/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.9283115]

essential books for /biz

[Anonymous No.9283152]

[Anonymous No.9283173]

Think and Grow Rich

[Anonymous No.9283209]

>>9283115
Actually have it lying around. Is it worth the read?

[Anonymous No.9283240]

If you are a nigger obsessed with status its good

[Anonymous No.9283256]

[Anonymous No.9283263]

>>9283209
If you're looking for advice then no.

It does have some entertainment value.

[Anonymous No.9283283]

>>9283209
its something you wont get in any form of media outside books and most times when it in books they always downplay these laws as something bad or evil its pretty much the laws littlefingers from game of thrones live by

[Anonymous No.9283292]

>>9283263
You're either unable to read or comprehend its content, it's literally the best book in matter of social dominance
You probably never had the chance to apply nothing inside it since you probably don't leave the house either

For any other anon that reads this, fucking buy it if you care for your future personal development

[Anonymous No.9283360]

>>9283292
Just look at Robert Greene and his history and you'll quickly realize this guy has no credentials to write about anything substantial. He was some assistant to a Hollywood movie writer for a few months and now he's trying to sell himself as an expert in business, psychology, war, sex, power, human condition and million other things.

In reality he's just an awkward nerd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_USBCFQzXM

[Anonymous No.9283390]

>>9283360
Oh and the only time he actually had a role in actual business it failed spectacularly. He was an advisor to the American Apparel before it crashed to the ground.

[Anonymous No.9283442]

>>9283115

It was fun to read, but nothing of real substance. The premise of the book relies on the shakey grounds that everyone is out to get you, and you need to get to them first by acting like an emotionally detached asshole in everyday social situations.

Read Influence (7 summits) if you want a book with actual merit.

[kneepad girl No.9283470]

[Anonymous No.9283476]

>>9283173
This book is also complete shit.

[Anonymous No.9283508]

First rule: with jews you lose

[Anonymous No.9283556]

>>9283173
this book is complete normie tier bullshit

the 33 strategies of war is the patricians self help literature.

i highly recommend this blog for people who need more concrete understanding, and feel the 48 laws fell short. >>9283442 has simply not interpreted the book in the way it was meant, and is able to help you. you don't have to become a 'cold asshole' in order to better navigate the social/sexual scene

https://illimitablemen.com/archives/

[Anonymous No.9283652]

>>9283360
>>9283390
i suppose someone as weak and insecure enough to post anime cat pictures was always destined to conflict with any robert greene reading material. you cite RG has 'no credentials to write about anything substantial'(besides his bachelors in history) yet you yourself expect people to take your comments on this website seriously, do you not see the irony in that?

also the fact that you are able to so quickly cite these obscure criticisms of a relatively non famous man means you must be nagged by the reality of greene's works. kill yourself, unrionally

[Anonymous No.9283703]

>>9283556
In the book Greene writes that "Afghanistan was rich in natural gas and other minerals and had ports on the Indian Ocean":[ Afghanistan is land-locked. The political tales in the book are said to be "mostly foolish or just plain wrong".

[Anonymous No.9283744]

>>9283115
The audiobook of this is hilarious

[Anonymous No.9283752]

>>9283115
Tao of Pooh

[Anonymous No.9283789]

>>9283744
This.

[Anonymous No.9283808]

>reading books
fucking 30yo boomers

[Anonymous No.9283851]

saw someone post "How to Win Friends and Influence People" here a few weeks ago
bought it and read it because /biz/ users shilled it in the thread

it's entirely unremarkable
the only applicable purpose i can imagine of it is to teach narcissists and children with literal autism the basics of interacting with other people.

[Anonymous No.9283861]

>>9283851
why would you buy? you know you can find almost anything ever written for free online now

[Anonymous No.9283869]

>>9283861
Maybe he's not a nigger.

[Anonymous No.9283876]

>>9283360
The contents of the book are actually inspired from The pocket oracle, written by Gracian Baltasar
It’s advice that lasted the test of the centuries

[Anonymous No.9283892]

>>9283861
i like to read books. it makes me feel good about myself to look at my bookcase and see progress in education.

[Anonymous No.9283905]

>>9283869
>implying niggers would actively seek out reading material

what a fucking autist you are. kill all anime fags

[Anonymous No.9283921]

recommended by someone here a few months ago, really put things into perspective.
genuinely hope we can all make it.

[Anonymous No.9283924]

>>9283892
so do i, but i read online first before i spend. i buy if its a good book

[Anonymous No.9283953]

>>9283851
I'm convinced this shit would only work in the west. Try this in Japan and I can't imagine you'll get far.

