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How to lose friends and alienate people
- acangiano 15y agoFor those who are not familiar with it, the title is a play on the extremely popular book by Dale Carnegie, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influenc...).
- spottiness 15y agoWarren Buffet's bedside book, by the way. I read it a few years ago and have been putting its teachings in practice consistently with great results. The book seems a little silly at first sight, but it really isn't.
- bravura 15y agoAs mentioned in the Economist piece, John Malone is a competitor of Murdoch's who acquired a 17% stake in Murdoch's company back in 2004. I googled him and found this interesting article about John Malone: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/john-malone-the-man-who-shook-up-murdoch-533050.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/john-malon... This piece goes a little more into the psychology of Malone and Murdoch.