How do you build a company that lasts? It’s certainly not easy. About half of all small businesses fail within five years, and even large companies struggle to make it to the decade mark. So how do some businesses last for generations, even centuries? According to Eric Becker (The Long Game), founder and chairman of the wealth management firm Cresset, those companies, which he calls Centurions, have figured out how to play the long game.
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What Kind of Mood Are You In?
Check out these big ideas from the 2020 book The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life by Laura Martin.
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The World’s Changing Fast. Here's How to Keep Up.
It’s easy enough to celebrate “disruptive” technologies, but all that disruption can have a real human cost. Job loss, anxiety, environmental fallout — every major shift creates winners and losers. But today’s author says the upsides may be worth the turmoil. Scott D. Anthony is a clinical professor of strategy at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and in his new book, Epic Disruptions, he looks back at the biggest technological upheavals in history — from the printing press to AI — to uncover patterns that can help us not just survive disruption, but thrive in it.
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The Simple Formula for a Longer, Healthier Life
Dr. Tom Frieden has spent his career on the front lines of public health, from leading the CDC during the Ebola crisis to running New York City’s Health Department. Now, as head of Resolve to Save Lives, he’s written The Formula for Better Health. Here’s the key idea: most of the health tragedies we fear — heart attacks, strokes, many cancers — are avoidable.
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How to Live and Lead by Your Core Values
Finding alignment across work, relationships, and community starts with naming the values that steer you. Author, executive coach, and leadership educator Robert Glazer’s new book, The Compass Within, is a short fable about clarifying what matters and making choices that match.
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