Talking to Humans

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1. notoriousarunFeb 2021
   My favorite books...

   > Deep Work https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/...

   > Can't Hurt Me https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Hurt-Me-Master-Clean/dp/15445078...

   > Talking to Humans https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Humans-Success-understanding-...

   > Rich Dad Poor Dad https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680...

   > 4 Hour Workweek https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/...

   > Steve Jobs https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648...

   > The Design of everyday things https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expand...

   > Siddhartha: A Novel https://www.amazon.com/Siddhartha-Novel-Hermann-Hesse/dp/055...

   > The Four Agreements https://www.amazon.com/Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal-Fr...

   > Rework https://www.amazon.com/Rework-Jason-Fried/dp/0307463745?dchi...

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2. Ace__Feb 2020
   I very much agree with this post in that analysis of the problem has to be the first step. There needs to be both a contextual and a granular appreciation of the problem.

   You get far too many founders looking for the most intense problem when that is just one facet of a problem. Christmas songs are a problem, painful, intense, etc. But it's only once a year, which would mean not very active users.

   As well as the Mom Test, off-the-top of my head, check out

   1. Talking To Humans https://www.talkingtohumans.com/

   2. Testing With Humans https://testingwithhumans.com/, both by Giff Constable.

   There are some medical pain evaluation papers that I found highly informative, but I would need to go through my notes as I can't recollect them.

   And if anybody is interested, I have a free tool you can download, that will aid you to assess your idea by breaking it apart into its elemental composition and looking deeper into the problem, the audience, and the market.

   It's at MVP v2, so long way to go yet, and it is only for MS Access, so PC only: https://startizer.com/

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3. rahimnathwaniDec 2015
   Overview of being a PM:

   - Inspired

   - The Product Manager's Desk Reference

   - The Lean Startup

   - Agile Product Management with Scrum

   Targeted at interview preparation, but good for breadth:

   - Decode & Conquer

   - Cracking the PM interview

   Other good books for PMs:

   - Talking to Humans

   - Hooked

   - The Design of Everyday Things

   - Zero to One

   - Traction

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4. transitorykrisDec 2016
   Fiction:

   Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami (I love Murakami’s novels, recommend starting with Hard Boiled Wonderland though)

   Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball - Haruki Murakami

   The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammet (Surprising just how much San Francisco is in it)

   The Postman Always Rings Twice - James Cain

   Seveneves - Neal Stephenson (recommended)

   Pattern Recognition - William Gibson

   The Sun Also Rises - Hemingway (recommended, refreshing language)

   Non-fiction:

   Running Lean - Ash Muraya

   Lean Customer Development - Alvarez

   Talking to Humans - Giff Constable

   Hooked - Nir Eyal (probably not need the book to get the thesis)

   Sprint - Jake Knapp

   Juno Beach - Mark Zuehlke

   Anti-Education - Nietzsche

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