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Drowning in a sea of employee development training? Streamline your team’s growth with Bookt! ⛵

Dive into curated step-based content for professional development, engage with personalized learning journeys, and join community discussions to share insights. With Bookt, learning is accessible anytime, anywhere, making employee development seamless and exciting. 🚀

Ready to see your team soar? Contact us at [email protected] today. 😎

                       

Wishing all our partners, clients, friends, and family a festive holiday and a happy New Year from the Bookt team! 🎄🎁🎉

       

As we wrap up an incredible year, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt thanks to all our partners, sponsors and investors who have been integral to our journey in 2023. 🙌

Your support has played a pivotal role in helping us achieve our goals and make a positive impact in the EdTech industry.

A special shoutout to Hachette, , Jozi Angels, and Arbinger Institute South Africa — your dedication and collaboration have been truly inspiring. Together, we've transformed how we look at learning and skill development. 🤝

We are immensely grateful for the trust you've placed in us and the shared vision that propels us forward. Here's to a year filled with growth, success, and meaningful partnerships! 🚀

Thank you for being an essential part of our Bookt family. 🔥

TEDxPretoria Presents: Beautiful Chaos 🔥

At the start of this week, Bookt had the honour of being one of the event sponsors at the  year-end event: Beautiful Chaos!

Bookt provided four book giveaways to attendees and invited the first 20 individuals to sign up on Bookt to join the new  reading journey free of charge! 🤝📚

We also had the privilege of listening to some incredible speakers sharing their insights about what they have perceived as their own experience of “beautiful chaos.”

We would also like to invite YOU to this incredible community, where we will be reading Dweck’s Mindset over the next two months! If you're interested, please contact us at [email protected] or scan the QR code at the end of the post. 🙌

A big thank you to , to all the speakers, and to the Bookt Squad for making this a day to remember! 🚀

                               

The business landscape is ever-evolving, demanding a versatile skill set. 🔥

🍃 Adaptability is your compass in change.
💼 Business Acumen is your guide in decision-making.
🧩 Critical Thinking is your key to solving complex challenges.

Equip yourself with this dynamic trio for success in today's fast-paced business world. 💼

Explore our suggested reads:
🍃 Adaptability - Greenlights by
💼 Business Acumen - Beyond Great by Arindam Bhattacharya
🧩 Critical Thinking - Reset by

We have thousands of books available that can help your team flourish! Contact us at [email protected] today to get your team started on these skills. 😎

                               

In the business realm, success hinges on a powerful trio of skills. 🔥

🗣️ Communication is the art of conveying ideas clearly.
🤝 Collaboration is the engine of seamless teamwork.
🎨 Creativity is the spark that ignites innovative solutions.

Master these, and you're not just working; you're pioneering excellence. 🚀

Explore our suggested reads: 
🗣️ Communication - The Tipping Point by
🤝 Collaboration - Back to Human by
🎨 Creativity - Awaken Your Genius by

We have thousands of books available that can help your team flourish! Contact us at [email protected] today to get your team started on these skills. 😎

                               

Embracing AI Enhances Learning 🚀

“the study revealed that students are not excessively dependent on ChatGPT. Instead, they are utilizing a variety of AI tools for more engaged and constructive learning.” (Editah Patrick, 2023)

South African students are embracing AI in their studies, challenging concerns of increased plagiarism and laziness. A recent study shows that students are using AI to enhance, not dominate, their academic experience. 📖

Here’s what we can learn from these students embracing AI:
1.AI provides clarity to challenging topics. 💡
2.AI improves literacy skills. 📝
3.AI creates an engaging learning environment. 💬
4.AI allows for a personalised learning experience. 💪

Through Bookt, your company can take the first step into embracing AI, future-proofing your team for the ever-changing future, and cultivating a strong culture of learning and success. 👐

Full article in our bio!

