“The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.”
- Charlie Munger
Philosophy Books:
“We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it… Life is long if you know how to use it.”
- Seneca: On The Shortness Of Life
Leadership Books:
“Mediocrity is like a broke uncle. Once he moves into your house, it is nearly impossible to get him to leave.”
- Jeb Blount: People Follow You
Sales & Negotiation:
“If you approach a negotiation thinking the other guy thinks like you, you are wrong. That's not empathy, that's a projection.”
- Chris Voss: Never Split the Difference
Marketing Books:
“Create. Don't Compete.”
W. Chan Kim: Blue Ocean Strategy
Finance Books:
“Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.”
The Richest Man in Babylon: George S. Clason
Psychology Books:
“It is often said that in elite sport the margins of victory and defeat are measured in milliseconds: the reality is that they are measured in variables that are far more elusive.”
Bounce: Matthew Syed,
Investment Books:
“Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behaviour accordingly. If your new behaviour gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group…then to hell with them.”
- Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor
Biographies and Autobiographies.
Management Books:
“Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.”
― Peter F. Drucker, Managing Oneself
Tax, Law & Accounting.
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