Cedric Chin

Seth Godin's 2005 book is about the practice of marketing in a world of noise. Most of these ideas are now conventional wisdom.

Education robs us of the ability to do trial and error. And yet trial and error is how a generation of traditional Chinese businessmen learnt their craft.

Kim Scott's 2017 book is a how-to guide for the people-side of management. Read as a follow-up to Andy Grove's High Output Management.

The Chinese Businessmen Paradox: what is it that makes uneducated, superstitious Chinese businessmen successful?

Six surprising implications from treating self-help as technê.

Cal Newport's 2016 book Deep Work is a guide to doing valuable work in a world of digital distraction.

Reading self help is but a form of taking advice. Most of it is bullshit. But here's how to do it.

Cal Newport argues that great careers come from building rare & valuable skills. But what does 'rare & valuable’ actually mean?

Following your passion is the worst career advice you can get. Cal Newport argues for a more effective alternative.

Writers seem smarter than they are because the act of writing is the act of thinking clearly. This doesn't make them geniuses.