Books that transformed my life and business - Business Insider. As a teenager I had a period of many years where I stopped reading books completely. I even remember a time where I couldn't imagine reading books at all. After I graduated and started to be interested in business and startups, I realized the immense power and knowledge contained within books, and I started reading more and more.
Today, I can't imagine even a couple of days passing by without some time spent reading. As an introvert, I'm a reflective person. Sometimes that can be a challenge, since in a startup you really need to get shit done. I've found that due to this natural desire to reflect, I love to read books and think about what we could try to apply at Buffer. Here are some of the books which have had the biggest impact on Buffer and me personally: 1.
I first read How to Win Friends and Influence People perhaps a year before I started Buffer, around 5 years ago. A lot of what Carnegie proposes doesn't seem all that profound, and can even seem like common sense. 2. 3. 4. 5. Diez sitios para descargar libros gratis en español. Diez sitios para descargar libros gratis en español Posted by queleerblog on octubre 14, 2014 · 8 comentarios 1. Google Books Esta aplicación ofrece libros organizados por categorías. 2. Ofrece periódicos de actualidad, revistas y libros individuales o colecciones. 3. Con la intención de acercar la literatura a todos los públicos, el sitio ofrece un fondo bibliográfico digital con más de 130 mil de los más importantes títulos de la lengua castellana en literatura, ciencia, historia, entre otras. 4. Uno de los sitios de descarga de libros en español más completo que hay. 5. En este sitio, además de libros y publicaciones, los usuarios pueden subir documentos, ensayos y artículos que integran un catálogo de más de 40 mil títulos. 6.
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Reviso las listas de libros vendidos, los comentarios de lectores, las críticas más malvadas y escucho a mis amigas contarme sobre sus propios descubrimientos. Precisamente, tomé como punto de partida una mezcla de literatura barata pero cautivante y literatura de buen ver y que resulta aún más maravillosa. Este es el ranking de los libros que se leen hasta que amanece, de los que solo se dejan de leer cuando se empieza a ver doble.
La trilogía de Sarah Lark (En el país de la nube blanca, El canto de los maoríes y El grito de la tierra). El corazón es un cazador solitario de Carson McCullers. Es una de las historias más tristes y enternecedoras, donde expone las profundidades del alma humana de una forma sencilla. La trilogía de La chica del dragón tatuado o Los Hombres que no amaban a las mujeres de Stieg Larsson. El conde de Montecristo de Alejandro Dumas. Book Recommendations From Charlie Munger. “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time—none. Zero. You’d be amazed at how much Warren reads—and how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out.”
That comment is what really kickstarted my own reading habits. Munger, of course, is the billionaire business parter of Warren Buffett and the Vice Chairman at Berkshire Hathaway. Not only is Munger one of the smartest people on the planet—his lecture on the psychology of human misjudgment is the best 45 minutes you might spend this year—but he’s put all of those brains to use in a practical way.
If you’re looking for a book to read this summer, this list of books recommended by Munger is a great place to start. 1. It’s a combination of scientific biography and explanation of the physics, particularly relating to electricity. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 5 Books To Help You Make A Career Change. 4. The Book: “Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success” By G. Richard Shell G. Richard Shell, a Wharton professor and creator of the popular course, “The Literature of Success: Historical and Ethical Perspectives,” wants you to know one thing: The formula for success is not one-size-fits-all.
This may seem like an unlikely stance, considering he teaches at one of the most prestigious business schools in the country. Shell’s big tip: Follow your capabilities, or the things you do “a bit better than others.” What that means: Approach your career from the inside out—considering who you are, fundamentally, when making professional decisions.
RELATED: 3 Ways to Tell You Need a Career Change Understanding what motivates you and what you like to do will help you better weed out corporate climates, cultures and job descriptions that aren’t a fit—and won’t bring you happiness. After all, if you don’t do this for yourself, no one else will either. 5. By Dan Quillen How’d he do it? Books To Read This Summer. Life-Changing Business Books. Not long ago, a business major asked me to recommend business books that had changed my life. I can name plenty of great books, but books that changed my life? Those had to make a lasting impact on how I think and act, which makes the list much shorter. Each of the following books meets that standard. In certain situations, I immediately flash back to a particular book and think, "I know exactly what to do.
" And isn't that a great definition of "changed my life"? 1. We're all trying to learn new skills and improve old skills, and Coyle uses the science of performance to provide a great blueprint for getting really good at, well, anything. Every time I try to learn something new, I follow his REPS approach: Reaching and repeating; Engagement; Purposefulness; Strong and speedy feedback. Successfully try new things, and you'll try even more new things--and your life will be infinitely richer, whether professionally or personally. 2. Now. I thought I was reasonably enlightened. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Books That Can Change The Way You Think. Fullnews. 10 Book Club Books For 2013 - Best Book Club Picks. 1. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer You will all sob at the end of this one, but in a good way! A group of friends who attend one of those liberal camps for artsy kids in the 1970s promise each other, and themselves, that they will never become boring suburban grown-ups with boring jobs.
Then we follow them for the next fifty years or so and see what happens. (Spoiler alert: Life!) 2. Two touching, beautifully-written intertwined stories of a 70-year-old Holcaust survivor and widower and a precocious 15-year-old girl in Manhattan. 3. Explores the continued presence of midwives and doulas in modern society, and the prejuduces we have against them, in the form of a riveting courtroom drama. 4. This sprawling novel, about a Greek-American hermaphrodite who comes of age in the 1970s and falls in love with her (ultimately, his) female best friend when they are 14, won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. 5.
Private schools and secret societies are like literary crack, no? 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Books Every Twentysomething Woman Must Read. Place for Book Lovers.