Category: Business / Finance

Rating: 6.8/10. A bunch of quotes by famous investor Warren Buffett about principles of investing. They follow a few basic motifs, like invest based on fundamental long-term value, avoid speculation, keep control of your emotions. [redacted] got this from the bookstore and I decided to read it too. Most of the advice is trivially true…

Rating: 5.7/10. This is the third Taleb book that I’ve read, and it was recommended by [redacted]. I’m disappointed in this book, and felt it was downhill from Black Swan, then to Antifragile, then this book. Compared to the previous two books, it’s a lot less structured, and he kind of throws out a mix…

Rating: 8.5/10. This book tells you how to negotiate more effectively. A common negotiating mistake is to use positional negotiation, which is each side picking an arbitrary position (eg: buy the car for $5000), and going back and forth until you’re tired and agree, or you both walk out. Positional negotiation is highly arbitrary, and…

Rating: 7.6/10. This is the second book I read by this author, after Black Swan. An antifragile object is something that becomes stronger when stress is applied (up to a certain point). To make it antifragile, it should be exposed to positive black swan events, where it will gain a lot from randomness, and have…

Rating: 6.5/10. Book about how to manage a small business, basically avoid doing all the work in your business and get other people to do it for you in a scalable way, run it as if you were running a franchise. The ideas make sense, but when it comes to specifics, the book doesn’t really…