Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film about Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center. The film is crafted like a heist film, presenting rare footage of the preparations for the event and still photographs of the event. In February 2009, the film won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, and the Academy Award for best Documentary Feature.
Suits is an American legal drama television series that premiered on USA Network on June 23, 2011. It follows Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), who uses his eidetic memory to talk his way into a job as an associate working for successful lawyer Harvey Specter. The show’s success spawned a short-lived spin-off, Pearson, which premiered alongside the final season on July 17, 2019.
Suits is about a lawyer who makes a living illegally taking the Law School Admission Test for others to pay for his grandmother’s care. In the pilot episode, Mike agrees to deliver a case of marijuana to his best friend Trevor, a drug dealer, for a large payout. The first season also introduces us to Mike’s and Rachel’s chemistry, which gives the audience a romantic perspective. In season five, Mike is abruptly arrested for fraud and turns himself in so that no one else will go to jail with him. He wins his freedom after secretly filming a murder attempt by Frank Gallo on camera.
In season 8, Robert is disbarred and forced to give up his law career for the good of the firm, while Mike and Rachel leave to start their own firm. As the season ends, Louis marries Sheila, Louis makes Katrina a name partner, and she gives birth to Louis’ baby.
Suits first appeared on USA Network’s development slate under the title A Legal Mind in April 2010. The pilot was intended to be a “half-hour Entourage-type based on my experiences working on Wall Street” Aaron Korsh later realized that the project should have hour-long episodes. Initially, Mike did not take LSATs for others and only pretends to have attended Harvard instead of pretending he attended Harvard and has a law degree. The pilot episode was filmed in New York City. The rest of the series is filmed in Toronto (at Downsview Park Studios), where the sets are built to be identical to the New York law offices seen in the pilot.
The USA had an advance pilot screening on June 2, 2011, at the Hudson River Park and distributed free Häagen-Dazs Sundaes cones at the viewing. “Greenback Boogie” by Ima Robot serves as the theme song of the show and was released as a single on September 18, 2010. A deleted scene leaked onto YouTube shows Victor Garber as Phillip Hardman, originally part of the pilot, but was ultimately cut during script rewrites. The mid-season finale aired on August 23, with the remaining six episodes returning on January 17, 2013. The complete second season was available on Region 1 DVD on December 2, 2013, and Region A/B Blu-ray on June 26, 2014.
On October 12, 2012, the show was renewed for a third season of 16 episodes. Season 3 premiered on July 16, 2013; the final six episodes aired after March 6, 2014[38]. The complete fourth season was released on June 8, 2015; it was followed by the fifth season which premiered on June 24, 2015. The sixth season was made available on May 30, 2017. Suits was renewed for a sixth season consisting of 16 episodes and premiered on July 13, 2016.
The series is available through Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu, and Xfinity streaming services. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the first six seasons were broadcast on Dave, but the channel chose to drop the series before Season 7. Netflix picked up the UK rights, streaming the program less than 24 hours after its U.S. broadcast.
Inside Job is a 2010 American documentary film, directed by Charles Ferguson, about the late-2000s financial crisis. Ferguson says the film is about “the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services industry and the consequences of that systemic corruption”. It screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in May and won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In the 1990s, derivatives became popular in the industry and added instability. Efforts to regulate derivatives were thwarted by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
During the housing boom, the ratio of money borrowed by banks to their assets reached unprecedented levels. Subprime loans led to predatory lending; Goldman-Sachs sold $3 billion worth of CDOs in the first half of 2006. The Great Recession began in November 2007, and in March 2008, Bear Stearns ran out of cash. By December 2008, GM and Chrysler also faced bankruptcy. Foreclosures in the U.S. reached unprecedented levels.
The incoming Obama administration’s financial reforms were weak. Many of these economists had conflicts of interest, collecting sums as consultants to companies involved in the financial crisis. The film was met with critical acclaim. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 98% based on 147 reviews, with an average rating of 8.21/10. In 2011, a Metacritic editor ranked the film first on the subject of the 2008 financial crisis.
Carol S. Dweck’s book Mindset explains how we are all a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets. When we are in the growth mindset, failure is not an indication of our potential — it’s a stepping stone to success. As entrepreneurs, it’s important that we embrace growth mindset while taking up new challenges.
Goodreads Rating: 4.07/5 (112,000+ ratings)
2. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and angel investor. He’s launched several successful startups, including AngelList, and invested in over 200 companies. This book is a collection of his reflections on wealth and happiness from different sources like tweets, transcripts, essays, blog posts, and podcast interviews. It’s full of lessons, anecdotes, and advice that every entrepreneur will cherish as a guide to lead a more fulfilling life.
Side note: The entirety of this book is free to read at navalmanack.com.
Goodreads Rating: 4.6/5 (7,000+ ratings)
The Curse of Knowledge is the belief that once you know something, it’s hard to imagine not knowing it. This makes it hard for us to communicate our ideas clearly to our audience. In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath explain how to overcome this obstacle by following the six principles of stickiness – Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, Stories — called the SUCCESs checklist.
