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this is 'the parable of the mexican fisherman' it's the kind of story that is in every book like 7 habits of effective people or 4 hour work week or probably books by Malcolm Gladwell or ones like him


7 Habits is a great book everyone should read


> First off, I'd suggest buying "Seven Habits of Highly Successful People", and NOT read it. Burn it, it's a great symbolic gesture.

-- Linus Torvalds

Myself... I'm not that extreme, but the good ideas from so many business books could be summed up in a few paragraphs.


> the good ideas from so many business books could be summed up in a few paragraphs

Sure. You can also forgo reading most fiction by simply reading the Wikipedia plot summary.


Given limited time, I’d rather read War and Peace in its entirety, and a blog post on 7 Habits.


Most non-fiction has little literary value (which consists of more than plot) though.


Sure, and most good self-help books have examples and rephrasing and re-examining of ideas to help the ideas take root, which is lost in a blog post summarising it




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