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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and DHH

By benmunoz November 23, 2018favorite-business, library

The Big Idea: choose to have a calm, profitable, healthy workplace. Why is work so crazy? Physical and virtual distractions at work. And an unhealthy obsession with growth. Sustained exhaustion…

To Sell Is Human by Daniel Pink

By benmunoz January 27, 2018favorite-business, library

The Big Idea: Even if you're not a "salesman", you probably have to sell or persuade people all the time. Therefore, learn how to sell. Everyone sells. Physicians sell patients…

Barking Up The Wrong Tree by Eric Barker

By benmunoz November 10, 2017favorite-business, library

The Big Idea: how to succeed in business and life using science. Chapter 1: Should We Play It Safe and Do What We're Told If We Want to Succeed? Grades…

The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox

By benmunoz April 5, 2017favorite-business, library

The Big Idea: identify the bottleneck. Relieve the bottleneck. Repeat. The Goal is one of Jeff Bezos' three required books for his senior team. (Also, Effective Executive and Innovator's Dilemma)…

Made in America by Sam Walton

By benmunoz February 18, 2017favorite-business, library

The Big Idea: Walmart succeeded through a combination of unique culture, very effective strategies, and lots of hard work. Nadine West's two favorite role models are 1) Southwest Airlines and 2)…

The Best Place to Work by Ron Friedman

By benmunoz February 2, 2017favorite-business, library

The Big Idea: Happy employees are a competitive advantage. Chapter 1: Success is Overrated, Why Great Work Places Reward Failure make it okay to try new things and fail learn…

Anything You Want by Derek Sivers

By benmunoz January 15, 2017favorite-business, library

The Big Idea: the purpose of life (and business) is happiness, not money. Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and yourself. Making a…

Scaling Up Excellence by Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao

By benmunoz August 9, 2016favorite-business, library

THE BIG IDEA Scaling is a ground war, not just an air war. Scaling requires grinding it out; building the organization brick by brick, day after day. One more metaphor...it's…

Nuts! by Kevin and Jackie Freiberg

By benmunoz June 28, 2016favorite-business, library

The Big Idea Southwest succeeded by focusing on profitability over market share and by taking the time building a fun and positive culture. Doing this likely slowed down their growth…

Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras

By benmunoz February 17, 2016favorite-business, library

This is a study on how to build a company that is resilient and exceptional. It's one of my favorite books. The Big Idea: visionary companies have a strong inner core (core purpose,…

The One Thing By Gary Keller

By benmunoz October 19, 2015favorite-business, libraryNo Comments

The Big Idea: 1) find your purpose and then 2) for four UNINTERRUPTED hours every morning, focus on THE ONE THING that will get you there fastest. If you chase two rabbits, you…

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

By benmunoz July 6, 2015favorite-business, libraryNo Comments

This book is on my top 20 books of all-time list. I must have been in middle school when I first got my hands on this book and read it…

Delivering Happiness By Tony Hsieh

By benmunoz June 15, 2015favorite-business, library

This is one of our top 5 business books. Our first company tagline was "Happiness in a Pink Package." Book notes are below: Books recommended: Good to Great, Tribal Leadership, Fred Factor, Fish,…

The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

By benmunoz June 5, 2015favorite-business, library

This one's a classic business book by the dean of business thinking. Effective executives know where their time goes Effective executives focus on results Effective executives build on strengths Effective…

The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

By benmunoz May 23, 2015favorite-business, library

We want to model Nadine West after Zappos. Happy employees = Happy customers. Happy customers = Happy company. Which means, we need to study the science and psychology of happiness. Below are my…