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Page-turning business
lessons
You don't always need a fancy MBA degree for a challenging career.
Here are 10 books that will have you thinking like any other top business
major
1 Thinking, Fast
and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Nobel Prize winner and psychologist
Daniel Kahneman breaks down our thought patterns into two sectors: the
impulsive, emotional System 1 and the logical, deliberate System 2. Knowing
when you are using one -when you should be using the other -could be the key
to better, more effective business decisions.
2 Discover Your
True North by Bill George
Rather than adopting timeworn models
of stuffy leadership, George inspires readers to know themselves and create
their own tailor-made style.
3 Giants of
Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built by Richard
Tedlow
The studious business person can
learn much from this review of the struggles and successes of these
world-renowned leaders.
4 Think and Grow
Rich by Napoleon Hill
Its back cover says, “There have been
millionaires, and indeed, billion aires, who have made their fortunes as a
result of reading this success classic than any other book ever printed.“
5 Leadership and
Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute
Using relatable storytelling to drive
the theme, the authors reveal how we refuse to see our true motives, limiting
our potential success and happiness.
6 The Hard Thing
About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
To help other entrepreneurs through
their journey, the author shares the story of when his business nearly
failed, how he staved off defeat, and how you can do hard things too.
7 Ignore Everybody
And 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
MacLeod has ideas about everything,
including standing out from your competitors and the meaning of life. His
main subjects here are creativity and how to foster new ideas. A lively,
illustrated guide to unleashing your ingenuity.
8 The 4-Hour
Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss
If you don't take the title too
literally, there are some valuable tips and time management strategies for
living more and working less, including eliminating time sucks like e-mail.
9 Zero to One by
Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Masters took notes while taking a
class from Thiel at Stanford, and it led to a groundbreaking book about the
importance of unique business ideas.
10 The Black Swan:
The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Investor-philosopher Taleb diagnoses
the way people misguidedly lean on prediction as a way of moving through the
world, and reveals how the most structured of systems are the most vul
.nerable to collapse -like the financial system in 2007
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Feb
15 2017 : The Economic Times (Mumbai)
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