Author:Rich Diviney,Rich Diviney
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Learn the secret to being the best
During his twenty years as a Navy SEAL, Commander Rich Diviney was intimately involved in the world-renowned SEAL selection process, which whittles exceptional candidates down to a small cadre of the most elite optimal performers. But Diviney was often surprised by which recruits washed out and which succeeded. Someone could have all the right skills and still fail, while recruits he might have initially dismissed would prove to be top performers. The seemingly objective criteria weren't telling him what he most needed to know: Who could be part of the world's most elite military unit?
Eventually, he cracked the code. Through years of observation, Diviney learned to identify a successful recruit's core ATTRIBUTES, the innate traits for how a person performs as an individual and as part of a team. That same methodology can be used by anyone in their personal or professional lives.
In this book the key ATTRIBUTES for success-- including cunning, adaptability, even narcissism--are defined in fresh and surprising ways, and Diviney shows how they can be applied to a team as readily as a person. Understanding your own attributes and those of the people around you can fast-track optimal performance in all areas of your life.
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So much of what I know about trust I learned from Rich Diviney. I'm so glad he wrote The Attributes. It's the go-to reference for anyone looking to improve the quality of trust and performance across their team
—— Simon Sinek, optimist and New York Times bestselling author of Start with Why and The Infinite GameIf 2020 taught us anything, it's that things can go sideways at any moment. Rich Diviney's incredible book The Attributes explains why some people thrive -- even when things get hard. It's about where grit, mental agility, drive, and leadership come from. Mastering skills on its own doesn't deliver success. Understanding how to cultivate your attributes is the key
—— Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of HabitWhat is greatness made of? How do you grow into the best version of yourself? Many have explored these questions, and none have succeeded so brilliantly as Rich Diviney in this terrific, perspective-shifting book. The Attributes provides a powerful new model for achieving high performance-and, even better, a tool kit for reflection, assessment, and continual improvement. If you care about getting better, you need to buy this book
—— Daniel Coyle, bestselling author of THE CULTURE CODEThe Attributes is terrific. Rich Diviney has brought world-class experience and deep intelligence to one of the least understood yet crucially important aspects of human performance. If you call yourself 'a leader,' or if you want to call yourself 'a leader,' this book is a must-read!
—— Steven Kotler, New York Times bestselling author and executive director of the Flow Research CollectiveA brilliant exploration of the highs and lows of human nature . . . Vivid reporting and electric story-telling.
—— Ashlee Vance, author of ELON MUSK: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our FutureFrier landed interviews with Instagram's founders, executives, and competitors to chronicle the company's meteoric growth.
—— BUSINESS BOOKS YOU NEED TO READ IN 2020 , INCA deeply-reported and beautifully written account of a company that has changed society, fame, culture, business, and communication.
—— Nick Bilton, author of HATCHING TWITTER: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship and BetrayalRiveting and wonderfully reported . . . Will ignite a conversation about the often unconscious role we play in increasing Instagram's formidable, maybe even terrifying, reach.
—— Bethany McLean, co-author of THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of EnronHow Instagram defied the odds to become one of the most culturally defining apps of the decade . . . Unprecedented exclusive access.
—— SILICON VALLEY’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 , FORBESA deep-dive into the social media platform we all love.
—— BOOKS YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO ADD TO YOUR READING LIST IN 2020 , COSMOPOLITANA vibrant play-by-play [account] . . . Irresistible drama . . . Frier is willing to find the cracks in Instagram's glossy appearance.
—— NPROne of my favorite books of recent months . . . A meticulously reported, beautifully told story.
—— Casey Newton , THE VERGEA comprehensive new history . . . Intriguing
—— DAILY TELEGRAPHInside the darker side of Instagram
—— EVENING STANDARDInstagram has reshaped how we eat, shop, talk and present ourselves. In No Filter . . . Sarah Frier offers a rare glimpse into how the company came to be a formidable force in the tech industry.
—— BEST TECH BOOKS OF 2020 , MASHABLEA lively and revealing account of how the world came to see itself through [Instagram founder] Mr Systrom's lens . . . The tale of nerds who struck gold offers glimpses of Silicon Valley's weirdness.
—— THE ECONOMISTNo Filter offers an engaging account of how tech founders' ideals inevitably have to be squared with making profits.
—— WALL STREET JOURNALA fascinating business story - but also much more than that . . . Frier is a skilled reporter and an astute and sensitive cultural observer. No Filter is a vital read for anyone seeking to understand the incredible power Silicon Valley executives exercise over us, and the opaque, unpredictable and undemocratic mechanisms by which they do so.
—— New StatesmanA vivid portrait of clashing Silicon Valley egos
—— Best Books of the Year: Business , Financial TimesOfficially, this is the tale of the photo-sharing app Instagram, but it's also a wider story of Silicon Valley - the fragile egos, the feuds, the deals done around fire pits . . . Mark Zuckerberg is the book's sometimes cartoonish villain, ending staff meeting with the cry: "Domination!"
—— Business Books of the Year , SUNDAY TIMESNo Filter is a topical and well-reported account of the rise of Instagram and its takeover by Facebook. But it also tackles two vital issues of our age: how Big Tech treats smaller rivals and how social media companies are shaping the lives of a new generation.
—— Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FINANCIAL TIMESBloomberg reporter Sarah Frier chronicles the rise of photo-sharing social network Instagram, from when it was still a location-based app named "Burbn" to the ad-driven juggernaut it is today . . . Frier deftly streamlines from multiple interviews with some of the most high-profile executives, venture capitalists, and most-followed celebrities on Instagram
—— The 10 Best Business Books of 2020 , FortuneCongressional documents may have told us why Mark Zuckerberg thought he needed to buy Instagram, but No Filter is the inside story of the company that Facebook actually bought. Sarah Frier's book is the definitive account that bridges the gaps between the company Instagram was born as, the company that eventually sold to Facebook for $1 billion, and the company we know today. The intrigue of this origin story will only grow as the status of Instagram - as a brand within Facebook and a player in our daily lives - is sure to change in the decade ahead.
—— Favourite Business Books of 2020 , YAHOO FINANCEUtterly brilliant . . . It is so fascinating because it works at two levels: there's the personal story of these two founders making it up as they go along . . . and then there's the bigger story of Silicon Valley itself, and the unstoppable pressure to grow and go viral . . . [Frier] explores how Instagram changed society in terms of influencers, and also in terms of what it does to us, when we see these heavily filtered images of perfection in other people's lives - and this is really worth thinking about.
—— Extraordinary Business Book ClubExamines the all-pervasive impact of Instagram and what it says about today's society.
—— Independent.ie