Episodes

Coaching for Performance is a reference book that describes the principles and practices of developing people’s potential and purpose through coaching and leadership. The book outlines coaching philosophies and teaches coachi...

For the first time, Den of Thieves describes, in detail, how the Big Four of Wall Street created the largest insider trading network in financial history, how they almost stole billions of dollars of illegal gains, and how la...

Whether you need to buy a house or a car, sell products, ask for a pay raise at work, or even ask your kids to go to bed early and so on, in all of these situations you are in the process of negotiation. Negotiations are ever...

This book, Excellent Sheep, sharply points out the downsides of elite education. By elite education, the author means not only prestigious institutions like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton but also everything related to them. He...

Negotiation is closely related to our lives. Buyers and sellers bargain over the price of a product. Employees strive for a promotion or a pay raise from the boss. Children debate their parents over what time to go to bed at ...

“What is the most important ingredient of success?” “Talent, of course!”, most people would answer without a doubt. The media and people today love highlighting how talent drives great success, resulting in the notion that we...

Growth hacking is a new business method that’s prevalent in Silicon Valley. People who master this business method are called growth hackers. They not only know about the basic technology of the Internet industry but the psyc...

What kind of childhood did Kurt Cobain, the rock star who shocked the world in the 1990s, have? How did he become famous, and why did he choose to end his life with a bullet? Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain ta...

From engraved rocks in ancient caves to sculptures made thousands of years ago and all styles of paintings, humans have been pursuing beauty since the dawn of civilization. We have been making aesthetic explorations since anc...

Every infant is "smart," full of curiosity, and loves learning. But after going to school, children often lose interest in learning and long to escape from school. Why? Perhaps this shows that the teaching methods used by our...

When Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan, she was a normal girl, but she went on to resist terrorists and advocate for women’s right to education. As a result, she was shot in the head by armed militants at the age of 15, b...

Leonard Cohen was a contemporary artist, poet, writer, singer, monk, lover, and drug addict. He was hailed as the Lord Byron of Rock and Roll and received the 52 nd Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement. This book narrates th...

Almost everyone has all kinds of wonderful ideas about the United States. It's home to the amazing Silicon Valley, well-known Hollywood movies, and interesting TV detectives. It’s also a place where it may take the FBI severa...

When we mention Australia, what comes first to your mind? Is it a koala sleeping on the tree, or a kangaroo jumping around? Or is it the journey of Europeans exploring the Outback? This book will show you Australia’s history ...

We can see around us that some people are always able to sway or motivate other people's behavior, no matter if it's in enterprise management, team leading or family planning. This is the power of influence. This book, "Influ...

In an era when numerous products exist, what kind of product can stand out? The author of Inspired has summarized his twenty years of practical experience in tech product management. He explains how to create products that cu...

This book explores methods for addressing conflicts between parents and children by sharing how the authors and other parents have learned and practiced parenting knowledge. It inspires parents to increase their knowledge of ...

With technological advances and information updates, our social systems have become increasingly complex. When facing a complex situation, we can hardly give an accurate prediction about what’s going to happen, and it’s also ...

This is a classic book that upends the traditional idea of success, and declares that success is determined by mindset instead of talent and ability. The book introduces to us the strengths of the growth mindset, and provides...

When something goes wrong, why do many people unconsciously justify their actions to themselves and reject the idea it is their fault? What kind of influences does such unconscious self-justification bring to our work and liv...

In nearly all sci-fi movies, robots share the same conscious feeling of independence as humans, who ironically have lost control of it themselves. Is this an inevitable outcome of robotic development? Yes, the book Out of Con...

This book is a memoir by Howard Schultz, former CEO and now chairman emeritus of Starbucks. From an insider’s point, he recounts how Starbucks developed from a local business to a multinational enterprise “one cup at a time.”...

Many would say that it is difficult to build a good corporate culture. Netflix, however, has done an extraordinary job creating its culture, and many companies in Silicon Valley have followed its example. So, what is it about...

From small conflicts among colleagues, relatives, and friends, to significant setbacks such as unemployment and marital breakup; pain and failure often come unexpectedly into our life. It is human nature to run away from pain...