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Blog / Excerpts
An Excerpt from Learned Excellence
By Eric Potterat, Alan Eagle
A comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance from the former lead psychologist for the US Navy SEALs
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Wisdom of Slowing Down
By Robert I Sutton, Huggy Rao
Leaders often prioritize eliminating friction, but it's essential to slow down when necessary, according to Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / News & Opinion
We (need to) believe in books.
By Porchlight
Porchlight Book Company employees and authors of the best business books of 2023 state why books are important—for ourselves and for the world.
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Blog / New Releases
January 30, 2024
By Porchlight
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—And How You Can, Too
By Porchlight
From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre , an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2023 Porchlight Business Book Awards | Big Ideas & New Perspectives
By Jasmine Gonzalez
These are the books selected for the 2023 Big Ideas & New Perspectives category, curated by Porchlight's Managing Editor Jasmine Gonzalez.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Excerpts
Transformative Negotiation | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Sarah Federman
A contemporary and inclusive how-to guide to everyday negotiation that centers social justice and equity.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Excerpts
The Measure of Our Age | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By M T Connolly
An elder justice expert uncovers the failures in the systems that are supposed to protect us as we age, and provides a battle plan for families and policy-makers to counter the greed and incompetence.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Excerpts
Flawless | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Elise Hu
A cutting-edge journalistic exposé of self-care consumerism, using the extreme case South Korea to both celebrate the astounding growth of K-Beauty and South Korean pop culture as a global export and examine the dark implications for women in a looks-obsessed patriarchy, in a debut that asks the question: What is the future of beauty?
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Blog / Excerpts
Birth | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Rebecca Grant
A gripping blend of rigorous, intimate on-the-ground reporting and deep social history of reproductive health that follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and childbirth in today’s America.
Categories: excerpts