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adityam's review
5.0
* A must book to read for everyone interested in learning anything about business, or human mind, or how people work, or how systems work
* First book for learning anything about business & its mindset
* Even for people not interested in business, sections on "human mind", "working with yourself and others", "understanding, measuring and improving systems" are quite fluid explanation as a gist of many self-help books on these topics
* I've gifted it to dearest people, and will gift it to more.
* Small knowledge bites sections that can be finished in small time slots
* First book for learning anything about business & its mindset
* Even for people not interested in business, sections on "human mind", "working with yourself and others", "understanding, measuring and improving systems" are quite fluid explanation as a gist of many self-help books on these topics
* I've gifted it to dearest people, and will gift it to more.
* Small knowledge bites sections that can be finished in small time slots
szachary's review
4.0
An excellent beginner summary of "graduate level" business concepts. I disagrew with the premise you can read one book and get the education you would by reading many, however, this is a fantastic primer. My recommendation is to review this book adn then follow up by going to his website and reading all the books (there are many) on his reading list.
gianouts's review
informative
medium-paced
3.0
There is lots of good information in the book that is very digestible (and I took lots of notes), but I found I did skim large portions.
hlwilkins's review against another edition
5.0
I read a lot of books and I have worked in a corporate business for over 15 years, so when I read this - I realized I knew and/or practiced most of it already! Is this what people pay for MBAs for? Josh is completely correct that you can get the same knowledge from reading and real-life experience. A fancy MBA certificate just costs money.
I never knew what was taught in an MBA, but the sections on behavioral economics and human psychology surprised me with their inclusion- I find this sort of stuff fascinating no matter how many times I read about it. I work in a sales and marketing job so I skimmed a lot of these sections. There were also a bunch of other sections on systems that I personally didn't find useful. Finance is something I know I should learn more about and this has pointed me in the right direction for further reading.
Very easy to read, and dip in and out of, and highlighted in my kindle a lot of stuff I'll return to for further reading. The random words in bold caps got a bit annoying - I know he was trying to highlight key terminology but sometimes it was a bit excessive.
I never knew what was taught in an MBA, but the sections on behavioral economics and human psychology surprised me with their inclusion- I find this sort of stuff fascinating no matter how many times I read about it. I work in a sales and marketing job so I skimmed a lot of these sections. There were also a bunch of other sections on systems that I personally didn't find useful. Finance is something I know I should learn more about and this has pointed me in the right direction for further reading.
Very easy to read, and dip in and out of, and highlighted in my kindle a lot of stuff I'll return to for further reading. The random words in bold caps got a bit annoying - I know he was trying to highlight key terminology but sometimes it was a bit excessive.
vstollen's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
The book covers a broad range of topics including things I would classify as soft skills. However, for the topics it touches, it only touches the surface and stays shallow.
Given the title, I expected a more formal introduction to business including "boring" theoretical topics, as well as more concrete pointers on how to learn more about businesses. Both of this was not satisfied by the book.
Given the title, I expected a more formal introduction to business including "boring" theoretical topics, as well as more concrete pointers on how to learn more about businesses. Both of this was not satisfied by the book.