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Top Management Books The Principles of Scientific Management Summary

Top Management Books

12 min read ⌚ The discipline of management is “one of the greatest social innovations of modern times”. In fact, the idea of managing processes is so ubiquitous and pervasive, that Peter Drucker, “the founder of modern management,” considers managers nothing short of the present and future torchbearers of ethics and morality. You can read why […]

Top Inspiring Books The Alchemist Summary

Top Inspiring Books

10 min read ⌚ Unfortunately, we’ve all been there.  Suddenly, something happens, and out of nowhere, our perfect little lives start to crumble. Or – maybe, even worse – even though the thing that happens isn’t too earthshattering at first glance, it opens up our eyes to the unfulfilled life we’ve led up to that moment. […]

Top History Books Histories Summary

Top History Books

12 min read ⌚ “Those who cannot learn from history,” wrote Madrid-born American philosopher George Santayana, “are doomed to repeat it”. Unfortunately, the fact that history does repeat itself – as Marx wrote, “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce” – shows that we haven’t really heeded to Santayana’s words. Or, to quote […]

Top Economics Books The Wealth of Nations Summary

Top Economics Books

11 min read ⌚ In 1849, the Scottish philosopher and historian Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase “the dismal science” to describe economics. His contemporary, John Stuart Mill, loudly contested Carlyle’s views, expressing his optimism that economics has the best shot of all human endeavors to actually make us better people. And like it or hate it, […]

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