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读后感 《宜家故事》原文是瑞典文,中文翻译是王佳。我所阅读的版本是二零一一年的修订版。这本书细述了宜家的成长之路。 IKEA IKEA是Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd的缩写。I是英格瓦,K是他的姓,E代表英格瓦出生和生活的农场艾尔姆塔里德,A是他生活的村庄阿根纳瑞德。宜家是在阿尔姆霍特(Almhult),一个瑞典小镇起家的。 宜家理念 宜...

Review of Fanatical Prospecting Financial Prospecting aims to teach the readers how to be efficient and effective with prospecting. The author acknowledges that prospecting is a hard, gruelling, rejection-dense work. But it is the price you have to pay to earn a high income. The Problem The main reason for failure in sales is an empty pipe, and the root cause of an empty pipeline is the failure to prospect. The failure to do the little things eve...

读后感 《硅谷精英的创业秘籍》探索、梳理成功者的经验,与读者分享、共同体会。作者希望这本书能够对有创业梦的读者有所启发,帮助每一个创业者去实现自己的理想。 创业焦点 创业时要积极地寻找问题而非创意。别把注意力放在具体的想法上,而要关注你想要解决的潜在问题。不要把技术放在第一位,而是先找到问题和痛点。 失...

Review of Pitch Anything With Pitch Anything, the author wants to teach the readers frame control which will help to overcome the challenges in life and career. The Problem There is a fundamental disconnect between the way we pitch anything and the way it is received by our audience. Our most important messages have a surprisingly low chance of getting through because our highly evolved neocortex, which is full of details and abstract concepts, t...

读后感 作者希望《零售的哲学》能够让读者重新审视自己的工作方法,成为向新挑战迈出第一步的契机。 何谓经营? 经营就是不忘根本,踏实地向前迈进,只有凭借坚忍不拔的实干精神,才能在紧急关头迎接挑战,做出具有独创性的变革。经营绝对不是简单的数字游戏,个人的工作亦是如此,在尚不具备明确的根据时,最好不要公开宣布...

Review of Feel-Good Productivity Feel-Good Productivity is not a productivity system to help the readers get more done at any cost. It is about doing more of what matters to you. It will help you learn more about yourself, what you love and what really motivates you. The author wants to offer a new way of thinking about productivity that you can apply to your own life in your own way. Feel Good Feeling good does not just end with feeling good. It...

读后感 《三体》是一套三部曲,由《三体》、《三体II:黑暗森林》和《三体III:死神永生》组成。 人性本善 我觉得这部小说描绘了人性的两面。书中不乏关于人类良好的一面。 人性本恶 当然除了人性善的一面,作者也描述了人性黑暗的一面。为了活命,人类又会做到哪一步呢?或许没有最恶,只有更恶。 世界一体化 当面对外星文明的...

Review of Crush Price Objections Crush Price Objections is a book about holding the line on prices and protecting margins for sellers. The author hopes to prepare the readers to handle a price objection than the buyer is to offer it. Sellers’ challenges One fundamental challenge of dealing with price objections is resolving differences in your subjective realities. Since the outcome is strongly tied to expectations, it is a good strategy to...

读后感 《李嘉诚》是香港大亨李嘉诚的自传。书中对李先生谈商论道的一部分言论和他的奋斗经验加以解读和分析,希望给读者带来启示。 商业的本质 商业的存在,除了创造繁荣和就业机会,最大的作用就是服务人类的需求。 要将生意经营好必须具备时时刻刻走到别人前面的领先精神,如果落在别人后面,想要追赶就要花费很大的力气...

Review of Fluke Fluke tries to reframes our sense of who we are and how our world works. The author aims to dispel some of the damaging myths we pretend are true while exploring 3 facets of human experience that can help us understand ourselves. Storybook version of reality We focus on big, singular changes to expel big event, ignoring the small grains of sand that pile up and create avalanches. It is the storybook version of reality where everyt...

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs – John Doerr
Non-fiction / 22nd August 2019

Introduction Measure What Matters is a book about a management system known as objectives and key results (OKRs). It has a foreword by Larry Page, the cofounder of Google. Furthermore, the names in the subtitle (Google, Bono and the Gates Foundation) further pique my interest in this book. This system is not developed by the author but by Andy Grove in Intel. Author John Doerr is an investor and chairman of Kleiner Perkins. He cofounded...

Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought – Andrew W. Lo
Non-fiction / 20th August 2019

Introduction Adaptive Markets is a book detailing the Adaptive Market Hypothesis proposed by the author. It aims to improve the current dominant economic theory, the Efficient Market Hypothesis, with behavioural economics. This is not a pure finance book as it references several fields, ranging from evolution to psychology. This book has received many recognitions in the business and finance field. Author Andrew W. Lo is a Professor of ...

More books to come soon!
General / 20th August 2019

I just realized that I had some book review drafts kept somewhere in my computer. Thus, I am going to share the reviews more frequently till all my reviews are up on this blog....

金色梦乡 – 伊坂幸太郎
文学 / 17th August 2019

介绍 这本日文书由代珂翻译,以美国总统肯尼迪遇刺事件为蓝本,讲诉了主人公无故被牵连到首相遇害阴谋的遭遇。 作者 伊坂幸太郎是一名日本著名作家。他算得上是一位多产的作家,自二零零零年起差不多每一年都会发布新作品。他曾获得多项文学奖,包括推理作家协会奖、山本周五郎奖以及新潮推理俱乐部奖。 内容 《金色梦...

流浪地球 – 刘慈欣
文学 / 14th August 2019

介绍 这是一本短篇科幻小说。中国出了一部以这本小说改编而成的电影。我是在看到电影海报后才知晓这本书的存在。 作者 刘慈欣是中国科幻文学的领军人物。他获奖无数,甚至还在二零一五年以《三体》荣获雨果奖,成为第一位获得此殊荣的亚洲人。他的代表作有《超新星纪元》、《球状闪电》、《三体》、《三体II:黑暗森林...

从前我死去的家 – 东野圭吾
文学 / 10th August 2019

介绍 《从前我死去的家》的日文版出版于1994年。我所阅读的中文版由李盈春翻译,出版日期是2018年8月1日。我在亚马逊中国Kindle网站的推荐清单上看到的。我已经有段时间没看小说了,所以就决定选择这本书来读读。 作者 东野圭吾是知名日本推理小说作家。他自1983年起开始创作,在1986年成为专业作家。他著有90多篇作品,并屡获...

The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy – Mariana Mazzucato
Non-fiction / 5th August 2019

Introduction The Value of Everything is an economic book. It aims to stir a debate about “value” in current turbulent economic times. This book is chosen as one of the best business books 2018 in the economics category by strategy+business magazine. Author Mariana Mazzucato is an economist and Professor in Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London. She is also the founder of Institute for Innovati...

如何打造你的独特观点 – 斋藤孝
非文学 / 1st August 2019

介绍 《如何打造你的独特观点》的原文是日文,中文由巩露霞翻译。这本书的主旨是培养独立思考的能力,以五天集中授课的形式来阐述五个步骤,好让读者能够成为拥有自己的想法的人。 作者 斋藤孝是日本明治大学文学部的教授。他在硕士和博士课程期间从事教育学研究。他有诸多著作,大多都与商务及教育学领域有关。 内容 ...

成为“最后一人” – 川村隆
非文学 / 1st August 2019

介绍 《成为“最后一人”》是一本由朱悦玮翻译的日文书。这本书在日本一年内重印了七次,细述了让日立制作所(Hitachi)起死回生的作者的经营理念。 作者 川村隆的整个职业生涯可说都是在日立度过。他从基层开始做起,也有从总公司被下调到子公司的经验,最后在日立最紧急的时刻被委以重任,就任董事长兼社长帮助日立起...

Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas – Han Fook Kwang, Warren Fernandez and Sumiko Tan
Non-fiction / 1st August 2019

Introduction Lee Kuan Yew, a name that is widely recognized in the ASEAN region, is the former leader of Singapore. This is a book about his political life with the aim to describe and not to critique. Authors Han Fook Kwang is an Editor-At-Large of The Straits Times, a newspaper in Singapore. He was a former civil servant of the Singapore government. His area of expertise is the political segment. Warren Fernandez is the Editor-In-Chie...