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John Mackey's Top Book Recommendations

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Mission

How the Best in Business Break Through

In Mission: How the Best in Business Break Through, Michael Hayman and Nick Giles show companies how to join the ranks of today's business winners.

Business as usual is over. Belief is the new currency and to succeed you must follow new rules: purpose as the route to profit; mind share to gain market share.

The best in business are defined by mission: a singular cause, a defining ambition. They stand out as campaigners, activists fighting to lead industries and redefine them. And they win through with momentum, explosive growth that outruns the...
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Recommended by Joe Gebbia, John Mackey, and 2 others.

Joe GebbiaThis book shows how companies are able to define, build and communicate their purpose in order to prosper. (Source)

John MackeyMission shows how purpose has become essential to today's business leaders. Capitalism can best flourish if based on new, ethical and socially-motivated foundations and this book shows why purpose-driven businesses are winning out, and acting as a force for good in society. (Source)

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