Books Recommended by Daniel Buttner
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7 books recommended by Daniel Buttner
Thinking, Fast and Slow
It’s an amazing life’s work of a Nobel Prize winner and the insights into human bias are fascinating. To me, this is the modern continuation of Plato’s 'Allegory of the Cave'.
Losing My Virginity
There are a couple of books that inspired me or gave ignition to a new thought process. In terms of biographies, I liked Richard Branson - Losing my Virginity.
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy is one of my favorite authors, specifically The Border Trilogy.
Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus
There are a couple of books that inspired me or gave ignition to a new thought process. In terms of biographies, I liked Charles Mingus - Beneath the Underdog.
Fortunately
by Remy Charlip
I also came across two children’s books I appreciate:
Wütend and Fortunately, which is essentially telling the story of the up-and-down life of an entrepreneur. Whenever I get a chance, I read those books to my kids.
Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement, Mentor and Lead
by John Shook
One of the books, Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement and Lead, contained a story of a Japanese supervisor / mentor and how he was guiding his junior colleague in his thought process to solve a complex problem… Read the full quote
One of the books, Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement and Lead, contained a story of a Japanese supervisor / mentor and how he was guiding his junior colleague in his thought process to solve a complex problem without ever dictating his actions. The story was told from the student and the mentor’s perspective simultaneously - so you could perceive the story from both angles. During that period, I learned a lot about the importance of determining a root cause to a problem before jumping to a conclusion.
The Loser: A Novel
In my previous life, when I studied music, my favorite [book] was Thomas Bernhard’s Der Untergeher (The Loser).