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What Would Machiavelli Do?: The Ends Justify the Meanness
by Stanley Bing
Firstly, when I saw this on the shelf at the library amongst the other books about leadership, I said, aloud, "Just read 'The Prince!'" Machiavelli literally tells you what he would do in that book.
However, this is a satirical account of Machiavellian values as applicable to business, and thus should not be taken seriously. Interestingly, Bing mentions Trump and Weinstein in this book, doing neither any favours with his writing, and it makes for a different reading experience in 2018 than I presume it would in 2000 when it was published. Context is of course key when assessing this text, but I found it only mildly humourous and not as pithy as I'd have liked.
Cute. But in a much more real sense, not cute at all.
However, this is a satirical account of Machiavellian values as applicable to business, and thus should not be taken seriously. Interestingly, Bing mentions Trump and Weinstein in this book, doing neither any favours with his writing, and it makes for a different reading experience in 2018 than I presume it would in 2000 when it was published. Context is of course key when assessing this text, but I found it only mildly humourous and not as pithy as I'd have liked.
Cute. But in a much more real sense, not cute at all.