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What books would you like to see TPM review next?
My book list is growing.
So, rather than create a new thread for each book recommendation in case anyone here wants to get to it first, I've decided to create one thread and then if there's any title someone wants to expand on, a thread can be opened for it. (Hopefully, this will keep the forum tidier than the alternative.)
Currently, I'm interested in getting to:
- Promoted: The Proven Career Acceleration Formula To Reach The Top Without Working Harder Or Playing Office Politics: interesting that the author is of the philosophy that one can ascend to the top without playing (any) power games. May be worth the read.
- How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority: didn't see this one in the TPM reviews section yet, so it may be interesting to read (I'm thinking that the author might recommend a few power moves based on the title, but that's only a guess). Either way, curious to see what strategies the author recommends (hopefully we'll get something new from it).
- The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business: a book that promises to be an adequate replacement for an MBA program (which the author declares as a "waste of time and money"). As robust as it is, would be curious to read this one, especially given that the author's "best of" list seems to recommend a few books that TPM also considers worth a spot at the top.
Then, more on the mental side:
- Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models: recommended to me by a good friend of mine (who's also an attorney doing fairly well for himself), this one's near the top of my reading list for right now.
- Critical Thinking in a Nutshell: How to Become an Independent Thinker and Make Intelligent Decisions (Critical Thinking & Logic Mastery, Book 1): seems like it could be a good read given that critical thinking is something I need to work on (albeit the reviews are mostly saying this book is more of an introduction than a solid, comprehensive guide).
Plus, I'm currently in the middle of a review for Jordan Peterson's Dragons, Monsters & Men (in the hopes that it'll be valuable enough to make the cut as TPM's first TV-series review, we'll see :). And, Daily Wire+ recommended to me a new platform that seems similar to MentorBox called Thinkr.
At some point, if I can get to it, I'll do a review for Thinkr too, and see how it is.
P.S.: Lucio, feel free to delete this thread if you think a thread for each recommendation would be better.
Good books Ali - all on my list. One I have been curious about is the business of friendship. TPM teaches make friends and allies. So anything on the how of that in a work context piques my interest.
Quote from Transitioned on August 28, 2022, 2:08 amGood books Ali - all on my list. One I have been curious about is the business of friendship. TPM teaches make friends and allies. So anything on the how of that in a work context piques my interest.
Added to my list, Kevin, thanks :).
By the way, recently discovered a new blog called Sloww.co.
The head of that website seems to be a heavy reader who also takes notes and does summaries + reviews.
I've added a couple of his recommended reads to my own reading list:
And, I'll be buying his premium package to get access to a few resources that, from what I've seen so far, seem like they'll be very valuable.
Quote from Ali Scarlett on September 1, 2022, 4:11 am
By the way, recently discovered a new blog called Sloww.co.
The head of that website seems to be a heavy reader who also takes notes and does summaries + reviews.
I've added a couple of his recommended reads to my own reading list:
And, I'll be buying his premium package to get access to a few resources that, from what I've seen so far, seem like they'll be very valuable.
Thank you for sharing this, Ali, looks super promising!
And thank you for the original list, the ones on critical thinking look interesting indeed, I'll add to the list once I can get deeper into critical thinking resources.
And of course "How to Lead When You're Not in Charge" looks super interesting indeed. If it's well done, it could be a gem (big if course, but certainly worth a try).
I saw this one which looks interesting:
Negotiating the Impossible, from Deepak Malhotra, one of the "Negotiation Genius" author
Maximum achievement by Brian Tracy. Many people I respect cite this book as the best book they have ever read.
Here's a book I thoroughly recommend and that I read 3 times so far, each time understanding something more:
- Emotional Resilience by David Viscott.
It is a bit convoluted and full of stories and repeated points, but also so full of wisdom.
The main point of the book is that the mind has a self-healing mechanism (that the author calls the Natural Therepeutic Process) which compels old traumas and hurts stored in the body to constantly be brought to awareness in order to be elaborated, integrated and overcome.
The reason why, in moments of extreme emotion, one may tend to overreact, is precisely because the mind links to present events past hurts, in order to compel a person to address those past hurts openly and thus heal.
Healing and being more "emotionally free" means accepting and dealing with the truth more and more, even if it causes strong pain to be processed, instead of remaining stuck in the stage of the so called "defenses". This allows one to ultimately live in the present and be authentic, and to know what one really wants for himself or herself.
"Defenses" (which are grouped in the three categories of denial, excuses and pretenses) are meant to be temporary means by which the mind allows a person to process past hurts without being emotionally overwhelmed and reduced to a functional inability; however some (most?) people choose to willingly remain stuck at defense stage for significant periods of time (sometimes for life) and suffer great pain in doing so.
The book also deals with the architecture of loss, the purpose of basic feelings, the mourning process, toxic nostalgia (the author's term for past losses not fully integrated) and personality types from the point of view of how different people tend to privilege (and stay stuck) in one kind of defense instead of others.
Thanks for the recommendation, Bel!
You guys are expanding my reading list further :).
Today, I met an entrepreneur who's the co-founder of a crypto startup that's currently working with the government on a new blockchain (albeit I didn't understand everything he told me since crypto's not my forte, based on what I gathered, they're involved in some pretty ground-shaking stuff).
He recommended this book to me:
- Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen
Given how I struggled in the first iteration of the PU sales page to put into words how a course on power might help the reader, I think there's a chance this book could shed some light on possible verbage for future copy (or for refining current copy—after all, nothing's perfect :).
Not books that I like to be reviewed, more a list to share with you from Mark Manson if you guys see something you like in there:
I am reading this book:
- The Trusted Advisor by Maister, Green & Galford.
I am only halfway through, but it could be a very useful read for people in consulting and advisory professions.
The main tenet of the book is that technical expertise, while indispensable, is only a very small portion of what makes an advisor a good advisor.
The other, prevalent portion is trust (by the client in the advisor). The book explains how trust is built, how to progressively increase it while avoding "jumping the gun" (which decreases trust), how to eliminate other behaviors that may decrease it inadvertently, and the effects this has on developing the professional relationship.
