What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School by Mark H. McCormack

BATB score: 2/10 🙄

i don’t like this book, i don’t like it at all; but can I be kind? can I be nice? can I be humble? and glass half full? try my best to see the good in the junk, the genuine intentions and the kind words of advice that McCormack sincerely wants to leave behind? no, I can not. 🫠

Best to: it’s a book written by an uncle telling you to do 1-2-3, then 4-5-6, and then 7-8-9 to be successful; legit advices just too many overloading, redundant, mundane tips and tricks; is there really a one-size-fit-all to success?

BATB lingering thought: you know you can be cold and heartless to get on top too?

Best as: maybe that’s why these stuff doesn’t have to be taught at Harvard Business School

Best for: better to just be yourself, all these tips and tricks to close a sale, get a promotion, climb the corporate leader ladder, be ultra productive, does not really matter at all; better to be you!

BATB lingering thought: why can’t ‘success’ be about striving to find the ‘happiest version of oneself’? why is it always about ‘looking smart’ and trying to one up other people? Even with this book Mark McCormack wrote this book to indirectly say that he is better than all of us and thus his advice matters

Best quotes: “The quickest way to make a lasting negative impression is to waste someone’s time.”

“If you always hire people who are smaller than you are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. If, on the other hand, you always hire people who are bigger than you are, we shall become a company of giants.”

“Executives at every level exist for one reason, and one reason only: to make their bosses look good.”