CIRCLE OF COMPETENCE

 

The Personal MBA Book List

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• The E-Myth Revisited - Michael Gerber

• Built to Sell - John Warrillow

• Company of One - Paul Jarvis

• How to Get Rich - Felix Dennis

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Innovation

• Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos - Jeff Bezos

• The Innovator’s Dilemma - Clayton Christensen

• The Lean Startup - Eric Ries

• Zero to One - Peter Thiel

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Accounting

• The Accounting Game: Basic Accounting Fresh from the Lemonade Stand - Darrell Mullis

• Financial Shenanigans - Howard Schilit and Jeremy Perler

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Finance and Investing

• The Art of Profitability - Adrian Slywotzky

• Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs - Karen Berman

• Margin of Safety - Seth Klarman

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Capital Allocation

• The Outsiders - William Thorndike

• Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders - Warren Buffett

• The Rebel Allocator - Jacob Taylor

• Anti-Fragile - Nassem Taleb

• Constellation Software President’s Letters - Mark Leonard

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Real Estate

• The Risk Game - Francis Greenburger

• The Real Estate Game - William Poorvu

• Multi-Family Millions - David Lindahl

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Sales and Negotiations

• Never Split the Difference - Chris Voss

• Flip the Script - Oren Klaff

• The Greatest Salesman in the World - Og Mandarino

• Storyworthy - Matthew Dicks

• The Little Red Book of Selling - Jeffrey Gitomer

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Marketing, Design and Branding

• Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business and Life - Rory Sutherland

• 80/20 Sales and Marketing - Perry Marshall

• The Design of Everyday Things - Donald Norman

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Leadership and Management

• High Output Management - Andy Grove

• Pre-Suasion - Robert Cialdini

• The Essential Drucker - Peter Drucker

• The 4 Disciplines of Execution - Sean Covey

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Operations

• The Systems Bible - John Gall

• The Goal - Eli Goldratt

• Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1-3 Tactics - US Marine Corps

• Corporate Turnaround Artistry - Jeff Sands

• Double Your Profits - Bob Fifer

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Strategy

• Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works - A.G. Lafley

• Learning from the Octopus - Rafe Sagarin

• Competition Demystified - Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn

• Traction - Gino Wickman

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Mental Models and Decision Making

• The Personal MBA - Josh Kaufman

• Influence - Robert Cialdini

• Misbehaving - Richard Thaler

• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - Peter Kaufman

• Seeking Wisdom - Peter Bevelin

• The Great Mental Models Volume 1 - Shane Parrish

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Economics

• Economics in Two Lessons - John Quiggin

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Human Resources

• Who: The A Method for Hiring - Geoff Smart and Randy Street

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Law

• Working With Contracts: What Law School Doesn’t Teach You - Charles Fox

 

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