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Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools

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593 points ZeroTalent | 2 comments | 09 May 25 20:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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abetaha ◴[10 May 25 00:49 UTC] No.43942334[source]▶
I am always amazed how most business book authors take a simple idea that could be described in one page, and turn it into a 200+ page book with popularizing narrative. What's more amazing is that the ideas are usually commonsense, but due to human nature are seldom practiced.
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1. BenFranklin100 ◴[10 May 25 03:13 UTC] No.43942947[source]▶
Sometimes that is true, yes. It’s also true that programmers/engineers often don’t do nuance outside their field. A extremely bright classmate who was an engineer swore it was a waste of time to read anything other than the headlines in newspapers. The actual article was unnecessary repetitive fluff.

What is seen as window dressing, is often essential tapestry that provides context.

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2. ekianjo ◴[10 May 25 04:22 UTC] No.43943222[source]▶
Less true nowadays since the headlines are made for attention grabbing and bear no relationship with the content.