{"id":827,"date":"2008-05-30T21:38:07","date_gmt":"2008-05-31T02:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=827"},"modified":"2008-05-30T21:38:07","modified_gmt":"2008-05-31T02:38:07","slug":"books-the-art-of-the-start-the-logic-of-life-blink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/05\/30\/books-the-art-of-the-start-the-logic-of-life-blink","title":{"rendered":"Books: The Art of the Start, The Logic of Life, Blink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not strictly read this month, but here are my <i>quick<\/i> reviews of these three books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1591840562?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=colincharles-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1591840562\">The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1591840562\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/b> &#8211; a great book by <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.guykawasaki.com\/\">Guy Kawasaki<\/a>, you can only imagine how dog-eared my copy of the book is. There can be no summaries, as the whole contents of the book is worth reading. If you&#8217;re thinking of the start up world, or running your own company, this book is a <b>must read<\/b>. Guy has also linked to a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.guykawasaki.com\/2006\/06\/the_art_of_the_.html\">talk<\/a> he gave on this topic.\n<p>Disappointed I was, when I found out guy was recently at a satellite event (NetBash @ WCIT), something I could have definitely attended had I known about it (I was at WCIT, the expo hall though) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.guykawasaki.com\/2008\/05\/forty-five-hour.html\">Guy Kawasaki: 45 hours in KL<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400066425?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=colincharles-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1400066425\">The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1400066425\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/b> &#8211; always interested in economics, this is the second book by Tim Harford, and its fabulous. He touches on game theory, talks about the teenage oral sex craze, crime, and lots of other illogical behaviours. Highly recommended, especially, if you&#8217;ve read his previous book, The Undercover Economist.<\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0316010669?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=colincharles-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0316010669\">Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0316010669\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/b> &#8211; yet another book by Malcolm Gladwell (if you&#8217;ve read The Tipping Point, this is a must read follow-up), its a very quick read (pretty thin book), and it covers the two seconds or so that we take to make snap judgements. Should we trust our snap judgements? Generally yes. I tend to agree with the book, especially when it comes to reading strangers (and sizing people down, for example). There are of course, caveats about jumping to conclusions when you&#8217;re in a business that focuses on dealing with people, and its covered too. Anyone can definitely learn a thing or two about trusting our subconscious from the book.<\/li>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/s\/link-enhancer?tag=colincharles-20&#038;o=1\">\n<\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/s\/noscript?tag=colincharles-20\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/noscript>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Books%3A%20The%20Art%20of%20the%20Start%2C%20The%20Logic%20of%20Life%2C%20Blink&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F30%2Fbooks-the-art-of-the-start-the-logic-of-life-blink&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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There can be no summaries, as the whole [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Books%3A%20The%20Art%20of%20the%20Start%2C%20The%20Logic%20of%20Life%2C%20Blink&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F30%2Fbooks-the-art-of-the-start-the-logic-of-life-blink&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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