No one reads business books because they all subscribe to the 10 minute summaries of the business books.
My solution to this is, when tempted (seldom), to check out the book from the library. I give it 5 minutes at home and if the skim is unremarkable, back it goes.
This is tremendous.
No one reads business books because they all subscribe to the 10 minute summaries of the business books.
My solution to this is, when tempted (seldom), to check out the book from the library. I give it 5 minutes at home and if the skim is unremarkable, back it goes.
Money and time saved!
What books have you completed and are willing to recommend?
I think a good rule of thumb on skim vice buy is if you see it in a thrift store and it’s a business book it probably is a skim.
There are lots of good ones. Most are not typical business stuff.
Thinking Fast and Slow. Kahneman.
Wooden on Leadership.
Team of Teams. McChrystal.
Call Sign Chaos. Mattis.
Boyd. Robert Coram.
Working Backward.
Communicate to Influence. Deckers.
Storytelling with Data. Knaflic.
Rapport. Emily & Laurence Alison.
Influence. Cialdini.
Labyrinth. Motyl.
Mastery. Robert Greene.
The Prince. Machiavelli.
Poor Charlie’s Almanack. Kaufman.
Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters.
Creativity. John Cleese.
Podcast: Founders by David Senra. Very good.
Typical business books:
Nine Lies About Work.
Reinvention. Arlene Dickinson.
The Undoing Project. Great book.
The Decision Book. Krogerus.
I refer to these ones over and over again. Hope some are useful.