Review: Startup founders, followers and freaks, take a break from your work, mindless tech blogs, and fruitless pitch events, and bury your head in something sweet and intoxicating. Every time I read Oscar Wilde, it’s like taking happy pills.
Just finished reading “The Importance of Being Earnest,” and I assure you that each utterance is a delicious mouthful of wit, whimsey and wonder–a marvelous poke at what makes us human. I never wanted it to end!
Review: Moments of Impact is a book about how to structure a strategic conversation. Two leading experts expound upon the creative process that allows teams to tackle their most challenging issues.
Great strategic conversations generate breakthrough insights by combining the best ideas of people with different backgrounds and perspectives. The book has some good ideas, but it’s much too repetitive.
Review: Just read the book “Smarter Faster Better” by Charles Duhigg. The most interesting idea was that of creating mental models of the future, where you imagine various outcomes based on decisions you make and data from past experiences.
People who create detailed mental models perform better on the job and are more successful in life.
Review: Did you know that China discovered America 70 years before Columbus? If you don’t believe me, read the book “1421” by Gavin Menzies. I just finished reading it and was amazed to learn that China was a maritime superpower in the 15th century, with the world’s largest fleet.
Rating: ★★★
Review: Just read “The One Minute Manager” and enjoyed it. It’s a quick, fun read. It gives advice on how to manage employees in one minute sessions. As you’d expect, it’s somewhat idealized and impractical. No one can really be a “one minute” manager. But the core ideas and insights into human psychology are valuable.
Rating: ★★★★
Review: Here’s another mind-blowing book I just read: “A Bridge Too Far” by Cornelius Ryan. If you think of doing a startup as going to war, then this epic WWII history can teach you something about strategy, resilience and the dangers of oversized egos.
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: Just finished reading “Dowager Empress Cixi” by Jung Chang. This amazing book rewrites history, telling the truth about this incredible woman, who led China through difficult times despite intense opposition and at great personal cost.
Rating: ★★★★★
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