Business Books You're Currently Reading/Listening

[ViShawn]

What books are you reading/listening to now?

Mine right now:

I just started a technical sales / solutions engineering role so it's a good book on negotiation and a good book to enhance your communication skills.

Some impact full one I've read though not necessarily business:
- How To Win Friends & Influence People
- The Tipping Point
- Emotional Intelligence
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Think and Grow Rich

In my queue:
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Mastering Technical Sales

 

[OfTheCross]

I think I read that book and didn't enjoy it. I support this thread idea and look forward to contrubiting, though.

 

[Macallik86]

Finished this last week. Played the audiobook during bike rides mostly. My main takeaway is that everyone is copying each other when they find out what works but they put their own spin on it, but for most of human civilization, there was little-to-no mobility or expectations that your kids lives would be any better than your life.

Japan had some of the greatest growth levels ever seen but then the fall off was huge. When they were grinding, people's incomes were raising by multiples every generation. Sounds average, but the idea of an entire country making 2x as much as they did the last decade is mind blowing. That kinda growth is unsustainable but possible for countries that are rebounding from being closed off from trade partners prior.

Also, everyone wants their own currency because a currency acts kinda like a thermostat. When the economy runs too hot, they can tighten their policy around lending and it will cool markets down and vice versa. I understand some of the basics a bit better and also how/why some economic failures are so long lasting. OTOH, there are some problems that even economists can't figure out so it's a mix of a science and an art.

 

[ogc163]

What books are you reading/listening to now?

Mine right now:

I just started a technical sales / solutions engineering role so it's a good book on negotiation and a good book to enhance your communication skills.

Some impact full one I've read though not necessarily business:
- How To Win Friends & Influence People
- The Tipping Point
- Emotional Intelligence
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Think and Grow Rich

In my queue:
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Mastering Technical Sales

Finished Never Split the Difference and it's pretty good, some of the stuff is intuitive if you work in certain industries. His stance on starting a negotiation with your upper bound, avoiding WHY questions as they are generally useless, and using HOW questions to stump the other side, gain leverage, or get more information was illuminating.

Thinking Fast and Slow is decent but overrated because it's a) too damn long b) lead to people coming away overstating the negative impact of heuristics/rules of thumb. I would recommend Kahneman's main critic
Gerd Gigerenzer's book Gut Feelings instead.

 

[ViShawn]

Finished Never Split the Difference and it's pretty good, some of the stuff is intuitive if you work in certain industries. His stance on starting a negotiation with your upper bound, avoiding WHY questions as they are generally useless, and using HOW questions to stump the other side, gain leverage, or get more information was illuminating.

Thinking Fast and Slow is decent but overrated because it's a) too damn long b) lead to people coming away overstating the negative impact of heuristics/rules of thumb. I would recommend Kahneman's main critic
Gerd Gigerenzer's book Gut Feelings instead.

Yeah I heard Thinking, Fast And Slow is sort of exhaustive and boring.

Just finished The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone. He's the ultimate sales bro but there's good gems in there.

Glad you got something out of Never Split The Difference! That's a book I decided to order just to have a physical copy of.

 

[ogc163]

Yeah I heard Thinking, Fast And Slow is sort of exhaustive and boring.

Just finished The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone. He's the ultimate sales bro but there's good gems in there.

Glad you got something out of Never Split The Difference! That's a book I decided to order just to have a physical copy of.

Yeah when I discussed the book with my friends and former classmates they said it reminded them of stuff they learned in negotiations classes and their litigation training, I don't practice in an adversarial space so a lot of the stuff was new to me.

I found Voss's advice more practical than the other popular interpersonal communication book "Difficult Conversations" I even used Voss's technique about not budging on your anchor when I negotiated my rent, ended up paying $250 less than what my neighbor pays for the same space. The "it seems like" strategy ended up being beneficial as I was able to obtain more information than the landlord probably should have given me and using it to my advantage.

 

[Leao2005]

Finished Never Split the Difference and it's pretty good, some of the stuff is intuitive if you work in certain industries. His stance on starting a negotiation with your upper bound, avoiding WHY questions as they are generally useless, and using HOW questions to stump the other side, gain leverage, or get more information was illuminating.

Thinking Fast and Slow is decent but overrated because it's a) too damn long b) lead to people coming away overstating the negative impact of heuristics/rules of thumb. I would recommend Kahneman's main critic
Gerd Gigerenzer's book Gut Feelings instead.

which industries?

 

[Jcotton1]

Currently talking to a wealthy library book in human form about how her family got started circa late 1700s early 1800s and what the gilded age was like. The generational wealth is an after thought.

Key wisdom work smarter, understand the target market and be fluid like water always open and willing to change but keep your core principles the same.

 

[BlackCinema]

"Work Clean" should be a MUST listen/read to everyone.

 

[Jcotton1]

"Work Clean" should be a MUST listen/read to everyone.

Having gone to school pre undergrad for it working as one goes is a must. I also watch cleaning vids and do a deep cleaning on the weekends. I also change and wash bed sheets weekly and "bacoom" 2 yr nephew speak mattress with baking soda.

Just Amazon or Google a handheld bed vaccum.

 

[BlackCinema]

Having gone to school pre undergrad for it working as one goes is a must. I also watch cleaning vids and do a deep cleaning on the weekends. I also change and wash bed sheets weekly and "bacoom" 2 yr nephew speak mattress with baking soda.

Just Amazon or Google a handheld bed vaccum.

It's a little deeper than that. Book is actually about how chefs run a kitchen with precision.

 

[ViShawn]

I think I may re read Think And Grow Rich.

 

[NooSkool]

Legendary read , highly recommend it

 

[ogc163]

Re-read this last week. This is probably my favorite business book, as Marks is such a great writer. I remember one of my law school professors telling me to use his writings as a template for clear and concise prose. If anyone is confused or put off by Nassim Taleb's work, I highly suggest this book because Marks ideas regarding assymetrical bets, risks, and luck line up with Taleb's work but in a much more accessible prose.