Business & self‑help picks
Top recs this week for practical business and self‑help reading include Tim Ferriss’ Tools of Titans, Isadore Sharp’s Four Seasons, Peggy Noonan’s When Character Was King, plus staples like The Psychology of Money and The Hard Thing About Hard Things. The thread emphasizes biographies for operational lessons and bite‑sized, actionable frameworks for leaders. (x.com) (x.com)
Ferriss conducted more than 100 long-form interviews to assemble his compendium of tactics and routines. ) The trade edition runs roughly 706 pages and was first published in December 2016. ) Isadore “Issy” Sharp founded Four Seasons in 1960 and opened the first hotel on Jarvis Street in downtown Toronto in 1961. ) Sharp’s memoir, framed as a business-philosophy guide, was published by Viking/Penguin in 2009. ) Peggy Noonan served as a speechwriter in the Reagan White House from 1984 to 1986 and later won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. ) Her Reagan biography was first published in November 2001, with first-edition copies dated November 12, 2001. ) Morgan Housel’s behavioral finance book was published September 8, 2020, and is structured as 19 short essays examining money and decision-making. ) Harriman House and other publisher listings report the title reached No.1 on the Sunday Times list and claim more than 10 million copies sold worldwide. ) Ben Horowitz’s management memoir was published in March 2014 and codified leadership concepts widely cited in startup circles, including “the Struggle” and the distinction between Peacetime and Wartime CEOs. ) Horowitz is a cofounder of the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, which markets the book as a practical manual drawn from his CEO experience. )
