Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly
- Pages
- 224
- Author
- John Kay
- Published
- 2011
- Date
- Tags
- business, self-improvement, creativity, psychology
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Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly
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