CEO Ready: What You Need to Know to Earn the Job--and Keep the Job

Mark Thompson, Byron Loflin
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Your track record of success isn't enough. Here's what it really takes to be CEO Ready.

You're on the short list for the CEO job, and you have a record of delivering amazing results. You've been told you have the inside track. You're the leader in the clubhouse.

Don't believe it. Remember that no matter what you've heard or what your CV says, you are not alone in the race, and the odds are against your getting the job.

Leadership selection isn't the methodical, objective process we imagine. Decisions aren't made by robotic executives ticking boxes for attributes such as strategic fit, core competencies, or cultural alignment. Instead, the process is deeply personal, emotional, and often unpredictable.

Now, Mark Thompson and Byron Loflin share with you what it really takes to become CEO ready. Thompson has coached thousands of executives and CEO candidates, and Loflin is a boardroom expert and adviser. They've seen firsthand the emotions that sway CEO selections as well as the personal and boardroom dramas that unfold as a company prepares to pass the baton of leadership.

In CEO Ready, Thompson and Loflin reveal what you need to do to maximize your chances of being the one who secures the top spot, including identifying the seven key stakeholders CEO candidates need to understand and work with. Filled with practical advice and compelling and instructive stories from those who've gone through this arduous process, CEO Ready is essential reading for anyone who aspires to the ultimate leadership position.

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我的二十世紀：李歐梵回憶錄

李歐梵
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回顧大半生，我覺得自己畢竟是一個二十世紀人。對於二十一世紀，我沒有期望，只覺得我的二十世紀尚未完結。這本回憶錄，也是我為自己的二十世紀寫的備忘錄。

我在書裡追憶自己的成長過程和漫長的求學經驗，並特別把在普林斯頓、芝加哥、哈佛等美國六間大學任教的經驗也和求學連在一起，美其名曰「遊學」。我跟著「成長小說」的模式，寫我的生命經驗，而不是歷數學術上的成就。最後還冒然加上一章「感情史」，算是我的「感情教育」。

對我而言，回憶錄的結構可以自由一點，像一部尚未剪接的影片。我時常邀請一位虛擬的提問者，像作曲法中的「對位」一樣，向我提問、質詢、駁詰，逼我作自我反省。即使有些章節用的是獨白，我心中還是有一個沉默的對話者。本書的第二部分是我與張歷君的對談，他會進一步引出我對自己學思歷程和閱讀經驗的反思。

想在這個二十一世紀「全球網絡化」的世界中去重尋二十世紀的個人生命意義，作沉靜的反思，幾乎是不可能的事。即便如此，我還是想寫下去，至少要證實自己還存在。

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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

Johann Hari
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back.

“The book the world needs in order to win the war on distraction.”—Adam Grant, author of Think Again

“Read this book to save your mind.”—Susan Cain, author of Quiet

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Post, Mashable, Mindful

In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions—even abandoning his phone for three months—but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention—and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.

We think our inability to focus is a personal failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces that have left us uniquely vulnerable to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit. Hari found that there are twelve deep causes of this crisis, from the decline of mind-wandering to rising pollution, all of which have robbed some of our attention. In Stolen Focus, he introduces readers to Silicon Valley dissidents who learned to hack human attention, and veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD. He explores a favela in Rio de Janeiro where everyone lost their attention in a particularly surreal way, and an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore workers’ productivity.

Crucially, Hari learned how we can reclaim our focus—as individuals, and as a society—if we are determined to fight for it. Stolen Focus will transform the debate about attention and finally show us how to get it back.

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香港商場的黃金時代

何尚衡
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如欲認識一地之風土人情，常說市集和公園不容錯過。論香港，還該有購物商場。

香港的居住空間普遍狹小，公共與休憩用地規管甚嚴，加上城市規劃等因素，香港商場成為獨特而顯著的多功能消費場所，有大、中、小型者數百。細察香港商場的規劃、功能和設計，猶如觀看一個城市的空間運用、地道消費文化、生活形態及品味的縮影。

香港一直沒有專著論述商場的歷史與發展脈絡，僅有零星的資料和討論散落各處。本書作者研究香港商場逾十年，曾以商場為題撰寫論文，並在社交媒體開設專頁，把研究配上圖片與大眾分享。全書整理自政府和私人機構的官方記錄、報章及雜誌等文獻，亦有從舊照推敲，加上訪問、實地考察，以及歷年的讀者意見，梳理成翔實而圖文並茂的香港商場發展史。

