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Sally Hogshead has written a book that's curious, entertaining, and incredibly helpful. It's called, Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation. It's the kind of book that makes you feel a bit smarter about the world around you.
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No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller is the new book by Harry Markopolos that details his knowledge of the Bernie Madoff scheme, his attempted reports of said scheme (when it was $5 billion deep), and how no one would listen to him until the scheme finally reached $65 billion.
The book doesn't come out until tomorrow, but Audible has a really nice audio production of the book launching today, and they're offering the first chapter for free. Take a listen here, and purchase the full audio book there as well.
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I've not yet finished reading Scott Patterson's The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It, but I'd like to go on record now in disagreement with The Economist's review of the book. I do agree that Patterson's prose can get a bit "purple" in places, but I think his focus on the quantitative models developed and used on Wall Street over the last three decades is an important one. And the way he explores the topic—through the stories of the individuals who created those models—keeps the reader engaged in a tale that might otherwise turn too academic for most.
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You might expect a business book to come in its own briefcase, but yesterday this landed at my desk:
It's not a business book, but a book about the history of Magic (1400s-1950s), and it's a whopper. Weighing almost 20 lbs. , this Taschen deluxe edition could be about pretty much anything, and you'd be drawn into it.
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This week was the sixth PechaKucha event we've held in Milwaukee, and it was the biggest yet. With nine presenters, and a venue absolutely stuffed full of people, it's making us wonder if we've outgrown another location. Why so many people this time?
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