MBA in a Book:Fundamental Principles of Business, Sales, and Leadership edited by Leslie Pockell
From the back:
This volume contains essential advice about the fundamentals of business, sales, and leadership from some of history’s most influential thinkers and doers: entrepreneurs, executives, scholars, statesmen, and philosophers. These often provocative quotations include invaluable insights on business practice and theory, investment, management, marketing, motivating, and more. Whether you require guidance on a particular subject, or feel the need for instant inspiration, MBA ina Book will be there for you, as you negotiate the winding road to success.
My thoughts:
I’m not sure what I expected when I opened this book, but this wasn’t it. It basically is a collection of mostly short quotes, which is interesting, but, at least for me, not all that useful. I will share a couple of the quotes from the book that really struck me, though.
Avoid mushroom management (keeping your employees in the dark and covered in horseshit).
-Anonymous
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
-William Shakespeare, Hamlet
There are no mistakes so great as that of being always right.
-Samuel Butler
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