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During my unemployment phase I would hide in between the aisles in between business books and technical books of Borders from opening till closing. One thing I'
by alaskamiller 18y ago
During my unemployment phase I would hide in between the aisles in between business books and technical books of Borders from opening till closing. One thing I've mastered was the art of reading business books. It's really simple: open up a business book with catchy hook, flip through the table of content, note the chapter titles, close book. There. That's all you need.
- ojbyrne 18y agoI like to make the distinction between "airport" business books and "business school" business books. It's a useful distinction, simply because compared to engineering, business is hard (Anyone can build a product, selling it and making it succeed is hard). The problem is that the vast majority of successful people will talk about the "airport" business book that was the key to their success because their experience was primary based on luck, with some crappy motivational type writing along the way (Hey, Tim Ferris, I'm talking about you). Michael Porter is an excellent place to start if you want to read thoughtful writing on how to actually create successful businesses. Just expect it to be as challenging as a good technical book.