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If you could base your whole career philosophy on the essense of one book, would this be the one?
 
Its unnecessarily long, and - frankly - too derivative.

I'd prefer to go back to texts such as 'Beyond Good and Evil' or 'Genealogy of Morality' by Nietzsche, or 'Leviathan' by Hobbes.

They're the two that really struck home for me.

Maybe throw in a bit of Adam Smith, Charles Darwin & JS Mill and you pretty much have my belief set I'd imagine



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Friday, September 15, 2006 at 06:20AM by DeadCat.
 
Interesting responses! Quite frankly I'm not sure I see the connections between some though. What about the book by Napolean Hill, Think and Grow Rich?
 
I actually started off reading Dummy's books about the stock market and business when I was 16 yrs old working at a grocery store in Mountain Ranch, CA (very small Okey town). Never thought I'd end up sitting for the CFA.
 
"The Prince"

MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Seriously, though, I based my philosophy on "The Fountainhead". Great book. Ayn Rand was a strange bird.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Monday, September 18, 2006 at 07:33PM by c_hayhurst.
 
I thought monkey business was fantastic (the 1st 3/4's anyway, after that it got a bit tedious). Really chilled me out and brought a sense of perspective and comparability to what I was going through.
 
Bombardiers - by Po Bronson

About a bunch of San Francisco bond traders. Fiction

This book isn't my career philosophy but it does sort of highlight my impression of it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 12:37PM by jg1996business.
 
"Bombardiers - by Po Bronson"

haha, good choice, all about those overnighted danishes.
 
xabat77 Wrote:
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> "Bombardiers - by Po Bronson"
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> haha, good choice, all about those overnighted
> danishes.


I liked the whole breakfast futures exchange.
 
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