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[SpinnerRedPenny]

I now want to read something in psychology - please advise

It's a classic for a reason: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
Emotional Intelligence by David Goleman (I'm about a third of the way through it).

Is there a specific area in the field that interests you?

 

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[SpinnerRedPenny]

*Checks "Goodreads" bookshelf. . . *

Currently reading:

• Drafted to Serve: Pope John Paul II A Saint by J.D.
• Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat from the Red Baron to the F-16 by Dan Hampton.
• Citizen Development by the Project Management Institute.
• Exploring Federalism by Daniel Elazar.
• American Intergovernmental Relations: Foundations, Perspectives, and Issues by Laurence O'Toole Jr and Robert Christensen.

Currently stalled but technically still reading:

• Options as a Strategic Investment by Lawrence McMillan.
• The Republic by Plato.
• The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business by Steve Mariotti.
• The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien (with Christopher Tolkien).
• Consequence by G. W. Smither.
• The Complete Fiction by H.P. Lovecraft.
• The Official (ISC)^2 CISSP CBK Reference by Arthur Deane and Aaron Kraus.
• . . . and 6 or 7 others.

 

[GoldenGlow]

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

 

[ChristianGa0]

the psychology of selling - Brian Tracy

 

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[Van Kopen]

Hey! I Just Wanted To Ask: What’s The Best Book About Building A Successful Website/Online Store And Social Media Marketing? Can you please name just one - top of your list.​

 

[Pretty Girl]

1. Deep work

2. The millionaire fast lane

3. So good they can’t ignore you.

 

[shamroc]

halfway through Mr DeMarco's rat race. also listen to a lot of book summaries on blinkist (rather than spotify when i do my daily physical activities)

 

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[Akaushra]

)The onlu two books you need to understand science and history (at a semi-basic level)

The History of Nearly Everything

Sapiens

both are incredibly fun and interesting.

 

[GoldenGlow]

Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug by Stephen Cherniske

 

[michaelasg]

Some books are very concentrated, MJ's in particular, requires multiple passes through. In fact what I usually do is I do audio version first.... at the end, if I think it's a good one, I do audio again, then buy the book. And go again and again....

The most interesting part (for me) is to try to relate to things the author say, as it would be an answer for a question I had. MJ's books gave me alot of that over the years... that's why I go again and again

 

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[Ignacio Arsuaga]

Since I am about to launch an AI software startup, I am following @MJ DeMarco's advice and reading the books that will help me successfully get leads and paying customers...

• Traction, by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares. Defines and explains the possible marketing and sales channels a startup may pursue to acquire customers.
• $100 Leads, by Alex Hormozi. Practical ideas to acquire qualified leads.

 

[J Mutua]

Currently reading War by Robert Greene

 

[UnusualSubstance]

Ive recently read:

Traffic, expert & dotcom secrets by Russell Brunson,

$100m Offers by Alex Hormozi,

Cashvertising by Dr Eric Whitman,

Influence the psychology of persuasion by Dr Robert cialdini.

All brilliant books.

I'm currently reading: Zero To One by Peter Thiel.

To update this reply, I've now read:

Zero to One by Peter Thiel,

The Linchpin by Russell Brunson,

Presuasion & Small BIG by Dr Robert cialdini.

Currently reading through $100m leads by Alex Hormozi.

 

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[MASSIMBO ABDOU B]

Je lis trois livres en ce moment :

La naissance de l'abondance : comment la prospérité du monde moderne a été créée par William Bernstein
L'or et le fer de Fritz Stern
et
Pays effrayant par William Gibson
Les deux premiers pourraient être considérés comme liés aux affaires, le troisième n'étant même pas proche

me viens tout juste de terminer l homme le plus riche de babylonne et je lis actu l autoroute du millionnaire de MJ

 

[thecakeindustrie]

The Art of war by San zu
The First emperor of China
Influences and manipulation
Escape the rat race

San zu is really important because it's a way to get a strategy and tactics. Somehow, the art of making money is a kind of war itself...

 

[Isaac Odongo]

Elon Musk

 

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[Isaac Odongo]

Steve Jobs

 

[mav55339]

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Some interesting mindset stuff plus a different way to do business:

How was the book? Would you put it up there with MJ's books?

 

[Dufresne85]

'Your Money or your Life - Vicki Robin'. Apparently this book started the FIRE movement or something? TFL makes more sense, which is what I got from reading this book

 

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[Akaushra]

Four Hour Work Week, Tim Ferriss (Attempting to decipher if its slowlane, or fastlane.)

Didn't you mention it in the first book as slowlane? Or was this written before the updated version?

 

[Isaac Odongo]

The Art of War

 

[Isaac Odongo]

The 33 Strategies of War

 

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[Isaac Odongo]

The 33 Strategies of War

This book is amazing.

Emphasises acuteness of mind.

Presence of mind at the moment.

Clarity of thought and reality.

Rationality.

Backs it up with history.

 

[MTF]

A very solid book that changed the way I'll now view email marketing. I'm now completely restructuring my own email sequence based on the tips from this book.

 

[KushShah9492]

Currently reading the ultimate sales letter by Dan Kennedy.

Up next:

- Adweek Copywriting Handbook by Joe Sugarman
- Writing tools by Roy Peter Clarke
- Great leads by Michael Masterson
- On writing by Stephen King

On the side:

- Tiny Habits (focusing on building a daily networking habit currently)
- Harry Potter and the prisoner of azkaban (Some light reading before sleep)

 

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[Isaac Odongo]

The Surrender Experiment by Michael A Singer

 

[amp0193]

Great one for anyone who’s been at it a few years and feels a little beat down.

 

[Marco L]

At the moment I am reading:

Unraveling the Fediverse: A Journey into Decentralized Social Networking - Morgan Lee. Unfortunately it is written very poorly. It seems it is written with the help of some generative AI, but I am trying to hang in there.

The Millionaire Fastlane - MJ DeMarco Actually I am listening to the audiobook. I hope this counts.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Peter Drucker. The best book about entrepreneurship in general. Even though it was written in the 1980s, it has stood the test of time. In the last part of the book, Drucker develops in interesting system where to find business opportunities.

 

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[xShepherdx]

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Great one for anyone who’s been at it a few years and feels a little beat down.

This one has been on my list for a while now, thanks for the reminder!

I'm curious, what have your big takeaways from the book been?

 

[Jon822]

Just starting my 3410th book on swimming -- I can't wait to almost get in the water!