The art of speedreading people

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1. tonyvt2005Mar 2008
   Founders at Work (of course)

   "Best Practices"-type books that cover the tools and technology the startup is using, whether its Textmate, Unix, Subversion, whatever. Becoming more efficient is never a bad thing.

   I'd also add books on management and dealing with people:

   - The Art of Speedreading People - Tieger

   - Behind Closed Doors - Rothman, Derby

   - The Mythical Man Month - Brooks

   - Most if not all the books on Joel Spolsky's "MBA Curriculum":

   http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum...

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2. jkuriaJun 2011
   I just read a very interesting book called The Art of SpeedReading people that supports this article. According to the book the main distinction between an introvert and extravert (yes, not a typo, the term used in the book) is that introverts re-charge by being alone while extaverts recharge by being around people. Even introverts who are socially adept and can thrive in public gatherings, feel drained by the experience and need some time alone afterwords. Extraverts are the exact opposite. Also there are shy extaverts and highly talkative introverts! I highly recommend the book!
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3. zacharycohnOct 2010
   My boss and I recently had a 1-on-1 meeting where he told me that if I ever wanted any "training" to let him know, and he'd try to work it out. It didn't have to be directly related to my line of work (marketing/social media).

   I found http://hn-books.com/ here a few days ago and I've pulled about 5 books off of there, but I'm looking for more!

   The fields I'm looking into:

   -Marketing/Messaging/Reading people

   -Programming (specifically Perl. I have a year of a CS degree behind me, and I've worked with Perl on and off a lot on my own and looking at using it a lot more.

   -Excel/databases (I just discovered Pivot Tables in excel and I'd love to learn more about them. In addition to that, learning the basics of how to set up and use simple databases)

   -Data Analysis (If Excel/databases is the technical side, then also more the "soft" side. Things to look for, ways to improve your analysis skills, etc)

   The books I currently have on my list are: Art of SEO, Art of Speedreading (People), Learning Perl, Word of Mouth Marketing.

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