The 9 Best Books on Business
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Here’s my curated list of the 9 best books in business, in no particular order.
- The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries — A groundbreaking approach to managing startups that emphasizes rapid prototyping and validated learning.
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins — An exploration of what it takes for companies to achieve and sustain greatness.
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman — An insightful look into how our minds work and the dual systems of thought that drive our decision-making.
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss — A former FBI hostage negotiator presents tactics that can be applied to business negotiations.
- The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen — Examines why successful companies struggle with disruptive technology and how they can adapt.
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari — An engaging overview of the history of humankind from the Stone Age to the modern age, exploring how biology and history have defined us.
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz — A candid account of the challenges of running a business and the tough decisions leaders face.
- Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené Brown — A powerful guide on how to lead with authenticity and courage.
- Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio — The investment titan shares his principles for effective decision-making in life and business.
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