Goodreads Rating: 3.96/5 (80,000+ ratings)
In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg explains in detail how habits are formed and how we can change them, both on an individual and on an organizational level. This book is a must-read for all entrepreneurs who are looking to cultivate good habits and eliminate bad ones to run successful businesses.
Goodreads Rating: 4.1/5 (300,000+ ratings)
#TheLeanStartup by #EricRies is a business book that applies the concepts of lean manufacturing and agile development to the startup process. Some of the ideas that resonated with me the most were concepts like minimal viable product (MVP), build-measure-learn feedback loop, and pivot.
Goodreads Rating: 4.07/5 (159,000+ ratings)
#neversplitthedifference Negotiation is often called “the art of letting someone else have your way”. There’s no better book to help you improve your negotiation skills than Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, a former international hostage negotiator for the FBI. In the book, Voss shares nine effective negotiation principles you can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal life.
Goodreads Rating: 4.40/5 (20,000+ ratings)
John Carreyrou’s book, #BadBlood, tells the inside story of Theranos, a biotech “unicorn” that promised to transform the healthcare industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier. For many years, Elizabeth Holmes deceived and misled investors and business partners before her fraudulent practices were finally exposed. At one point, Theranos was valued at $9 billion but by early 2017, the company’s value was zero.
Goodreads Rating: 4.48/5 (67,000+ ratings)
James Clear’s Atomic Habits is a step-by-step guide to building better habits. The book provides an actionable framework for creating good habits and shaking off bad ones. It’s built on the principles covered in Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit (see #4).
Goodreads Rating: 4.36/5 (255,000+ ratings)
9. Influence by Robert B. Cialdini
Robert Cialdini’s book Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion was published in 1984 and is considered one of the seminal works in the field of influence and persuasion. In Influence, he explains in detail six fundamental principles of persuasion – reciprocity, commitment and consistency, social proof, authority, liking, and scarcity. This guide will help you understand the psychology behind persuasive techniques employed by skilled marketers and salespeople.
Goodreads Rating: 4.18/5 (74,000+ ratings)
10. Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
If you are looking for a quick and easy way to get started in business, then this book is the book for you. Written by founders of Basecamp (formerly 37signals), Rework contains unconventional business advice. It’s a quick read with hundreds of amazingly simple rules to run your business, broken down into bite-sized chapters.
Goodreads Rating: 3.94/5 (121,000+ ratings)
11. Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon
Author Austin Kleon shares ten principles to help readers embrace their artistic side and forge their own unique path. Good theft is when you deeply study the work of your heroes, reverse-engineer and remix their work, and build something unique. When you emulate others, you end up finding your own voice.
Goodreads Rating: 3.94/5 (230,000+ ratings)
12. Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our generation and author of The 4-Hour Workweek. His podcast The Tim Ferriss Show is often the #1 business podcast on all of Apple Podcasts. He has interviewed over 200 guests on his podcast, ranging from celebrities and star athletes to successful entrepreneurs and self-help gurus.
Goodreads Rating: 4.20/5 (18,000+ ratings)
13. All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin
All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin is one of the most compelling business books I’ve ever read and it’s highly recommended to all marketers and entrepreneurs. According to Godin, it’s not the product that a consumer buys, but the story behind the product. And all successful marketers tell engaging stories.
Goodreads Rating: 3.90/5 (11,900+ ratings)
14. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck, by Mark Manson, is a book that will change your perspective on life. Manson argues that we should seek to find meaning through what we find important and only engage in values that we can control. Meaning can be found when one seeks to create joy in the moment for one’s self and those around as opposed to being concerned with building a body of work as a legacy. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life is a 2016 nonfiction book by American blogger and author Mark Manson. The book is a reaction to the self-help industry and what Manson saw as a culture of mindless positivity that is not practical or helpful for most people. Manson argues that life’s struggles often give it more meaning, which, he argues, is a better approach than constantly trying to be happy.
Goodreads Rating: 3.92/5 (600,000+ ratings)
Being an introvert, I’ve often wondered if extroverts have an unfair advantage when it comes to entrepreneurship. Extroverts tend to be more social, enjoy teamwork, and always like being the center of attention. Introversion has its own unique strengths and attributes — less obvious but no less formidable. In this book, Susan Cain shows how our society undervalues introverts and gives introverts the tools to take full advantage of their strengths.
Goodreads Rating: 4.06/5 (261,000+ ratings)
16. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow is a book that will make you question the major decisions you have made in your life. According to Kahneman, our thoughts and actions depend on which of the two systems is in control of our brain at the time. The first system acts instinctively and requires little effort while the second is more deliberate and requires much more of our attention.
Goodreads Rating: 4.13/5 (215,000+ ratings)
17. Hooked by Nir Eyal with Ryan Hoover
Nir Eyal’s new book Hooked is a how-to guide for entrepreneurs who want to learn how to build habit-forming products or services. He explains the four-step process followed meticulously by companies to subtly encourage customer behavior. Hooked: The Art of Building Habit-Forming Products and Services, by Nir Eyal, is published by Thames & Hudson, priced at £12.99, and is available now on Amazon.
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