Think of how you spent the last week. Were those seven days as efficient or productive as they could be?
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📚 BOOKS MENTIONED:
48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene
The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
Keep Going by Austin Kleon
Words That Work by Dr. Frank Luntz
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout
Purple Cow by Seth Godin
Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday
Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg
Trust Me, I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday
Right Thing, Right Now by Ryan Holiday
Waging a Good War by Thomas Ricks
Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild
How To Be A Leader by Plutarch
How To Stop A Conspiracy by Sallust
The Children by David Halberstam’
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinksy
The Prince by Machiavelli
Boyd by Robert Coram
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