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Frank Blake Book Recommendations
Frank Blake is an American businessman and lawyer, who was the chairman and CEO of The Home Depot.
(Read more on Wikipedia)6 Books Recommended
Built from Scratch
How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
by Bernie Marcus
"Very meaningful to me, not only because it’s the story of the founding of the Home Depot, but also because of my start as the CEO of Home Depot." - Frank Blake (Source)
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300 Arguments
Essays
by Sarah Manguso
"Bounces around with different observations, some of which you go, god, that’s brilliant and some of it, eh." - Frank Blake (Source)
Good to Great
Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
by Jim Collins
"As a business person, I love [this book]." - Frank Blake (Source)
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Cultural Amnesia
Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
by Clive James
"Such a great observer of different writers, and it makes you want to read all of the source material that he’s writing about." - Frank Blake (Source)
In Search of Lost Time
by Marcel Proust
"I wanted to read Proust, but I didn’t know French so I started with [this book] and start learning French." - Frank Blake (Source)
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Your Hidden Superpower
The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You with Anyone
by Adrienne Bankert
"A wonderful book." - Frank Blake (Source)
