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How Asia works by Joe Studwell Book summary: How Asia works by Joe Studwell Many years ago I read poor economics  . It was a book about developing nations and what challenges they are facing. This is a topic that aligns with my quest for a better world. Joe Studwell, in the book  How Asia works , analyzes different Asian countries. He analyses Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China. Comparing the rights and wrong each country did and what they could have done better acknowledging why some countries did better than the others. The book is well documented and has a good literary style. Not the typical boring and dense academic approach to science. Just be aware that he analyzes what takes for countries to go from poor to rich which is not the same formula for already rich countries. In the book, Joe is quite harsh on IMF and the world bank. He argues that these large bureaucratic institutions are keeping poor countries poor

Business Adventures Book Summary   This is Bill Gates’ favorite book of all time, which he received from Warren Buffett as a present. It describes 12 exciting and surprising case studies of american businesses in the past century. Find out what the launch of the world’s ugliest car, a wink from a General Motors executive, and the fall of the Piggly Wiggly supermarket chain have in common. These are just some of the events described in this book, among others, from the US business history, the effects of which can still be felt today. Discover the reasons for the end of insider trading, or employee’s right to vote for whomever he or she pleases. If you enjoy my business book summaries,  please follow me  because there are lots more to come, and you can get notified as I publish new ones. Starting on May 28, 1962, and for the next three days, the stock markets experienced a bizzarre “Flash Crash”. The markets lost $20 billion, and then recovered completely. It started, when the tr

Moby dick Herman Melville   is an epic tale of the voyage of the whaling ship the Pequod and its captain, Ahab, who relentlessly pursues the great Sperm Whale (the title character) during a journey around the world. The narrator of the novel is , a sailor on the Pequod who undertakes the journey out of his affection for the sea.  Moby Dick begins with Ishmael's arrival in New Bedford as he travels toward Nantucket. He rests at the Spouter Inn in New Bedford, where he meets, a harpooner from New Zealand who will also sail on the Pequod. Although Queequeg appears dangerous, he and Ishmael must share a bed together and the narrator quickly grows fond of the somewhat uncivilized harpooner. Queequeg is actually the son of a High Chief who left New Zealand because of his desire to learn among Christians. The next day, Ishmael attends a church service and listens to a sermon by Father maple , a renowned preacher who delivers a sermon considering Jonah and the whale that concludes that t

The Challenger Sales Model Book summary  Many believe that building relationships with prospects is an integral part of the sales process  . However, the authors of “The Challenger Sale”, Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson, have different ideas. They say that when it comes to top-performing sales reps, building relationships is the least effective strategy in closing sales. Instead, they argue that sales reps who take control of a sale and teach their prospects how to solve their problem, instead of focusing on building a relationship, are more successful.  Research from Gartner highlights a growing trend in the customer buying journey. Gartner research found that by the time a customer contacts a sales rep, they’re roughly 57% of the way through the purchase process. The study shows that prospects, based on their own research and learning, are coming into a selling environment with preconceived ideas about what features they want and how much they’re willing to pay.  It’s in thi