Contact us at [email protected] to transform your company today. 😎

Personalise your experience with Bookt! 🚀

We’ve added some fun features throughout the app to ensure your experience on the platform is as personalised for you as possible - this includes having different themes, changing your eReader settings, and choosing from one of many personalities for Ty the AI. 🙌

Make Bookt your own by personalising the app to suit YOU! 😎

Comment below how you’ve personalised the app - we’d love to hear what works for you! 💬

Contact us at [email protected] to get your company started on a personalised and transformative journey today. 💪

                               

BOOKT VS QLTECH 🔥

Last week Friday, our company went up against QLTech in Formula-K, a high-end short-circuit racing track. The two companies raced hard and fast, with the two CEOs staying neck-in-neck with each other on the track! 🏎️

This was a first-time experience for many members from both companies, but that didn’t stop us from testing the limits and having fun (and mastering the art of drifting)! We can definitely agree that both sides were highly competitive and weren’t afraid to show it, making the day even more exciting. 😎

With QLTech having two previous losses against Bookt (via Airsoft and the Precinct Relay), they brought their A-game to the track - and we proudly congratulate them for winning this round, with their CEO, , taking first place at the race! Well done, QLTech - we look forward to the next one! 😉🏁

Bookt: 2
QLTech: 1

5 Books On The Art Of Storytelling 🎙️
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1. The Science of Storytelling - Will Storr
2. Steering the Craft - Ursula K. Le Guin
3. How to Tell a Story - Aristotle
4. Pixar Storytelling - Dean Movshovitz
5. The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
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Start With Why by Simon Sinek ❔
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Simon Sinek launched a movement in 2009 to assist people in being more motivated at work and, in turn, inspiring their coworkers and clients. Since then, countless others have been impacted by the strength of his ideas, including more than 28 million who have watched his TED Talk based on START WITH WHY, the third most watched TED video of all time.

Sinek begins by posing a fundamental query: Why are certain individuals and groups more creative, influential, and successful than others? Why do some people garner more support from both clients and staff? Why are there so few people who can consistently replicate their achievement, even among the successful?

Although Steve Jobs, the Wright Brothers, and Martin Luther King Jr. had few things in common, they all began with WHY. They concluded that until people get the motivations behind a movement, idea, or product, they won't completely buy into it.

The leaders who have made the greatest impact on the world are all shown in START WITH WHY to think, behave, and communicate in the same manner—and it's the antithesis of what everyone else does. This strong concept, which Sinek refers to as The Golden Circle, offers a foundation on which organizations can be established, movements can be led, and individuals can be motivated. And the WHY is where it all begins.
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4 Books For The Continuous Learner 🧑‍🎓
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1. Tribe of Mentors - Tim Ferriss
2. How We Learn - Stanislas Dehaene
3. The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz
4. Long Life Learning - Michelle R. Weise
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Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson ⚠️
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Is it geography, climate, or culture? Maybe a lack of knowledge about what the best policies are?

Simply, no. None of these variables are fixed or predetermined. Otherwise, how can it be explained that while other African countries like Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone are mired in poverty and war, Botswana has had some of the world's fastest growth rates?

James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu convincingly demonstrate that human-made political and economic institutions are the foundation of economic success (or lack thereof).

Using extraordinary historical data from the Roman Empire, Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa, Acemoglu and Robinson construct a new theory of political economy that has significant relevance for the major questions of the day.

Why Nations Fail will change how you look at and understand the world.
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4 Books On Coaching And Mentoring 🧑‍🏫
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1. Coaching for Performance - Sir John Whitmore
2. Mastering Coaching - Max Landsberg
3. The Coaching Manual - Julie Starr
4. The Mentoring Guide - Vineet Chopra, Valerie M. Vaughn & Sanjay Saint
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett 🧠
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Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let eminent neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett explain the mystery surrounding the large gray blob between your ears. This compact, amusing, and approachable anthology presents seven short essays that reveal mind-expanding insights from the cutting edge of neuroscience research (plus a bite-sized story about how brains developed). You will discover the origins of the brain, its structure (and why it matters), and how it interacts with other brains to generate all of your experiences. Along the way, you'll also learn to dispel common misconceptions about how your behavior is determined, such the notion of a "lizard brain," the conflict between thoughts and emotions, or even between nature and nurture.

