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War and Peace is generally a great book because of how much it captures about human nature and power plays and it is still relevant today.

presents a very enticing idea but I think the core explanation for what it covers is much better set forward in Marc Bloch's Strange Defeat.

Clayton Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma/Solution presents a very enticing idea but I think the core explanation for what it covers is much better set forward in Marc Bloch's Strange Defeat.

is the most intuitive introduction to thinking about options I've read. It informs my thinking about decision making in terms of probability, path dependency and higher order greeks

I respected his opinion so I read the thing and it blew my mind in what people were capable of doing when pushed to the edge.

the core explanation for what it covers is much better set forward in Marc Bloch's Strange Defeat.

It's a great example of someone moving through bureaucracy to achieve great things and taught me to stop making excuses based on organisational behaviour.

The Phantom Major by Virginia Cowles is in the same vein with some phenomenal hustling lessons.