Book Summary: Think like a freak by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
The book is an impressive collection of unusual stories aimed at promoting a non-conventional way of approaching problems and solving them.
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The book is an impressive collection of unusual stories aimed at promoting a non-conventional way of approaching problems and solving them.
Some salient notes from the book If there’s an elephant in the room, introduce it. Even if you are in the position of strength, be fair. Have something to bring to the table, people would be more welcoming of you to join […]
The book talks about inflection points which if not handled carefully, are drastic (10x) enough to put a company out of business. Something changed In 1994, Intel’s Pentium processors suffered from a floating-point bug. Surprisingly for Intel, once the consumers became aware of the bug, rather than […]
The book is an excellent collection of rules which the author discovered while finishing his Ph.D. and transitioning into a full-time faculty position. Working right trumps finding the right work.
The book presents Clayton’s counter-intuitive thesis on how firms with good management practices and a sound understanding of their customers’ needs eventually fail at disruptive innovations while still succeeding at sustainable innovations. The book emphasizes that its not engineering but management […]
The book emphasizes heavily life education, glorifies college dropouts, and questions college education except for specialized fields like law and medicine.
The book is an insightful journey into the contemporary understanding of the human brain and how scientists are trying to replicate it. Major takeaways from the book are listed below. Thought experiments in the world Charles Lyell was the first person to […]
The book is a humorous compilation of pragmatic lessons which Scott Adams learned while navigating his professional career. The author admits his failures as well as successes openly. He also talks about his personal medical problems – first his hand and […]
The Art of War is considered one of the classic books on military strategy. Due to the recent resurgence of China as an economic superpower, the book has garnered interest from non-Chinese who are curious to know more about its strategy. […]
The book is written by Bill Walsh – San Francisco’s 49ers Football team coach who transformed the worst-performing team of its era into the best-performing team. The book talks about the changes he brought in as well as his philosophy […]