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The Next Big Idea Club’s 2 Official Selections for Season 16

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Breaking news from the Next Big Idea Club: Curators Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Adam Grant, and Daniel Pink have reviewed their list of six season finalists and hand-picked their favorite nonfiction books of the season. Without further ado, the two can’t-miss reads of Season 16 are…

Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation

By Ayelet Fishbach

With fascinating research from the field of motivation science and compelling stories of people who learned to motivate themselves, Get It Done illuminates invaluable strategies for pulling yourself in whatever direction you want to go—so you can achieve your goals while staying healthy, clearheaded, and happy. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Ayelet Fishbach, in the Next Big Idea App

Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers

By Chip Heath and Karla Starr

Whether you’re interested in global problems like climate change, running a tech firm or a farm, or just explaining how many Cokes you’d have to drink if you burned calories like a hummingbird, this book will help math-lovers and math-haters alike translate the numbers that animate our world. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by co-author Karla Starr, in the Next Big Idea App

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