[Anonymous No.9283971]

>>9283924
i'm not particularly able to right now articulate why i buy them before reading.
i think it's partially because i very much like the feeling of getting near the end of a book and knowing that i've got a good deal of interesting books right behind me to pick up as soon as i'm done with the current one. it inspires me to finish.
i also find it much easier to concentrate on reading words on paper.

[Anonymous No.9283983]

This will make you understand

[Anonymous No.9283986]

>>9283953
there's far too much lying in there for me, anyway, and far too much "everyone is special, you can do it bro, you can totally become that rock star". maybe the author didn't mean such things, but you can only push the ideas so much before people infer that this is what you mean

[Anonymous No.9284000]

>>9283983
nice, i might pick this one up.
i've seen him referenced a lot by various authors that i've read, but i've always imagined this book to be remarkably dry and overly academic, for some reason.
is this the case?

[Anonymous No.9284006]

sovereign individual

[Anonymous No.9284065]

>>9284000
It is a little dry. Especially because the mindset and workings of innovation proposed back then by Thomas (which in a certain way really did change the world), are currently embedded within our world and our mindsets. You will often read things that you thought are really fucking obvious but weren't back in the day. This book is from 1962 btw which makes it really sick, considering from that point on innovation follows this analysis. It's kinda academic but not like hocuspocusspeak.

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[Anonymous No.9284337]

>>9284299
If you want to be a resentful poor loser or a dictator lying through his teeth.

[Anonymous No.9284341]

>>9283256
underrated

[Anonymous No.9284369]

This book.
It gave me a hole new perspective on how to view businesses and stocks.


>>9284299
>Karl Marx
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.9284401]

>>9284337
>not understanding the inherent contradictions of capitalism

brainlet

[Anonymous No.9284464]

>>9284401
oh fuck off

[Anonymous No.9284495]

>>9284401
>inherent contradictions of capitalism
Kek. Please die in a fire.

[Anonymous No.9284500]

>>9283360
>>9283390

>tripfagging with a picture

[Anonymous No.9284534]

>>9284369
Reading this at the moment desu. It does take time to go through with it or is it just me.
Also check 7 habits of highly efficient people... It goes way deeper than principles like don't forget to smile and plan ahead, it goes down your core and questions your values and meaning in life.

[Anonymous No.9284544]

>>9284464
>>9284495
>they unironically believe hard work generates wealth
>they unironically believe this system rewards productivity

Goddamn.

[Anonymous No.9284568]

>>9284544
Nobody said that hard work generates wealth.
It doesn't.
Good work does.

[Anonymous No.9284581]

>>9284568
But Marxists have absolutely no conception of how good work can be calculated, and believe that people should get gold stars for effort and oppression rather than merit and results, so of course you'll default to thinking in terms of hard work rather than smart work.

[Anonymous No.9284594]

>>9284568
This.

[Anonymous No.9284629]

>>9283115
The problem is you need some social iq to do the laws. When autists tey they are so transparent and fail miserably. Then just get crushed and ruined reputation

[Anonymous No.9284645]

>>9284544
Furthermore, nobody here is a fan of 'this' system. We live under nobody's ideal, though we're close to the ideal of banksters (haha that's what capitalism thought is isn't that right BROHOOF upvote)

The degree to which we move away from the market is the degree to which we lose any remote conception of value productivity, because it ceases to be measured.

[Anonymous No.9284648]

>>9284581
>But Marxists have absolutely no conception of how good work can be calculated
>what is the labor theory of value

Just because you wasted money on a shit crypto doesn't mean you shouldn't read books.

[Anonymous No.9284675]

>>9284648
The labour theory of value is absolutely absurd, and even if it wasn't, it wouldn't solve the problems that you wish it solved because socially necessary labour has no standardised unit of measurement.

[Anonymous No.9284679]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100779.Reminiscences_of_a_Stock_Operator?ac=1&from_search=true
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25733505-a-man-for-all-markets?from_search=true

Thank me later.

[Anonymous No.9284704]

>>9284648
Anybody of any remote repute has since 1900 understood economic value to be a subjective phenomenon. If this were not so, then perfectly knowledgeable individuals would never interact with one another, as one objective value would be greater than the other. It is a dated conception derived from abstract ideas and a static economy.

[Anonymous No.9284711]

>>9283442
>>9284629
/thread

[Anonymous No.9284724]

>>9284675
>>9284704
>le marx doesn't understand basic economics
>le human nature
brainlets

You don't need to worship capitalism to make money.

[Anonymous No.9284745]

>>9284724
I'm at this point highly sure that you aren't even a Marxist, but are simply baiting. If you are a Marxist, find someone of remote argumentative capability to take your place in this discussion.