書中先有緒論講解商場的起源和更迭原因，後有對香港商場的綜合分析，並將香港數十個商場以公、私營歸類，各依其落成年份、地理位置編排，詳述其發展與特色，爬梳不同時代的香港商場風格，為研究及理解香港商場歷史與發展的重要著作。

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Handbook of Financial Econometrics, Statistics, Technology, and Risk Management

Cheng-Few Lee, Alice C Lee, and John C Lee (editors)
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The handbook is an authoritative four‑volume reference that captures the latest advances in financial econometrics, statistical modeling, machine learning, and risk management. Drawing on decades of combined experience in industry practice, academic teaching, research, and journal editorship, the editors and contributors present a rigorous yet practical framework that connects theory, methodology, and real‑world application.

Covering a wide range of topics—from asset pricing and derivatives to corporate finance, systemic risk, and big‑data analytics—this handbook offers an integrated and forward‑looking view of modern quantitative finance, with particular emphasis on higher‑moment theory, data‑driven decision‑making, and contemporary risk management challenges.

Volume 1: Foundations and Methodological Innovations
Focuses on the core tools of financial econometrics and quantitative analysis, introducing foundational models alongside innovative methods. Topics include machine learning in risk management, optimal futures hedging, corporate innovation and executive compensation, option bound determination, banking stability, and systemic risk measurement.

Volume 2: Advanced Financial Theory and Machine Learning Applications
Centers on advanced asset pricing and derivative theory, integrating machine learning techniques into financial decision‑making. Key themes include stochastic volatility, implied variance, real and exotic options, international diversification, AI‑driven stock selection, and credit risk assessment.

Volume 3: Corporate Finance, Empirical Analysis, and Risk Applications
Emphasizes practical and empirical issues in corporate finance and investment management. This volume examines international transfer pricing, corporate restructuring, executive incentive schemes, mutual fund performance, market forecasting, and innovative hedging, capital budgeting, and nonlinear modeling approaches.

Volume 4: Big Data, Advanced Econometrics, and Financial Stability
Explores the integration of big data analytics and advanced econometric techniques in financial markets. Topics include corporate governance and earnings management, stock–exchange rate dynamics, survival analysis, deep neural networks for credit risk, and volatility spillovers during financial crises.

Designed for finance, accounting and economics undergraduate students and graduate students; academics in the fields of finance and accounting.

文青經濟學

曾國平
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當文青的世界不能再為我們帶來安慰，當經濟學的計算不能算出答案，我們唯一可以做的，也許是把人生當成一場不容易玩的遊戲。

「經濟學者」與「文青」，很少出現於同一句子。

文青，一身衣著樸素低調，會去逛書店、喝咖啡、聽講座，講究生活品味，追求理想擁抱真善美；經濟學者，穿上西裝一本正經，在電視螢光幕上以專家身份出現，會講股市樓市走勢、評論大小現象，講求實際，斤斤計較。

兩種思維，兩個世界，好像不是無話可說，就是意見不合。

其實文青與經濟學者，不一定只有矛盾，也能互補不足。

經濟學者研究人的行為，而文史哲生活美學中展現的，是數據中看不到的同情之心和人文關懷；文青想法傾向浪漫，有時把人性或世事想得太美好，強調局限、取捨的經濟學，是一種地心吸力，不讓胡思亂想四處飛。

經濟學教授、「經濟3.0」專欄作者曾國平，以文字帶讀者穿梭時間與空間，游走經濟理論與文青情懷。從「鬱悶科學」看文史哲，平衡理想與現實，「玩」出人生意義。

(摘錄自mybookone.com.hk)

The Winner’s Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies, Then and Now

Richard H. Thaler, Alex O. Imas
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Named one of Financial Times’s Best Books of 2025, that bestselling author Tim Hartford called "fun" and "nerdy in the best way"

Nobel Prize winner Richard H. Thaler and rising star economist Alex O. Imas explore the past, present, and cutting-edge future in behavioral economics in The Winner’s Curse.

Why do people cooperate with one another when they have no obvious motivation to do so? Why do we hold on to possessions of little value? And why is the winner of an auction so often disappointed?

