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Six Thinking Hats

by Edward de Bono Historical note: I picked up this book in Bohemia Bookshop in Prague. I remember being very annoyed at Mr. De Bono when his philosophy was all the craze in Singapore schooling. Thinking Western thinking is concerned with “what is” – determined by analysis, judgment and argument. But there is another aspect [...]

Building a Daily Success Worksheet: Tactics – The 48 Laws of Power

Does Power = Success? If your goal is power for power’s sake, yes, but otherwise, not necessarily. People who hate this book express a revulsion at its underlying assumption that power is success – but that is the audience for whom this book is intended, and I believe it should be judged as such. I [...]

The 48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene. Here they are, in my Credibility characterization borrowed from The Speed of Trust: The Four Cores of Credibility: Integrity Law 4: Always Say Less than Necessary Law 5: So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard It With Your Life Law 10: Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky Law 16: Use Absence to [...]

The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs

My Takeaways from the book by Charles D. Ellis. This is a longstanding project and I aim to finish this before I get back to Singapore. Comment: this is a book that will perhaps have a very troubling second edition. Beginnings sd Disaster: GS Trading Corporation sd The Long Road Back sd Ford: The Largest [...]

The Sale Begins when the Customer Says “No”

A summary of the book by Elmer G. Leterman, named one of America’s Twelve Master Salesmen. First, a historical note: I came by this book in a street bookstore in my final days in Cuba when I was looking to spend the last of my Cuban pesos. The book is clearly marked with the price [...]