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Josh Kaufman: The personal MBA (2010, Portfolio Penguin)

A thematic encyclopaedia of concepts that are relevant to succeeding in business.

Review of 'The personal MBA' on 'Goodreads'

A wonderful, concise overview of business topics, usually reserved for MBA students and business aficionados.

Josh Kaufman managed to make this both accessible, interesting, and very 'learnable'.

Organised into twelve chapters (Introduction, Value Creation, Marketing, Sales, Value delivery, Finance, The Human Mind, Working with Yourself, Working with Others, Understanding Systems, Analysing Systems, Improving Systems), each further broken up into small, bite-sized chunks of information, you can easily pick this book up for a two-hours read or a five-minute read.

As a reader of numerous psychology and productivity books, a number of chapters in the middle where somewhat tedious and simplified (The Human Mind, particularly). Regardless, the book as a whole is still a fantastic resource and deserves a spot on your shelf.