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by sobbybutter 4551 days ago
Antifragile by Nassim Taleb

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Il deserto dei tartari (The Tartar Steppe) by Dino Buzzati

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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I second this book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
I agree it's great, but the summary serves just as well! http://sameffect.com/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people...
After seeing this on so many Hacker News comments to threads like this I finally gave in and started to read it. It has definitely opened my eyes to how I interact with people and made me a lot more self aware.
Warren Buffet credits it for much of his success. I don't much like the bastard but he learned his lessons well.
Why is he a bastard?
His views and past behavior with respect to employees below top management. He seems to believe that only owners should profit from success because only they create it.

This comes from my reading of Schroeder's authorized biography.