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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a HN favorite, but seems to have dropped off the charts.

I'd recommend The Pragmatic Programmer, A.Hunt, D.Thomas.

It's not a bad book, but it's the type of book a good list in 2025 should filter for.

The 33 Strategies of War & The 48 Laws of Power.

A lot of negotiation tricks don't work when dealing with irrational, desperate, insane people.

The Startup Owner's Manual.

It's good for dealing with any and all types of conflict, including conflicts with yourself.

The 33 Strategies of War & The 48 Laws of Power.

It's more suited to traditional businesses. Startups are somewhat different though some principles are universal.

I'd recommend the book The 1 Thing (G. Keller)

which covers leadership in chaotic situstions.

Tribe, by Sebastian Junger. It covers a journalist's experience in a war zone, and how it changed his model of society.

The Startup Owner's Manual: https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Owners-Manual-Step-Step/dp/09... Nobody seems to recommend this because nobody has finished reading it, but it's meant to be acted on, not finished.

and The Startup Owner's Manual; it made the whole idea of a startup seem like an easy step-by-step process.