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10 books to give yourself a personal MBA!

1. Zero to One

by Peter Thiel

Subject: Strategy and Positioning

Learnings:
• Last can be first
• Rivalry causes us to copy the past
• Progress comes from monopoly, not competition

2. Expert Secrets

by Russel Brunson

Subject: Marketing

Learnings:
• Maintain absolute certainty
• The riches are in the niches
• Convince with emotion first, then logic

3. $100M Offers

by Alex Hormozi

Subject: Sales

Learnings:
• Create grand slam offers
• Find the starving crowd
• The fundamental equation of value

4. Deep Work

by Cal Newport

Subject: Productivity

Learnings:
• Embrace boredom
• Create daily rituals
• Find your work-style
• Treat work like a craft

5. The War of Art

by Steven Pressfield

Subject: Unlocking Creativity

Learnings:
• Live your unlived life
• Embrace and expect fears
• Recognize resistance nad love misery

6. Get Together

by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh and Kai Elmer Sotto

Subject: Community

Learnings:
• Attracting authentic community members
• Developing community leaders

7. Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter

by 50 Cent

Subject: Hustle

Learnings:
• Finding fearlessness
• Constructing your crew
• The power of perception

8. Obviously Awesome

by April Dunford

Subject: Positioning

Learnings:
• Layering on trends
• The 6 components of positioning
• Mapping attributes and features to "value themes"

9. The Minimalist Entrepreneur

by Sahil Lavingia

Subject: Entrepreneurship

Learnings:
• Market by being you
• Build as little as possible
• Sell to your first hundred customers

10. The Ride of a Lifetime

by Robert Iger

Subject: Leadership

Learnings:
• Pursue perfection
• Learn to love exertion
• Lead with calm while encouraging risk

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on November 11, 2022
  1. 3

    +1 for the war of art. The audiobook is also great. It's only 2 hours(ish) so you can finish in 1-2 sessions.

  2. 2

    Thanks for compiling this. Would have greatly appreciated a personal takeaway from each book, and also your personal opinion of whether they are worth reading/listening end-to-end, or just a summary.

    Zero-to-one is excellent, imho, and beyond being helpful, it's also enjoyable and not one of those books that take a single/simple concept and build lots of fluff around it.

  3. 1

    Thank you for your information

  4. 1

    Thanks, I have already read The art of War, but the one from Sun Tzu.

  5. 1

    Good stuff - there's a few on here that I had not read yet - thanks! 🙏

  6. 1

    Wow actually got 1 out pf 10. Will definitely put some on my reading list! Thanks

  7. 1

    Hey! Thanks for sharing!

  8. 1

    Thanks! I was able to checkout 2/10 for free using the Libby app (zero to One and Deep Work).

  9. 1

    Thanks for sharing!

  10. 1

    Thnks for sharing

  11. 1

    Great , Thanks for sharing.

  12. 1

    Thanks, ARZ Great. can you plz send your Company website link?

  13. 1

    Thanks for curating this list :)

  14. 1

    Thanks for sharing! Learnings are to the point.