Putting together a reading list for 2023, and reading more business and personal development materials is going to be one of my resolutions. Can anyone recommend books that should be on this list?

Any Van Morrison fans here?

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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

Anyone smoke cigars?

Anyone selling dodger tickets tonight

I'm looking for some 6+ Figure Entrepreneurs to Interview.

I need some AMAZING and PASSIONATE guests for my podcast!🎙

Who is excited for the epic tale of Jon Snow. It's going to premiere in late December.

Any meal-kit delivery services you have tried and would recommend? My friend sent me a trial box from Home Chef and it was great. Ready to try others too!

Going to Miami this weekend, hopefully the storm passes. Staying in south beach, I know I know it’s trash but we have some folks who have never been there. but looking for food recommendations outside in the nicer areas. Looking to mix it up some fancy and some quick/cheap eats

Pizza recs for NY style pizza? Aware of antico’s & felini’s (not biggest fan) but looking to explore

Any book recommendations about human psychology / thought processes?

While we’re at it, favorite restaurants in SoHo?

Going to Waco tomorrow. Be pumped for Magnolia Table!

Any book recommendations? Preferably shorter < 300

Last song you listened to.. go!

Looking for a great espresso machine – willing to pay whatever as long as it lives up to its hefty price tag. Any recommendations?

My family and I want to move from Florida to the Seattle area in 5 years. My husband is in Aerospace Engineering. We both love nature, hiking, and rock climbing. We prefer cool rain over sunshine, miss seeing the seasons, and love to cook.
Any advice, Pros VS Cons, anything to look out for ?
Thank you in advance!

Best Andersonville restaurants? Veg friendly appreciated

Accepted an offer with another firm but don’t start for a while. A very interesting and short project came up at my current firm. Is it a bad idea to take this? Should I just try to not get staffed?

What is the current compensation band for Salesforce Developers/Architect with 10 YOE?

What is the salary range for an associate manager at Tredence having 6 yrs experience

How long before joining do we get on boarding mail?

I am leaving retail pharmacy after 15 years. I am opening a 403b pharmacy for a FQHC. I don't believe that retail pharmacy will be able to sustain itself with patient costs skyrocketing. I think people will become enraged or indifferent enough to allow the federal government to take over healthcare. How many times do we see people getting free prescriptions via government coverage that drive better cars than we do?

Who else trains legs on Monday ?

In town for a few days, anyone know the “code” to get into the Red Phone Booth speakeasy?

Anyone haves OB/GYN in the Chicagoland area you would suggest? Looking for west suburbs, Elmhurst, Lombard area. Thanks!

I have been married for 3 years. We have been trying to have a baby and found out my husband is shooting blanks and requires surgery to possibly resolve that. Recovery is 4 weeks and he refused. He is also not open to adopting or fostering or using someone else’s sperm. What do I do now?

Hello EXL Professionals,

If I resign from EXL in mid of Dec 22. Will I still be getting the Annual Bonus (for 2022) which will be paid in March 23 and is some percentage of fixed CTC.

Hi All.

I have total of 3.4 YoE and also M.Tech.
My current CTC is 8lpa which is low as per standards.
How much can I ask for, if i attend and clear technical interview and during HR round when the discussion comes up.

Now a days BTech freshers from good college get more than 15lpa...

Wanted to discuss counter offer with Cognizant. Sent them mail, messages, calls no response. What to do? Just join them with offered package?
CTS is paying most i just wanted to do some negotiation for joining bonus etc.

Any recommendations on data warehousing solutions? Struggling to find something that covers all the bases but is still economical. Considering looking into consultants at this point

How long did it take you to find the right position the first time you went in-house? I am 5 months into it and regretting turning down the (lowball) offer I got a couple months ago.

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?

What is everyone reading right now? Any suggestions?

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.

Any books to recommend on mental strength?

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?

Drucker is the OG! The Effective Executive 🔥🔥🔥

So many recent other recent business books are highly derivative

What are the other classics?

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!!

Finally a bowl of like-minded people! I love reading but finding it’s so hard to find people to discuss what I read.

Currently reading Invisible Women. Very eye opening book and highly recommend for fellow males to read it.

Has anyone ever been required to read business book(s) when they were first hired at a company? If so, I’m curious which titles!

Best book you've read recently on personal finance?

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.

What book has changed your life? Looking for personal growth/motivational books for summer

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

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

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

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.

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

Just read Super Pumped!! Made me realize only a madman like Travis could’ve upended the taxi/ car industry. Anyone else read it?

Favorite books on leadership styles and mindset training?