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Published · transcript-backedLenny Rachitsky: uncertainty
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“What's crazy about that book, you look at all the companies they talk about, I haven't read in a while, but just the whole book is about companies that last, I believe, or maybe that's the other book, I don't know.”
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- Lenny Rachitsky
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- 9 Oct 2025
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…Yes. I think Selfish Gene. Road Less Traveled, I've read more than once. I mean, it's just one of the classic human psychology book. And then, I think in business, I think Good to Great. It's not the read that you're going to be most excited to enjoy on a vacation, but it's pretty much right, and I think we should take advice from people who have analyzed these business problems before because not a lot's changed, but we keep acting like everything's changed. What's crazy about that book, you look at all the companies they talk about, I haven't read in a while, but just the whole book is about companies that last, I believe, or maybe that's the other book, I don't know. But anyway, all the companies that they talk about, I don't know if they're still around. It's so hard for a business to last a long, long time. I would also recommend Thinking Slow and Fast, that's the... Yes.…
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