A reality exists that few people are aware of: the battle of deep work vs shallow work inside our minds. A scary truth: business conglomerates and media companies are auctioning for your attention right now. Each year, they invest billions in research. All of them aimed to find a method to catch your attention, even […]
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Subscribe (for free) to our page to have access to other lists similar to this with the investment books recommended by Warren Buffett. There are millions of financial gurus today: on Youtube, Linkedin, Udemy, or even here, on Medium. Some of them give indeed valuable advice, but others (and I dare to say, most of them)
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Subscribe (for free) to our page to have access to other lists similar to this one of the best audio books for investing. For a long time, I worked as an investment broker before changing careers and becoming an airline specialist and entrepreneur. For a great many years, among finance professionals, the adage “many wolves in
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This article is just one of a series of business lessons (including negotiation skills for business) for entrepreneurs from legendary experts. For the next articles, remember to subscribe (for free!) to my list here. Listen to “Learning Negotiation Techniques with a Former FBI Agent – Isopraxism, Calibrated Questions and etc.” on Spreaker. Why negotiation skills for
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One of the most effective tools for energizing your team is delegation of leadership. Maybe it is the MOST powerful. Listen to “Sense of Ownership at Work – The Essential Lessons from a Destroyer Captain to Startup Founders” on Spreaker. And, while it may appear to be a simple concept, delegating well and effectively necessitates
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This is the first article of a series about great customer service skills. Subscribe here (for free) to receive the next ones! Listen to “To Have Great Customer Service, You Must Master These 5 Service Industry Skills” on Spreaker. During my time in the corporate world, I was often involved in the selection of new
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Before starting our list of must read self development books for 2022, a question: do you often read personal development books? I admit that for a long time I was somewhat wary of this kind of reading (also called, often in a derogatory tone, self-help). And this fear was not entirely without reason: many authors
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Before jumping on the straight answer about the best age to start a business, some context. Once I saw a CEO from a prestigious technology firm complaining how young professionals unrealistically expect dizzying ascents up the corporate ladder at the start of their careers. These are folks who have received two or three promotions in
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Antifragile by Taleb: How Things Gain from Disorder Listen to “How Nassim Nicholas Taleb Helped to Save My Business during the COVID Pandemic – Black Swan” on Spreaker. The phrase below (you will discover in a few paragraphs how it relates to Antifragility) was part of a dialogue between the author of Freakonomics, Stephen Dubner, and the
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My first contact with Nassim Taleb was more than 10 years ago. I was still a junior stockbroker in Brazil. From there, things changed — I moved 16 times to 4 different countries, changed jobs, and opened my first (and then second) business. I also continued reading whatever I could from the Lebanese dilletante, including his Incerto
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