Historical Figures

While you can absorb a lot of information from reading theories, practical examples will help you understand those theories. Meet some interesting personalities, learn lessons from their lives and adopt some of their characteristics to help you become more successful.
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Man’s Search for Meaning
Book

Viktor E. Frankl

Beacon Press, 2006

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Goddess of the Market
Book
Ayn Rand and the American Right

Jennifer Burns

Oxford UP, 2009

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Team of Rivals
Book
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Simon & Schuster, 2012

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Long Walk to Freedom
Book
The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Little, Brown US, 2000

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Book

Benjamin Franklin

Touchstone, 2003

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Alexis de Tocqueville
Book
A Life

Hugh Brogan

Yale UP, 2008

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Patton on Leadership
Book
Strategic Lessons for Corporate Warfare

Alan Axelrod

Prentice Hall Press, 2001

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Jesus CEO
Book
Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership

Laurie Beth Jones

Hyperion, 1995

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Is the Staggeringly Profitable Business of Scientific Publishing Bad for Science?
Article
It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell.

Stephen Buranyi

The Guardian, 2017

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Hamilton vs. Madison and the Birth of American Partisanship
Video

Noah Feldman

TED, 2017

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