kaliaddy's review against another edition
4.0
This is a book I’ve had for many years and I revisit it from time to time. I dusted it off again this weekend and many of the axioms and gems still hit home. Especially the points about the uselessness of a lot of corporate time-wasting activities (like meetings and memos). It’s a little dated, being published 30yrs ago, but this is the type of book where you take what you need from it and leave the rest behind.
Some of my favorite axioms:
Study the conventional wisdom, then shun it
Never knock someone else’s racket - you never know when you will be pulling the same stunt yourself some day
Your biggest problems will always originate from people
The more you speak, the less others listen
Don’t tell anybody more than they need to know
Never expect logic and reason to govern human affairs
Some of my favorite axioms:
Study the conventional wisdom, then shun it
Never knock someone else’s racket - you never know when you will be pulling the same stunt yourself some day
Your biggest problems will always originate from people
The more you speak, the less others listen
Don’t tell anybody more than they need to know
Never expect logic and reason to govern human affairs
vzee_sochin's review against another edition
5.0
The Straightforward Guide for a Boss Who gonna be successful.
wandering_not_lost's review against another edition
4.0
A very niche sort of leadership book, but entertaining and interesting for the peek into the organization that it references. As you might expect, there's a good deal of partriarchal machismo and casual misogyny sprinkled here and there, but this really does read like it was written by an old-school but very successful businessman. There are keen insights into human nature here, on what virtues a good leader should cultivate, and how to keep people invested in a high-risk, high-reward business.
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