What is the most motivational book or author you have come across?

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Man’s search for meaning - you can endure any ‘what’ if you have a ‘why’

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Probably David Goggins

Seriously laughed out loud first time I read that.

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What price did you buy your bitcoin/litecoin/ethereum at? Have you sold any?

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Another sign of the apocalypse: LinkedIn now has a Stories feature. 😱

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Any opportunities for Product Management in Pune?

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Dear fishes,
Could someone refer me to PO position with Siemens healthineers?

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Hello Fishes,

Can someone please let me know the salary range for an Automation engineer/SDET role in
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Anyone travelling from pune to mumbai today?

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Hello kindergarten teachers I have a question for those in the New York area. I have a son going into kindergarten in a few days. My question is what knowledge is he expected to walk in knowing?

Anyone has an alternative to an Au Pair. Wife and I were looking forward to host an au pair but can’t go through the official program since we are not permanent residents yet. Anyone has an alternative besides traditional daycare? Maybe a friend of a friend? I am in NJ. Any ideas welcomed and needed!

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Loving the look of this Tag Carrera. Worth the buy?

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Which machine learning conferences are FAANG companies recruiting at ?

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Any SFCC Architects or Tech leads looking for a change? I have an urgent requirement in my team. Please DM for more information. Thanks

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What is everyone reading right now? Any suggestions?

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

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Drucker is the OG! The Effective Executive 🔥🔥🔥

So many recent other recent business books are highly derivative

What are the other classics?

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?

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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?

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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.

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

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

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Best book you've read recently on personal finance?

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Just starting out in consulting right out of college. Any book recs?

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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.

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

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

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

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

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I have not been reading books in a long time due to raising kids, hectic work and just day to day life.
I really really want to get back to reading.
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Looking for something to help with soft skills in management. Any suggestions?

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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!

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Do you use audio books or find them useful?

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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!!

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