What books do you keep on your desk?
Pretty much what the title says, is there any book that you always keep on your desk? I am looking for broad books about IB that are not completely academic so I can reference if I need to. Or even if it's not about finance, it would be nice to hear about the books you like to check multiple times
reserved
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for when he finishes his first book
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
I believe in this book, because I believe we are at war.
Real estate (obviously) but I have the following along with a stack of Harvard Business Reviews, Urban Land Magazines, and The Economists:
I have many other real estate books, like my signed copy of Raising The Bar: The Life and Work of Gerald D. Hines, but most are at home.
CRE How did you like Death and Life? I finished it recently and overall really liked the message, especially that it left the room open for private development that wouldn’t be overly stifled by planning/zoning. However, I'm in weird niche where if I brought that into the office I don't think it would be looked up too favorably.
I enjoyed it tremendously. I think she was a visionary and that you can see her ideas, from the 60's, replicated and amplified in the movement back to cities over the last two decades.
What makes you think your office mates wouldn't like it on your desk?
I have a recommendation for you but it may get me doxxed, PM?
Yeah, of course. Shoot me a message.
1) How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie 2) 12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson
Both of these books have made a great influence on my life. I keep them on my desk whenever I need to remind myself of certain things such as:
"Don't condemn, criticize, or complain" "Stand up straight with your shoulders back"
You forgot Jordan Peterson's most important piece of advice: "Don't overdo benzos."
Clean your room!
For fun: -Lake Success: Easy read. about a HF manager who has a midlife crisis -King of Capital: Good bio on Blackstone/Steve Schwarzman -When genius failed -Fooled by Randomness (I know the last two are more trading oriented but I tend to not keep the usual stuff like Liars Poker because everyone “claims” to have read them so they perceive you as basic. Barbarians at the Gate my be a good one though)
For biz: -Bloomberg magazines -Training the Street materials from my training: just to kind of give me guidance if I’m ever stuck on a specific logic
I've been wanting to read when genius failed, would you say it's a technical book or just the story of how the HF failed in a fun way a la Michael Lewis
It's more technical than Lewis' books. I read most chapters, got boring at the end. Still an OK read though.
yes, it is more technical but if you want to learn more about derivatives it can be a good way to understand them. I actually had to read it as part of a college course.
Great books, although for fun I keep very different selections on my desk...a lot more books are more fun than the ones stated above...
Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
The original training manual that Jordan Belfort used at Stratton-Oakmont Inc, notably heavy on Napoleon Hill philosophy. not sure where I found the above pdf online but if any monkeys are interested, I can see if I can upload it.
I'm highly interested, I was going to private message you but it seems your anonymous. Shoot me a message or reply back with maybe a pdf download link. Try using mediafire or alternative. Really appreciate it!
hey. here is the link from where I got mine from
he sends it to your email. If not post your email here and I will send you the pdf directly cos can’t upload pdf from app
Penthouse, Vol. 28
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Wow - I can't believe you would say that on a public forum.
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John Hull's book but I've to clean my bin one day or another
Risk Management & Financial Insititutions?
the SIE prep book. It’s really been helpful keeping my monitor at the right height.
Currently reading: Liar's Poker Recently finished: Too Big To Fail Still on the self: - When Genius Failed - Flashboys Still want to buy: - Barbarians at the Gate - De Prooi (Dutch) - Big Deal - Wasserstein - Bloodsport: When Ruthless Dealmakers, Shrewd Ideologues, and Brawling Lawyers Toppled the Corporate Establishment
Currently also reading "Mastering Private Equity" by Zeisberger, Prahl & White.
The Open Society and its Enemies - Karl Popper
One of the best ever!
Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
Designing Data Intensive Applications - Martin Kleppmann
Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic miracle - Dan Senor & Saul Singer
I don’t work in finance so no spreadsheets for me. But yeah, helps keep life in perspective
Man's Search for Meaning is a classic book
FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY
Kama Sutra
What Happened - Hilary Clinton
No interest in reading it but in case I run out of toilet paper...
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Listening to the audiobook of Antifragility rn by Nassim Taleb. Really good book. A tip for people like me who don’t like to sit down and read, get audiobooks and listen to them whenever you play video games (assuming the game is somewhat mindless), you will fly through books
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