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How to Win Friends and Influence People Book Notes

2024/07/18 Justin Hammond 7 minutes Books

This was a fantastic read. Here are some of the things I learned Fundamental Techniques to Handling People Principle 1 Dont criticize condemn or complain It is foolish to scold. People have enough trouble overcoming their own limitations ...

Book Notes: Engineering Management for the Rest of Us

2023/11/21 Justin Hammond 7 minutes Books

Leadership is about enabling everyone around you to do their best work As a leader you affect people's lives in targetable ways that you see reflected back on the faces in front of you Caring is vital to this role People are not pure functions the ...

Book Notes: Rich Dad Poor Dad

2023/07/27 Justin Hammond 5 minutes Books

Broke is temporary poor is eternal Affirming you're rich is a big deal. You can have a rich life without having loads of money Money comes and goes but education about money is powerful Lesson 1 The Rich Don't Work for Money You can only chan ...

Book Notes: Leadership and Self Deception

2023/05/04 Justin Hammond 3 minutes Books

Dont treat people as objects dont view them as threats nuisances or problems Get out of the box which is viewing people as people Learn peoples names and faces it humanizes them People dont respond to what you do as much as who you are being Self ...

Book Notes: Software Engineering at Google

2022/11/02 Justin Hammond 5 minutes Books

I just finished reading Software Engineering at Google which was a fantastic read. For anyone in the space I'd highly recommend it. Here are some of my notes I took down A programming task is often an act of individual creation but a software engineer ...

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