What did you read this year?
Peter’s
average rating for
2023
3.6
3.6
Along with Good Strategy, Bad Strategy, this is one of the best books on Business Strategy.
In my opinion, though, it's helpful at describing a map, but not at navigating - the strategy described here is more static and focused on position rather than movement; how certain positions are protected, defensively, rather than how to assault them and attack.
So in many ways, this describes where you want to be, but leaves it as a bit of an exercise to t ...more
In my opinion, though, it's helpful at describing a map, but not at navigating - the strategy described here is more static and focused on position rather than movement; how certain positions are protected, defensively, rather than how to assault them and attack.
So in many ways, this describes where you want to be, but leaves it as a bit of an exercise to t ...more
2024 Review:
"Everyone has, or should have, a desert island list against that day when, fleeing one’s enemies, one is cast ashore, or when one limps away, all warfare done, to pass the rest of one’s time quietly reading. If I could have one book, it would be a complete Shakespeare; if two, that and a Bible."
There may be never be literary critic to compete with Bloom; born before television, before phones, he was a poor Yiddish-speaking kid from th ...more
"Everyone has, or should have, a desert island list against that day when, fleeing one’s enemies, one is cast ashore, or when one limps away, all warfare done, to pass the rest of one’s time quietly reading. If I could have one book, it would be a complete Shakespeare; if two, that and a Bible."
There may be never be literary critic to compete with Bloom; born before television, before phones, he was a poor Yiddish-speaking kid from th ...more