Best, Most practical, Non-finance Business Books?

I'm looking to get into the small-business/entrepreneurship area at some point soon but realized that, outside of finance/accounting, my businesses chops are lacking. I'm looking for **practical ** books (not looking for just a collection of anecdotes, nor consultant mumbo-jumbo) covering areas such as:

  • Sales

  • Marketing

  • HR

  • Operations

  • Supply chain

If anyone can think of some relevant learning materials, lmk!

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For sales : marketing try Jordan Belforts work eg Straight Line sales manual or Grant Cordone. both are incredible salesmen imo and their work is practical not theoretical

 

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