I thought it would be good to have a bowl where we can post book reviews / recommendations.

Any good entertainment news podcasts? (business/legal)

Anyone have any recommendations for an affordable (10k or less initiation fee) country club in GA? Don't mind at all if it's a bit of a drive from Atlanta proper. Just looking for an oasis away from the city life.

What's your favorite restaurant in Houston, hands down? I'm trying to test out all of the best spots before I move! Please drop your favorite

New guilty pleasure: Indian Matchmaking on Netflix

Anyone have a recommendation for books or resources on upping my sales game? Open to in person class, online class, books, etc!

What is your mainsource of entertainment?

For some time now, series about the pre-end of the world time is becoming more and more popular, this is the case with "The Handmaid's Tales" it has a perfect image design, characters with a perfectly defined background, and the ability to represent a totally possible pre-apocalyptic world. It has it all. Any other series with these features?

Now that it’s officially peach season. Best peach things (fresh peaches, peach drinks, etc.) and where to find them in ATL?

In Knoxville, TN for a day. Recs for one bottle you'll absolutely suggest? Also the name of the store where I can get that, would be great too! Thank you!

Looking for second hand scoty . Dont want to buy from dealer if anyone introduced to sell their scoty DM me . Budget is 20 to 30 k

Hot take. Is FAANG even a thing? Or was Cramer just worried about the acronym if he took out Netflix?

Any expedience with duffl?

Hello Bengaluru people,

I have same CTC offers from pune as well as from Bengaluru.
Bengaluru company job profile seems more better and Pune company job profile seems less better.

I'm worried about food in Bengaluru that will I get the good North Indian food daily. I don't like rice and south Indian food. I mostly eat chapati and all spicy north Indian thing.

Pune Seems better in terms of food and money. Should I come to Bangalore or not that's the point.

Where to pregame before the chili peppers concert tomorrow?

Anyone listening to the podcast “Dr. Death”? Both fascinating and horrifying...

I think the Rainforest Cafe takes the whole rainforest theme too far.

This one time I was sitting there eating my chicken tenders and they bulldozed 40% of the restaurant.

Is there a list or map anywhere of NYC spots doing takeout cocktails? I’m downtown and so far I’ve grabbed to go from Dante and Extra Virgin if anyone has any other recommendations.

Looking for some interesting plays that are not Doge, GME, etc (already in those 😅). Thoughts?

How do you use children’s literature to support meaningful conversations about diversity in second grade? I’m not just talking about “holidays around the world” or a really great read-aloud by itself.

Anybody who joined in @CGI in june got hike?

Any way of being in Ey s&o and being local? As in, is there a team that mostly does projects that are local (NYC)

Thoughts on UBER stock price? Likely to remain flat or possible dip with uncertain market?

Do product marketing managers make more than their non-product marketing counterparts at the same level and COL?

Hi all,
Wanted to know the range of salary for consultant specialist role? Yoe 10+

Did anyone else get a ridiculous rent increase this year?

Is it common for HOA to ask you to prove your car registration is up to date?

Joined tcs around 1 month back and submitted all the joining related documents but still didn't received my employee Id.upon checking with hr i am getting information that there is technical glitch due to which employee Id is not getting generated. Is one else facing this issue ? What can be done in this situation ?

What are the responsibility for lead assistant manager in EXL

Hi guys

This question may not be related. However I wanted to know from personal and family point of view how it is like to relocate from India and live abroad .
Let's say Family consists of husband , wife and a kid . I understand we will get good facilities, education, cleanliness , good air etc , however I wanted to check whether people gel up easily in the new environment? Don't they feel loneliness/ difficult to adjust? Do they look for similar asian nationalities to kill boredom?

Oh nooo, one of my childhood friends is a Karen 🤦‍♀️

Why do some muslim men think that career women in their 30s become desperate and will significantly lower their standards? Someone with 3 kids that’s been divorced twice and isn’t even practicing just told my friend he’ll do her the favor of giving her children. The arrogance is mind boggling

I'm going from working at a non IT industry to an IT firm. As an introvert I've faced a lot of difficulty in my career... Now since I'm also shifting to another industry completely, I'm feeling very insecure about my life at work. Please give me tips on how to make friends and be in the good books of the managers.

Family luddites ask about my work and immediately behave annoyed when I start to answer.

I feel like working from home has been the death of my dating life. I used to at least go on 4 dates a month, and I was casually seeing a guy for a while. Post covid, I love my work-life balance but I'm never out. I can't meet people sitting at my desk, and I have no local coworkers to pull me out of the house for happy hour.

Can any one help me with career level in Novo Nordisk.

Please suggest Best apartments to live with great view in Austin ...moving to Austin in may .

Drucker is the OG! The Effective Executive 🔥🔥🔥

So many recent other recent business books are highly derivative

What are the other classics?

I loved Rise. It really helped me understand the difference in necessary skills and mindset across different leadership levels. Anyone else read it?

Looking for something to help with soft skills in management. Any suggestions?

Has anyone read the Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto? Is it a good read?

What is everyone reading right now? Any suggestions?

I am reading "the 48 laws of power" by Robert Greene and wondering whether it still applies in today's corporate world.

Anyone have good books on private capital? Tradtional Private Equity, Venture, Growth, Search - even negotiating in the space. Just interested and looking for audiobooks. Thanks!

Thinking of writing a book.
I started as a housekeeper and now I’m a Data Analyst. I’ve learned a lot along the way.
Anyone have any tips?

I’m moving from implementation consulting - where details are super important - to a strategy role, working with C suite executives. Got the feedback that I need to think and work less detailed and way more high level/abstract. Any book recommendations to train this skill or get insights how to best think on an abstract level?

Looking for good books on investing. Open to anything- real estate, stock market, etc. please leave any suggestions on what to read and anything to avoid - thanks fishes!!

Best book you've read recently on personal finance?

In 2023 I'm wanting to help make my management more effective. So, I'm looking for a book or a couple of books to gift my team this holiday season. I would like books that focus on communication and taking ownership. Any recommendations?

Do you read multiple books at once? Power through one at a time? Do you set a page or chapter daily/weekly goal? Only do audiobooks? Please share your reading habits so we 🐟 can borrow/steal like artists 🎨.

For me, I set 20-30 pg min/night and listen to a different audiobook to/from work. The audiobook thing is new as I've never read >1 at once. Considering 1 chapter/night w/ 3 different books (3 ch/night)... I just want to read them all though not sure - may muddle if one > others.

Favorite books on leadership styles and mindset training?

I just “read” we listened to “The Nowhere Office”. As we are RTOing it really struck home. Highly recommend.

Post your favorite books atm mine are:

Atomic Habits by James Clear
Outliers Malcolm Gladwell

Loving this new bowl! Please share your favorite business books with me. Topics of interest are personal finance, career, entrepreneurship, and life-work-balance and joy.

Taking a quick poll, do you prefer reading ebooks or do you prefer the feel of real, physical books? I love real books myself!

Any book recommendations on how to tame/work with being an overachievers? I'm assuming a lot of us have a hard time switching off the problem-solving voice in our head (I know I do!) and wonder if there anything good to read about this.