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain is a gift of a book that you will want to devour again and again. It is full of surprises, humour, and significant implications for human nature and will captivate both novice readers and seasoned scientists.
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5 Books To Make You More Convincing 👏
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1. Methods of Persuasion - Nick Kolenda
2. Influence - Robert B. Cialdini
3. Yes! - Noah J. Goldstein
4. Communication Skills Training - Iam Tuhovsky
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The Ladder of Life by Stuart Symington 🪜
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Take heart if you've ever questioned whether this existence is truly all it's cracked up to be. This book is intended to pique your curiosity about this topic a little more. To be able to reflect on your life with considerably more happiness and significantly fewer regrets, it is essential to find a higher sense of purpose and contentment.

In retrospect, there are many things that our colleges and universities failed to teach us that we should have learned. The main objective of this book is to provide the reader with some insights into this "secret curriculum" of life—the lessons we must learn the hard way.

We might come across a few loose rungs or perhaps one or two missing ones as we progress up the ladder of life. Sometimes, we might even think our ladder is leaning against the wrong wall. It is both an art and a science to safely climb the ladder of life. The following chapters are written with "the major decisions" in mind—decisions that, if made correctly, can change our lives for the better.

This is the book to read if you want to go right to the point about what really matters in life. Author Stuart Symington outlines his formula for a life worth living in a direct, practical manner.
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5 Books Recommended By Bill Gates 👨‍💼
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1. The Coddling of the American Mind - Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt
2. Mindset - Carol S. Dweck
3. The Better Angels of Our Nature - Steven Pinker
4. How the World Really Works - Václav Smil
5. Why We're Polarized - Ezra Klein
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Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein🧑‍⚖️
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Wherever there is human judgement, there is noise.

Imagine if two doctors in the same city diagnose identical patients differently, or that two judges in the same court sentence people who committed the same crime differently. Imagine that the same judge and doctor make different choices based on the time of day, whether it is Monday or Wednesday, or if they have eaten lunch. These variations in judgments that ought to be the same are examples of noise.

In their book Noise, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein demonstrate how noise causes errors in various sectors, including child protection, forensic science, public health, law, economic forecasting, and recruiting and performance reviews. And while noise is present wherever people are making assessments and decisions, individuals and organizations sometimes downplay its significance at tremendous expense.

Noise examines how and why people are so sensitive to noise and bias in decision-making. It is full of fresh ideas and draws from the same kind of intelligent analysis and depth of case study that made Thinking, Fast and Slow and Nudge international blockbusters. More often than we realize, we all make poor decisions. This ground-breaking book examines what we can do to create better ones with a few straightforward solutions.
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4 Books On How To Write Nonfiction 📜
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1. Telling True Stories - Mark Kramer (editor) & Wendy Call (editor)
2. On Writing Well - William Zinsser
3. The Writer's Process - Anne H Janzer
4. The Everything Guide To Writing Nonfiction - Richard D. Bank
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Did you know you can challenge your friends, family and colleagues to reading competitions?🏆

Reading is a great activity to help you escape the daily noise, unwind, and become a better, more informed person.

With Bookt, reading can also be a source of friendly competition for the title of Ultimate Bookworm.🐛 Create reading groups on our app and set challenges over a specific time frame to see who can read and score the highest on a chosen book’s quiz. We suggest agreeing on a prize for extra motivation and to increase the stakes - who wouldn’t focus a bit more on their reading when a coffee or free book is on the line?👑

Tap into your competitive spirit and challenge your friends to reach your reading goals in 2023!💪📚
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Alchemy by Rory Sutherland 🧑‍🔬
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Why is Red Bull so popular even though everyone detests the taste? Humans are, to put it simply, irrational; they base their decisions as much on cues from the outside world (like that tiny blue can) as they do on objective attributes (flavour, price, quality). In contrast, the world is absurdly complicated and random. This means that no accounting spreadsheet can be used to project future success. Alchemy, the mysterious science and dark art of creating seductive ideas, is the key to striking gold.

