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Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools

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593 points ZeroTalent | 1 comments | 09 May 25 20:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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adamgordonbell ◴[10 May 25 01:47 UTC] No.43942617[source]▶
Spicy take: read the narrative non-fiction business books. They are written for entertainment and sit in the business section but you can learn things.

barbarians at the gate

when genius failed

bad blood

billion dollar whale

chaos monkey

liars poker

shoe dog

american kingping

broken code

soul of a new machine

and so on. There is nothing wrong with entertainment and since these are usually written by journalists or professional writers, the writing is often better.

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JSR_FDED ◴[10 May 25 02:39 UTC] No.43942814[source]▶
Agree. This is a great list. I’ve read 7 of them and frequently remember actionable anecdotes, whereas I hardly remember the key point from “serious” business books.
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1. 9dev ◴[10 May 25 06:36 UTC] No.43943643[source]▶
And that makes perfect sense. There’s a reason why we tell children social norms via fairy tales and monster stories; humans are very susceptible to a good tale, those tend to stick in your brain like little else.