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Every book Dharmesh Shah recommended on podcasts
Dharmesh Shah appeared on My First Million to share insights from his entrepreneurial journey and discuss the formative texts that shaped his business philosophy. During the episode, Dharmesh Shah recommended Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey Mackay, noting that although the business books by Harvey Mackay might seem pedestrian and unsophisticated by today's standards, they felt brilliant to him at the time and provided foundational concepts. He also recommended All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum, describing it as a less traditional business book that helped him understand basic social mechanics and life lessons when he felt like an outsider trying to navigate the world. Furthermore, Dharmesh Shah recommended Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton from the Harvard Negotiation Project, noting that it is his favorite and most recommended book on negotiation and explaining that he has read it multiple times over the years because its core strategies fundamentally changed his approach to business deals.
Books recommended by Dharmesh Shah
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum is a classic collection of essays that distills deep life wisdom into simple, foundational moral truths.
Recommended“yes exactly uh there was another one that was less about business but still it's like everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten and these are like basic very very like basic basic things but it's one of those that it's like if you're an alien from another planet which is what I felt like large part of”
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Getting to Yes
Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton is a foundational negotiation classic developed out of the Harvard Negotiation Project that teaches principled negotiation strategies focused on mutual gains rather than positional bargaining.
Recommended“uh one is the power of negotiation uh which is one of my other like one of my favorite books most recommended books is um uh getting to yes which from the Harvard U negotiation project and that's the one book I think I've read like four times now I reread it uh like every few years”
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Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive
Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey Mackay is a classic business and self-help guide focused on sales, negotiation, and professional networking.
Recommended“roughly so there was um there was a author called Harvey McCay who wrote some very kind of pedestrian business books now by today's standards not sophisticated all but realized like at that age for me it's like this is brilliant it makes so much sense it's uh the one of the books was titled how to uh swim with”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| A Billionaire's Guide To Going From $4/hour to $1 Billion Net Worth - Dharmesh Shah | My First Million | 2024-12-03 | 3 |