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Nick Walker

The Tao of Tan

At last, that welcome rarity - an offering from a business guru that is a veritable page-turner of proven wisdom and "infotainment". Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) is thoroughly enjoyable and packed with messages, advice and insights that had me muttering "right on" every few pages. And, in places, cheering out loud. ...

Moving together

Hot off the Harvard Business Review Press, The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age is a curious work. Written by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman together with fellow American free-enterprise luminaries Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh, the book is a veritable curate's egg. Some parts of it are quite good; others have an unpalatable whiff about them. ...

Stop putting it off

SJ Scott’s latest book helps you avoid procrastination, writes Nick Walker. ...

Mastering the machine

Ben Horowitz’s book on building business takes on tough topics, writes Nick Walker. ...

All out of time

Nick Walker finds out whether overwork is unproductive and can actually be fatal. ...

Failing forwards

Success is all about the ability to fail a little better than before, writes Nick Walker. ...

Three spirit

When it comes to running a successful company, one book says there are just a trio of tenets to remember, writes Nick Walker. ...

Defying gravity

Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares life lessons in out-of-this-world memoir, reports Nick Walker. ...

Free the spirit

New twists emerge in the debate on how to enhance creativity, writes Nick Walker. ...

Gold standard

The feted jobhunter’s almanac is back – and better than ever, writes Nick Walker. ...