Books to read - Books on strategy, strategic thinking, and on reading people?

Great book. Not that long really either. Also, have heard that Clausewitz, "On War" is very good

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The Prince - Machiavelli

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Competitive Strategy - Michael Porter

Might as well get the free version of the art of war (on kindle)

Getting More by Stuart Diamond

Why would you read books on strategy? What are you looking to accomplish by doing so? In general, I would recommend looking at the USMC professional reading program list:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/61928099/U-S-Marine-Corps-Professional-Readin…

The Prince is also good, specifically that edited by Angelo Codevilla - his other books are good too, specifically War: Ends and Means (you would probably find this book more relevant than any other I'm suggesting here - I've given away maybe a half dozen copies, I feel it is so good) and The Character of Nations. And the Sawyer version of the Art of War is my personal favorite. That said, tactics is the lowest level of military thought, operations the middle and strategy being the highest, and I feel like political and economic objectives are the greatest. Makes sense really. We try first and foremost to take out other countries economically first, by putting sanctions on them and shit, and gain control of them by offering aid like we have with so many regimes, then controlling them by threatening to withdraw funding (though that hasn't really worked with countries like N. Korea), and we can cause economic havoc on countries by doing shit like devaluing our currency (or at least we could ideally).

I would also add in some assorted works by Jung as well, because his archetypes/ideas on synchronicity are important for being able to understand how the world works, and maybe Gibbon, because of how he describes history in such detail.

Re: the Book of Five Rings, I feel like the versions I've read have been a bit too culturally/swordsmanship specific to be readily applicable. You're probably best focusing on other works that teach the same lessons in more readily appreciated means.

I have and I say yes. It's particularly helpful with sales and making you a more likable person.

Hi Sara! I've been reading this book lately. The book was first published a long time ago so certain examples seem old. However, principles in dealing with people won't change that much.

It won't cost you too much time to finish reading it. What's more important is to apply it in real life. Like Carnegie said, "It's an action book."

I felt like a lot of it was common sense, but there's a reason why it's still hailed as a relevant book for personal development. It's a rather quick read, too, so I would have a go at it.

Yes. It is.

Also look up Influence by Ciandili (misspelled that)! It's also a great book.

What if you listened to it and stopped bothering everyone with trivial decisions?

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how about just read the book and stop using WSO as your personal google search

I must say that although this an older book, the basic values and principles are constant and will prove useful professionally and personally.

It's a good read. I found it useful to reflect on how I talk to people and how they may perceive me.

SaraHampar Hey which caste are you in?

OP.. you can get detailed book reviews on Amazon. Do you not know that?

I'd say you should try How to Have a Good Day by Caroline Webb too.

Yes, it should be required reading for every person alive. However it's not a great audio book as it takes action to really see value out of it and has the reader skipping all over the place to reference previous skills.

I didn't really like it very much. I thought a lot of it was common sense, and I thought that some parts of it seemed superficial, like the idea that I should feign interest in other people and pretend to care even if I don't. I think it probably does lead people to having more social capital, but at the end of the day I wish there were fewer people in the world who followed the tenants of the book.

didn't we communicate b4? well you know what I got..