Bridget's comments (member since May 10, 2009)

Bridget's comments from the Business Book Discussion group.

I loke book that help me better understand how people think, so that I can be a more effective salesperson. I read Sway this week. It's a short read with some interesting takeaways about how people make decisions. The takeaways weren't totally new, but it was good to remind myself of them.

I have enjoyed books lately that provide historical perspective on various financial crises. I particularly enjoyed Michael Lewis's Panic because it offers articles from the time of the Asian crisis, LTCM, the tech bubble burst, etc. It also provides later articles that try to explain how the crisis happened and what was required to heal the economy.

I also loved House of Cards about the last 10 days of Bear Sterns, the people (characters) who built Bear Sterns into a big firm, and the events that caused its collapse.