Over thirty years ago, Richard H. Thaler introduced readers to behavioral economics in his seminal Anomalies column, written with collaborators including Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. These provocative articles challenged the fundamental idea at the heart of economics that people are selfish, rational optimizers, and provided the foundation for what became behavioral economics. That was then.

Now, three decades later, Thaler has teamed up with economist Alex O. Imas to write a new book with an original and creative format. Each chapter starts with an original Anomaly, retaining the spirit of its time stamp. Then, shifting to the present, the authors provide updates to each, asking how the original findings have held up and how the field has evolved since then.

It turns out that the original findings not only hold up well, but they show up almost everywhere. Anomalies pop up in people’s decisions to save for retirement and how they carry outstanding credit card debt. Even experts fail to optimize. The key concept of loss aversion explains missed putts by PGA pros and the selection of which stocks to sell by portfolio managers. In this era of meme stocks and Dogecoin, it is hard to defend the view that financial markets are highly efficient. The good news, however, is that the anomalies have gotten funnier.

With both readability and rigor, The Winner’s Curse is for anyone, from those with a cursory understanding of economics to fellow economists. Each chapter provides a key insight into human behavior so readers learn how to better understand the choices made by their friends, colleagues, and customers, and they might just become better at making decisions themselves. Only recommended for humans.

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自主老年：在香港老去

胡令芳
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變老，並不是遙不可及的事。你年輕時所做的事會影響你如何變老，例如生活習慣、教育、職業、性別、階層、財富等眾多個人與社會的因素，都在影響著年老時的生活質素。

胡令芳教授在香港專注老人學研究超過四十年，她主張理想的「變老」並不只是延長壽命，而是「自主老年」，即掌握自己的衰老方式，在變老的過程中盡可能保持身體和認知功能的狀態。在書中，她探討了在香港老去面對的各種挑戰與不平等，包括醫療資源配置不合理、老年貧困、年齡歧視、晚年孤獨等問題。她借鑑了廣泛的研究和多年臨床經驗，從醫學、政策、社會、城市建設、個人習慣等綜合性角度，探討如何讓人有尊嚴地老去，如何將香港變成一座對長者更加友好的城市

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Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

Shane Parrish
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Few things will change your trajectory in life or business as much as learning to think clearly. Yet few of us recognize opportunities to think in the first place.

You might believe you’re thinking clearly in the moments that matter most. But in all likelihood, when the pressure is on, you won’t be thinking at all. And your subsequent actions will inevitably move you further from the results you ultimately seek—love, belonging, success, wealth, victory. According to Farnam Street founder Shane Parrish, we must get better at recognizing these opportunities for what they are, and deploying our cognitive ability in order to achieve the life we want.

Clear Thinking gives you the tools to recognize the moments that have the potential to transform your trajectory, and reshape how you navigate the critical space between stimulus and response. As Parrish shows, we may imagine we are the protagonists in the story of our lives. But the sad truth is, most of us run on autopilot. Our behavioral defaults, groomed by biology, evolution, and culture, are primed to run the show for us if we don’t intervene. At our worst, we react to events without reasoning, not even realizing that we’ve missed an opportunity to think at all. At our best, we recognize these moments for what they are, and apply the full capacity of our reasoning and rationality to them.

Through stories, mental models, and more, Parrish offers the missing link between behavioral science and real-life outcomes. The result is a must-have manual for optimizing decision-making, gaining competitive advantage, and living a more intentional life.

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沉浸式敘事法：以故事為中心，創造實體與虛擬體驗的作家指南 (Immersive Storytelling for Real and Imagined Worlds)

瑪格麗特‧凱瑞森 (Margaret Kerrison)
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第一本＆唯一本清楚完整解析沉浸體驗構想‧創意‧創作方法
14年實務迪士尼幻想工程故事領導人給新世代敘事的專業開源

● 統觀體驗類型全像：從傳統到高科技應用，從娛樂到教育領域，全視角光譜式解說
● 全方位立體說故事法：ISQ提問法，完美黏著線性．多線性．非線性．沉浸式故事敘事
● 經典IP實例詳解示範：多種多樣業界代表作技巧公開．創作引導，經典著作改編教作
● 多專業領域團隊協作法：以故事定錨，克服領域盲，高效率動態團隊強強聯手方法

