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Re: How to think like an entrepreneur, wherever you are

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Post by ahoyhere »

jiganti wrote: post #27

This is nitpicky, I know, but I found it funny that the woman writer reffered to a hypothetical grandmaster as "she". I was surprised as I know chess is male-dominated. Turns out there are 13 women grandmasters in history, and over 1,300 total grandmasters.

I modeled the article after what I learned about Susan Polgar, the first woman to earn the title of Grandmaster. At least one of her sisters also earned the title after her.

She's particularly remarkable because her father believed "geniuses are made, not born" - and set out to train her himself. His methods are based on chunking, repetition, and study -- like I described. He wrote a book on it called "Bring Up Genius!"

Read:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3294892/Queen-takes-all.ht...

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200506/the-grandmast...

Ta-da! You're right - my use of the feminine pronoun is hilarious!

Re: How to think like an entrepreneur, wherever you are

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Post by ahoyhere »

nadam wrote: post #18
ahoyhere wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hacker News is cherrypicking. :) Nobody here seems to read 20- to 30-year-old business books (except possibly me).

I've read some Peter Drucker. It seems I am not alone: quite a lot of results when typing this into google: site:news.ycombinator.com Peter Drucker

Glad to hear it! I don't think I've seen him come up but I'm very glad he does. I am a big Drucker fan.

You might also find Charles Handy to be interesting - he's sort of a business spiritualist.

Re: How to think like an entrepreneur, wherever you are

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Post by ahoyhere »

sabat wrote: post #14
ahoyhere wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hacker News is cherrypicking. :) Nobody here seems to read 20- to 30-year-old business books (except possibly me).

The Magic of Thinking Big (David Schwartz), from the 1960s IIRC, is great.

Yessss, it really is. I agree! It's one of my faves.

But I don't think I'd qualify it as a business book. Inspirational for sure, but it's not about DOING business exactly.

Re: How to think like an entrepreneur, wherever you are

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Post by ahoyhere »

davidw wrote: post #7
ahoyhere wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hacker News is cherrypicking. :) Nobody here seems to read 20- to 30-year-old business books (except possibly me).

One of my favorite business books is 'Growing a Business' by Paul Hawken. It's from the 80ies, but much of his advice would look quite at home in a blog post by 37signals or some such.

Thanks, I ordered my copy from amazon.de. :) Guess it will take about 30 years to get here!

Re: How to think like an entrepreneur, wherever you are

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Post by maxklein »

I dislike reading until I have tried it once, because I'm chronically afraid that if I read about a technique to do things fast and efficiently, I'll never try anything else.

So first I try, then read about it, and see if my intuition came up with a better approach or if what I read was better. In any case, the reading will make more sense because I am constantly comparing it to what I tried.

Re: How to think like an entrepreneur, wherever you are

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Post by david927 »

ahoyhere wrote: post #12
david927 wrote: post #8

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I would be careful to underestimate HN. The odds are better that there are people here who wrote 20- to 30-year-old business books.

That sounds nice, but on what reasoning do you base it? If I'm missing people, I'd sure like to know.

nickb isn't pg -- it was Peter Drucker. :-)

Seriously, you're missing people.

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