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Over the past 12 months, I have read 71 non-fiction books.
90% of them weren't worth it.
Save yourself the time and just read these 7 🧵👇
Book #1: How To Measure Anything
The topic of metrics, measurement, outcomes thinking confounds even the smartest people.
They get stuck between no plans and hard-to-execute plans.
This book teaches you 80/20 techniques for measurement.
Book #2: The McKinsey Way
People misunderstand what business McKinsey is in. They're in the business of persuasion.
This book teaches you specific methods to get buy-in in a corporate world.
If you're going to play the game, play it like the best.
Book #3: Turning The Flywheel
Most people have no freaking clue what a good strategy is, even after reading "Good Strategy/Bad Strategy".
This tiny supplement to the classic "Good to Great" is the 80/20 distillation of the strategy as a flywheel idea.
Book #4: A More Beautiful Question
You probably want answers in your life. Most people do.
This book explains the counter-intuitive idea that you need better questions so the answers would come easier [with many examples]
Book #5: Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This
Product people are notorious for thinking good product will sell itself, or it's not a good product.
Well, a bit of tough love: learning from the best in advertising & copywriting won't hurt your lil' app's growth.
Book #6: The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Everyone talks about OKRs. There's more advice on OKRs than good OKRs.
This book is 10x more effective as it teaches you a different method that is 10x clearer and simpler.
Book #7: Sources of Power
After @elonmusk said that he applies first-principles thinking in his work, everyone forgot about intuition.
This book teaches you why & how intuition is massively underrated, and how real-life risk takers use it.
TL;DR: Out of 71 books, read these 7:
• How To Measure Anything
• The McKinsey Way
• Turning The Flywheel
• A More Beautiful Question
• Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This
• The 4 Disciplines of Execution
• Sources of Power