《星際大戰》、《哈利波特》……故事的世界如何實現？
當專案到你手中，你要如何說這個故事？
如何用你的敘事帶領多專業團隊走在對的路徑上？

沉浸式體驗隨科技發展蓬勃冒現，未來將更貼近生活日常。統整體驗的核心——故事，成為作家創作的嶄新場域。本書作者瑪格麗特·凱瑞森憑藉傳統影視、數位媒體、遊戲、品牌及展館敘事（如博物館、企業總部、教育中心）的經驗，進而與娛樂業翹楚迪士尼合作，擔任沉浸式專案的故事領導人、顧問及作家，打造許多遍及世界各地、享譽玩家與業界的沉浸體驗園區，更有多達五部作品獲得主題樂園奧斯卡獎之稱的西婭獎（THEA）。

對這個還很新的創作領域，她將自己豐富的創作實務及深刻見解，結合迪士尼幻想工程團隊的專家智慧，綜整成實體及虛擬體驗皆可應用的方法指南。書中更提供許多實例參照，跨時代、跨類型、甚至跨星系。不論你是新手或是業界人士，都可從書中發現所需的靈感。

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The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines

Gaurav Suri, Jay McClelland
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A “deeply stimulating and disarmingly accessible” (Robert Sapolsky, author of Determined) journey into the inner workings of human and artificial minds

When we are trying to solve a problem, what happens? We find ourselves weighing arguments, or relying on intuition, then reaching a conscious decision about what to do. What is going on behind the scenes?

In The Emergent Mind, Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland show that our experience is the tip of an iceberg of brain activity that can be captured in an artificial neural network. Such networks—initially developed as models of ourselves—have become the engines of artificial neural intelligence. Suri and McClelland aren’t reducing mankind to mere machines. Rather, they are showing how a data-driven neural network can create thoughts, emotions, and ideas—a mind—whether in humans or computers.

The Emergent Mind provides a fascinating account of how we reach decisions, why we change our minds, and how we are affected by context and experience. Ultimately, the book gives a new answer to one of our oldest questions: Not just how do minds work, but what does it mean to be a mind at all?

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心態致勝 : 全新成功心理學 (Mindset: The New Psychology of Success)

卡蘿．杜維克 (Carol S. Dweck)
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全球頂尖學者、史丹佛大學心理學教授 卡蘿．杜維克博士 經典巨作
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TED撼動人心精彩演說　點閱破500萬人次
比爾‧蓋茲（Bill Gates）年度推薦成功心理學書籍

「基因影響我們的聰明才智與天賦，但影響一個人成功與否的特質，卻並非在出生時就固定。心態，才是影響個人學習、成長、人際關係、終身成就、人生道路的最重要關鍵。」

人為何會有差異？
天賦異稟不是一種福賜，而是一場災難？
在學校或職場努力證明自己，有什麼不對嗎？
從小讚美孩子、培養優越感，可能使他們的發展受限？

本書作者卡蘿‧杜維克博士為史丹佛大學心理學教授、美國人文與科學院院士，在性格、社會心理學及發展心理學等領域，是全球最頂尖的研究學者之一。

你可能不知道，我們從小被培養的一些「正確」觀念，很可能是妨礙自己成長、真正發揮潛能的最大阻力。

杜維克博士經過長年對不同群體的研究，發現人有兩種心態：「定型心態」和「成長心態」。擁有「定型心態」的人，總是急於追求證明自我，將所有成果二分為成功或失敗。擁有「成長心態」的人，則是樂觀看待自己的所有特質，將個人的基本素質視為起點，可以藉由努力、累積經驗和他人的幫助而改變、成長。

我們對自己或他人的簡單信念，實際上操縱了人生的很大部分，深切影響了許多事情的結果。閱讀本書，你將會突然了解，那些在商業、科學、藝術、運動等各領域的傑出人士，為何表現卓越、異於常人，以及那些原本能夠、但最後未能有傑出表現的人敗北的原因。

本書為應用心理學的經典暢銷著作，也是第一本探討人類心態的專著，在全球熱銷了180萬冊，改變世界人士對於成功與成功之道的理解。它能幫助你克服在學習、工作、教育／教養、人際／兩性關係上常見的自我囿限，打開你的成長心態，讓你更了解另一半、老闆、同事、親友、孩子，懂得真正釋放自己和他人的潛能。

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