Business & Strategy

“By turns practical and insightful, Fred's indefatigable spirit, sound judgement, and depth of experience shine through in Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word. Throughout his unique upbringing and accomplished career, which spanned a period of profound political and economic change, Fred set a standard of leadership and level-headed collaboration while dealing with the complex issues around global trade and the many ways it impacts our day-to-day lives.”

“That's one of the best books ever. ... [It] unapologetically almost a how-to manual, but kind of deconstructs the world of business into first principles. It's like, 'Here's what matters. Here's how to think about it.' ... Basically, at the end of the day, making business is an engineering exercise, which is brilliant for me because that actually made the whole thing about becoming CEO significantly less scary to me.”

“In this super-candid book filled with revealing stories, Michael Dell shows how his development as a person was tightly intertwined with building the company he founded in his college dorm room. It's a fast-paced tale of launching a public company, taking it private, and then taking it public again, all while wrestling with colorful characters... The result is a book that is exciting, insightful, and valuable.”

“I haven't highlighted or made as many notes in a book in a very long time as I did with this one. It's probably the best book I've read... I tell everybody that I speak to that if you're going to read three books in the world, Essentialism, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, and The Psychology of Money... those are the three books that you need.”

“This book is required reading for my entire leadership team. In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Professor Klaus Schwab puts forth a thoughtful framework for leaders to meet the challenge of maximizing the benefits of the profound technological, social and economic transformation reshaping society.”