The art of speedreading people
by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger · first published 1998
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A guide to determining a person's personality type that discusses how to identify key personality characteristics by studying a person's appearance, vocabulary, body language, occupation, education, and interests.
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…and technology the startup is using, whether its Textmate, Unix, Subversion, whatever. Becoming more efficient is never a bad thing. I'd also add books on management and dealing with people: - The Art of Speedreading People - Tieger - Behind Closed Doors - Rothman, Derby - The Mythical Man Month - Brooks - Most if not all the books on Joel Spolsky's "MBA Curriculum": http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum...
on “Best Books For a Startup?” ↗…Analysis (If Excel/databases is the technical side, then also more the "soft" side. Things to look for, ways to improve your analysis skills, etc) The books I currently have on my list are: Art of SEO, Art of Speedreading (People), Learning Perl, Word of Mouth Marketing.
on “Ask HN: My company will buy me books. What should I get?” ↗I just read a very interesting book called The Art of SpeedReading people that supports this article. According to the book the main distinction between an introvert and extravert (yes, not a typo, the term used in the book) is that introverts re-charge by being alone while…
on “Myths About Introverts” ↗