The most valuable of all contributors to the world from the beginning of time is the concept of ideas. When we sit in a meeting to get things done what matters most is what works. Positions should be left at the door, where all who are in a meeting are equal and all that matters is finding the best way forward.
In life and in business, the most intelligent are those who make the most out of the situation at hand. Biases and prejudices just get in the way of winning. Taking offense is a primary ingredient of losing. The world is moving at an accelerated pace. We are all behind the learning curve. The winner will be he who is least behind.
The books with a star are just that, a star.
* HOW TO THINK: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR A WORLD AT ODDS
by Alan Jacobs
First, one needs to learn how to think. Alan Jacobs warns that before you learn to think realise you will loose and or entrain family and friends because most people do not want to think.
DUAL TRANSFORMATION: HOW TO REPOSITION TODAY’S BUSINESS WHILE CREATING THE FUTURE
by Scott D. Anthony, Clark Gilbert, and Mark W. Johnson
* START-UP NATION: THE STORY OF ISRAEL’S ECONOMIC MIRACLE by Dan Senor and Saul Singer
The GDP of Israel is 25 % of Germany and 4o or 50 times of their rival Palestine, if you can call them a rival. How did they get there? The one thing they do well is put positions aside and focus on the best idea to win, going forward by excelling and being different.
AI SUPERPOWERS: CHINA, SILICON VALLEY, AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
by Kai-Fu Lee
FARSIGHTED: HOW WE MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT MATTER THE MOST
by Steven Johnson
PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY: TEN MAPS THAT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING ABOUT THE WORLD
by Tim Marshall
THE ROAD TO UNFREEDOM: RUSSIA, EUROPE, AMERICA
by Timothy Snyder
* IN THE CLOSET OF THE VATICAN: POWER, HOMOSEXUALITY, HYPOCRISY
by Frederic Martel
This book is an absolutely must read. Believe what you may but know what you believe in. If you read one book this year, read this one.
CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINY
by Andrew Roberts
* KOCHLAND: THE SECRET HISTORY OF KOCH INDUSTRIES AND CORPORATE POWER IN AMERICA
by Christopher Leonard
Do you get it and do you get it done?
* THE DIVERSITY DELUSION: HOW RACE AND GENDER PANDERING CORRUPT THE UNIVERSITY AND UNDERMINE OUR CULTURE
by Heather Mac Donald
There is a crooked movement out there that may be affecting all of you. This is a must read also.
* HOW TO HIDE AN EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF THE GREATER UNITED STATES
by Daniel Immerwahr
Our relationship with America in the past must matter to you.
TALKING TO STRANGERS: WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE DON’T KNOW
by Malcolm Gladwell
* THE SNOWBALL: WARREN BUFFETT AND THE BUSINESS OF LIFE
by Alice Schroeder
An example of simplicity that works.
* PRE-SUASION: A REVOLUTIONARY WAY TO INFLUENCE AND PERSUADE
by Robert Cialdini
There is always someone that you want to convince. Learn how to do it well.
Be of more value to yourself, your family, your children, your company, and your nation — keep learning. Before you even start, learn to speed read and you read five times as fast, exponentially improve your perspectives, and, hence, your value to all.
