Advice and Tips

Notable Articles

“A Misfit’s Guide to Navigating the Office”, NY Times

https://fs.blog/6-must-read-books-to-help-navigate-the-workplace/

“10 Insider Lessons for Surviving the Corporate World”, Ellevate

https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/articles/7513-10-insider-lessons-for-surviving-the-corporate-world

“How to Know When to Sell vs. When to Market to Customers”, Both Sides of the Table

https://bothsidesofthetable.com/how-to-know-when-to-sell-vs-when-to-market-to-customers-53b48cd06a20

Book Recommendations

The Personal MBA (Josh Kaufman)

An MBA at a top school is an enormous investment in time, effort and cold, hard cash. 
And if you don’t want to work for a consulting firm or an investment bank, the chances are it simply isn’t worth it. 
Josh Kaufman is the rogue professor of modern business education. 
Feted by everyone from the business media to influential business writers including Seth Godin and David Allen, he’s torn up the rulebook and given thousands of people worldwide the tools to teach themselves everything they need to know about business. 
The Personal MBA teaches simple mental models that help students understand every subject that’s key to business success. 
From the basics of products, sales & marketing and finance to the nuances of human psychology, teamwork and creating systems, 
this bestselling title distils everytyhing you need to know to take on the MBA graduates and win. 
This book gives you everything you need to transform your business, your career or your working life forever.

The 4 Hour Work Week (Timothy Ferriss)

Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan–there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, or earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, The 4-Hour Workweek is the blueprint.
The new expanded edition of Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek includes:
• More than 50 practical tips and case studies from readers (including families) who have doubled income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book as a starting point
• Real-world templates you can copy for eliminating e-mail, negotiating with bosses and clients, or getting a private chef for less than $8 a meal
• How Lifestyle Design principles can be suited to unpredictable economic times
• The latest tools and tricks, as well as high-tech shortcuts, for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either

The 80/20 Principle (Richard Koch)

Millions of highly effective people have become more successful by understanding the simple fact that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. All you have to do is identify the 20 percent that leads to 80 percent. The 80/20 Principle shows you how.
Richard Koch’s million-copy-selling global bestseller is now completely revised and updated, and more powerful and essential than ever. He reveals how the principle works and shows how to use it in a systematic and practical way to vastly increase your effectiveness, and improve your career.
The unspoken corollary to the 80/20 principle is that little of what you spend your time on actually counts. But by concentrating on those things that do, you can unlock the enormous potential of the magic 20 percent. Discover how to identify the few methods that will lead to great results, and use them alone. Avoid hard work. Don’t push water uphill. Be very selective in what you do. Have a great life.

How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age (Dale Carnegie)

This book will help you: – Become a great conversationalist, leaving a good impression wherever you go. 
– Persuade people to do what you want, unlocking numerous life-changing opportunities as a result.

The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Marcus Aurelius)

The Thoughts of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.
Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek[1] as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement.[2] It is possible that large portions of the work were written at Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180. Some of it was written while he was positioned at Aquincum on campaign in Pannonia, because internal notes tell us that the first book was written when he was campaigning against the Quadi on the river Granova (modern-day Hron) and the second book was written at Carnuntum.

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