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2 Amazing Books You Can't Afford To Miss

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   During this last Spring Semester, one of my professors required us to read Leadership and Self-Deception .  This is probably the best book that any instructor has ever had me read.  Without going into too much detail, the book is technically a business book written in story form, but it goes way deeper than business. The story follows Tom Callum, a person who has just been hired by Zagrum Company.  Tom thinks that he is the best manager to step foot in the company as he walks to his meeting with one of the V.P.  The story takes place over a 2 day meeting between Tom and the V.P.  Tom learns that throughout his life, he has rarely seen people as what they are: people.  The overall theme of the book is that we as society usually treat each other as objects.  Only when we treat each other as people are we able to get things accomplished and achieve goals, whether those goals are personal, family, or business.  Tom discovers that Zagrum has been teaching all of its employees these princ