Alchemy, the groundbreaking book by Ogilvy advertising legend Rory Sutherland, whose TED talks have been viewed nearly seven million times, decodes human behavior by fusing cutting-edge scientific research, absurdly entertaining storytelling, profound psychological insight, and practical case studies from his illustrious career. It is based on thirty years of fieldwork inside the largest experiment in human behavior ever conceived—the forever-unfolding pageant of consumer capitalism.

Sutherland, who has been hailed as "the don of modern advertising" by The Times and "one of the leading minds in the world of branding" by NPR, is an unique thought leader who is as at ease exchanging ideas with Nobel Prize winners Richard Thaler and Daniel Kahneman (both of whom were interviewed in these pages), as he is crafting the next product launch. According to his unusual and insatiably curious approach, fascinating insights on human decision-making can be found in unexpected places.
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5 Books To Improve Your Time Management ⏱️
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1. 168 Hours - Laura Vanderkam
2. The 4-Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss
3. Make Time - Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky
4. Deep Work - Cal Newport
5. The Pomodoro Technique - Francesco Cirillo
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You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero😎
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Jen Sincero, a best-selling author, speaker, and internationally renowned success coach uses her book You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life to slice through the self-help genre's clamour with her own verbal meat cleaver.

Sincero offers 27 bite-sized chapters packed with humorously uplifting stories, game-changing ideas, simple exercises, and the occasional curse word in this refreshingly direct how-to book. Sincero takes you on a wild joy ride to your personal transformation through chapters like "Your Brain Is Your Bitch," "Fear Is for Suckers," and "My Subconscious Made Me Do It," assisting you in building the wealth, relationships, profession, and overall awesomeness you so desire.

And if you're one of those folks who worry about being caught holding a self-help book, do not fear. Even the most cynical of people will find that Sincero, a former sceptic herself, delivers the goods without the New Age cheese, giving them just what they need to break out of their ruts and start kicking some ass. By the time you finish with You Are a Badass, you'll know why you are the way you are, how to accept the things you can't change and change the things you don't want to accept, and how to start living the life you used to be envious of.
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5 Books To Motivate You For The New Year🎉
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1. The Power of Positive Thinking - Norman Vincent Peale
2. Awaken the Giant Within - Anthony Robbins
3. The 5 Second Rule - Mel Robbins
4. Unfu*k Yourself - Gary John Bishop
5. 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself - Steve Chandler
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We have a winner! 🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations to Jeanne du Plessis for winning the December !

Jeanne was one of 20 people who scored 100% on the “How To Win Friends And Influence People” quiz and was randomly selected from this group to win R10 000.

Well done to the 474 participants who participated in the last of 2022. Seeing so many people eager to end the year growing and gaining new knowledge is fantastic. Books are how we will change the world!

We remain committed to encouraging reading in our communities. We will not be doing a January , but will be resuming our monthly again in February.

We have some amazing stuff in store for you guys and will be releasing more information soon!

Click on the link in our bio and follow Bookt to stay updated with our latest news and announcements.📚

How To Be Perfect by Michael Schur 😇
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A funny, thought-provoking manual for leading an ethical life that draws on 2,400 years of significant philosophical thought from throughout the world comes from the creator of The Good Place and the co-creator of Parks and Recreation.

The majority of individuals consider themselves to be "good." Yet, it's not always simple to tell what is "good" or "bad"—especially in a society full of difficult decisions, traps, pitfalls, and bad counsel. Fortunately, many wise philosophers have debated this problem for ages and have advice for us. How to Be Perfect discusses ideas like deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism, ubuntu, and more with sharp wit and profound insight so we may seem smart at parties and improve as humans.

Schur begins by posing simple ethical dilemmas, such as "Should I strike my friend in the face for no reason?" (No.) and progresses to the toughest moral dilemmas we all deal with. For instance: Can I still appreciate excellent art if the people who made it were horrible? How much money should I donate to charity? When there are no repercussions for doing wrong, why even bother to be good? Pl us a lot more. By the time the book is finished, we will have a complete understanding of how to behave in every imaginable circumstance to achieve the maximum amount of moral good. Our friends will be jealous of us because we will be flawless. Okay, not quite. Instead, we'll gain new, humorous, and encouraging insight into the most challenging problems we encounter every day.
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