Really good (but obscure) business books?

[Tommo]

on the 'how can you read so many books' topic, according to the netflix documentary, Bill Gates reads 150 pages/hour, and will read 15 books on a short trip. The person being interviewed about him says that he retains 90 percent of what he reads. I believe it based on other stories I've read about him.

Some people can read a lot, and retain almost everything they read. I'm not one of them. I'll read 1-2 books a month.

My book recommendation: The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham. The author is highly experienced in business. Every other word is wisdom itself. His main point? Spend 3 hours a week in "Thinking Time." Each of his short chapters in the book is centered around a topic for your to consider during Thinking Time. At the end of each chapter is a list of questions for you to work through.

Great book, halfway through it myself thanks for recommending it

 

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[rollerskates]

Another one I just read that's not strictly business but definitely worth a read:

Dressing to Win by Robert Pante

It was originally published in 1984 but seems like it should be a classic and recommended to every business and job seeking person. It's a fascinating look into the psychology of clothing and is mainly aimed at people dressing for business. Seriously FASCINATING. It's available on Amazon but I got it out of the Open Library for free if you want to go that route.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I'm a fast reader, and run a book club for Business and Personal Development Books. My sweetie is a CEO. I read the books, create a synopsis with action points, and give it to him. He is a faster reader, and gives it to his CTO to implement. Systems work!

 

[Here]

Yea, it's pretty bad. Psychology just underwent a crisis where we found about 50% of all the things we knew turned out to basically be total bullshit.

Wow. Thanks for sharing. Wonder if anything is going to actually change now, or if they’ll continue promoting this stuff as best practice.

 

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[Here]

Take notes. Don't just straight up copy sentences, put it in my own words.

Thanks. I’m going to try this with books I already read, bookmarked and highlighted. I feel like nothings been sticking.