5/ To Sell Is Human by @DanielPink: confirmed my belief that sales skills will be pivotal skill in a digital world, and gave me ammunition to argue that everyone needs to learn them
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6/ Principles of Product Dev't Flow by
@DReinertsen: first person that could tell me WHY theory of constraints was correct but insufficient. Upgraded my understanding of flow principles to tech/software/knowledge economy1 reply 0 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
7/ Being Mortal by
@Atul_Gawande: first thing I've read on death/mortality/aging. Very sobering look at the reality of aging that gave me a lot of perspective, realigned priorities1 reply 1 retweet 2 likesShow this thread -
8/ A Beautiful Constraint by
@eatbigfish: gave me a solid footing for why and how constraints can serve as leverage points in innovation, creativity, performance1 reply 2 retweets 8 likesShow this thread -
9/ Stealing Fire by
@steven_kotler & Jamie Wheal: helped put in perspective all the numerous transformational experiences people are seeking these days, & how they help us unlearn unproductive patterns by shifting our perspective1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
10/ Man Enough by Frank Pittman: pulled back the curtain on what it means to be a man today, how media & culture & other men shape how we find meaning, validate ourselves as men, and seek companionship & community
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11/ Overall learning: I'm noticing many of these books confirmed something I'd already suspected or senses, but couldn't give words/examples to. They were like intellectual catapults, sending me much faster and farther in that direction than I would have gone otherwise
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12/ THAT in turn confirms my belief that we need better ways of capturing, composting, enriching, and sharing well-structured packets of knowledge, to allow others to use them as building blocks in their own work
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It resonates a lot with the ideas detailed in the fascinating book "Why Information Grows" and the concept of “personbyte". There is a limit to the amount of knowledge and knowhow we can accumulate in our brain and nervous system. See my last thread:https://twitter.com/Kpaxs/status/947516503783624705 …
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I listened to this on audiobook but didn't get much. Do you have notes or is this tweetstorm it?
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The tweestorm is my summary and covers most of the book. On top of that I have the whole book in Evernote with shaded, bolded and highlighted parts. Don’t have intermediate level.
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