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This book will save you: The Lean Startup.
It did for me. My first company, I spent over a year trying to perfect a website, expecting the crowds to rush in when I release it to the world. Nothing happened. This book teaches you the proper framework for building a product and launching.
Two books for new organizations:
E-Myth - Has vital principles for a new small business to succeed. https://www.amazon.com/The-E-Myth-Revisited-audiobook/dp/B00094F0ES/
Traction - A handbook/framework for growing a business and making decisions. https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837/
Everybody should learn that shit.
Echoing the first book, it amuses me when people are like "eww, I don't want to read a book about how to manipulate people into being friends with me." I'm like...did you read the book, or are you reacting to your strawman of it? The author literally called himself out on being a phony and fake pretentious at one point and how that cost him a valuable relationship. One of the tenets is literally 'become genuinely interested in other people." That's literally the opposite of being fake and manipulating them.
Those who want a more scientific treatise of the topic can pick up Influence by Caldini, who is a researcher in the psychology of persuasion.
This is what you're after:
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00094F0ES/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_86MD0FYBSNET1159CB1K
The "E-" is for "Entrepreneur".
It takes you from being the hobbyist who has this ridiculous idea to turn the hobby they love into the business they hate.
I ran a gym for 11 years. It goes just as he says it does.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a great book if you're interested in learning more about team dynamics. This helped me explore some "failures" or mistakes of my own that I've made when working with a team such as not viewing constructive criticism in the proper mindset and would always view it as an attack.
Receta como tal no hay, porque cada empresa tiene una cultura, cada persona tiene una personalidad.
Sin embargo hay unas recomendaciones, este libro habla de eso:
https://www.amazon.com/-/es/dp/B00I0A6HUO/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+hard+things+about+hard+things&qid=1646920145&sprefix=The+hard+things+about+h%2Caps%2C576&sr=8-1
No te voy a spoilear, pero lo primero es reclutar personas con talento, que es distinto a inteligente, el libro explica que hay personas inteligentes que entorpecen más o complican las cosa más de lo necesario.
Igual si el empleado no tiene un compromiso real con la empresa es muy difícil que siga los objetivos, esto va desde lo que la empresa transmite, lo que el manager transmite y lo que transmite el empleado.
There's whole fields of study for being good at teaching people things.
Teach people things in several different ways. Tell them how to do it, show them how by doing it yourself, guide them through doing it themselves.
Also spaced repetition. Train a little today, a little tomorrow, a little next week, a little in a month. Have training reviews to see how well somebody is doing the job the next day, week, month.
Some people are just better teachers than others, find out who those people are and have them do more of the training.
Find the people who do give a shit about doing a good job and pair them with the people being trained. Have them work together periodically on a task.
Teaching people to care is a big part of the challenge.
Go ahead and ask people what's wrong, what's frustrating them about training, what could be improved.
Make attitude about quality a big part of your hiring process.
Figure out how to not have tasks be so broken up where you learn something you only do once every few months.
When there is a big gap in time, offer help to refresh learning.
Reward people for doing a good job in a way that isn't just threatening.
Doing good work is a cultural thing at your company, it has to be developed and maintained and properly motivated.
Read Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, a significant part of what's in there is about doing work well, especially with a bit rough employees. It doesn't matter that it's in the kitchen instead of whatever your industry is.
Read a book like https://www.amazon.com/The-Lean-Startup-Eric-Ries-audiobook/dp/B005MM7HY8 it doesn't matter that it's mostly about tech work.
I think sometimes in life you try to maximize (get the best flavors) and other times you suffice (have enough variety of ice cream to make you happy and don't worry about it past that).
Maximizing is expensive and exhausting, and presents the most value early on. As you understand your wants and needs, you can look for them with less effort.
Sufficing is cheap, both in effort and mindshare, leaving room for other things in life that can make you happier than more energy spent maximizing here.
Be concious of when you're maximizing versus Sufficing.
This is kind of like explore vs exploiting. Ordering new items from the restaurant menu is exploring. The more exploring you do, the less likely the next thing you explore will be better than something you've already tried.
Exploiting is when you order your favorite thing again. You've found something awesome for you, and you're going to enjoy without the extra effort or risk of exploring.
Balancing explore vs exploit in life is very valuable. The less experience you have, the more valuable exploring is likely to be. As you've tried more of the possibilities, exploiting becomes more valuable.
What you're talking about is called the "optimal stopping problem" in decision making theory. It's something we are constantly facing in life. If you want to learn more, check out Algorithms to Live By: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-to-Live-By-audiobook/dp/B01D24NAL6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=algorithms+to+live+by&qid=1618785660&sprefix=Algor&sr=8-1
Among many other interesting things, this book unpacks the game theory math around the balance between altruism and self-interest, and gets into the vital role that both play in the survival of our species. Amazon.com: Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Audible Audio Edition): Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths, Brian Christian, Brilliance Audio: Audible Audiobooks
I think the amount of effort to create games is no different from any other software projects and thus the same advice applies for games as does normal software projects. I recommend reading a book on Agile development (checkout https://www.amazon.com/Scrum-audiobook/dp/B00NHZ6PPE/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=scrum&qid=1599053099&sr=8-5). This will help you complete large, complex projects like games and it will also help you develop a marketable skill. Best of luck to you! Hopefully you can find game development enjoyable agailn!
This is the one I read. It seemed straightforward. https://www.amazon.com/Charisma-Myth-Science-Personal-Magnetism/dp/B008EWTL56/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+charisma+myth&qid=1571153822&s=books&sr=1-1
> effective communication let’s people know that you’re not giving orders to people for the hell of it, but as part of a plan in which the team needs to execute.
Wish I had more than one upvote. OP: for a more in depth discussion of this, check out this book:
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win.
You know, that's an honest argument in most people's minds. It's one of those things that feels so correct.
The real successful people though, know how to delegate. That's what separates the goods from the greats.
There's a great book on this from Chris Ducker
Entrepreneurs often suffer from "superhero syndrome" - the misconception that to be successful, they must do everything themselves. They are not only the boss but also the salesperson, HR manager, copywriter, operations manager, online marketing guru, and so much more. It's no wonder so many people give up the dream of starting a business - it's just too much for one person to handle. But outsourcing expert and "Virtual CEO" Chris Ducker knows how you can get the help you need with resources you can afford. Virtual Freedom is the step-by-step guide every entrepreneur needs to build his or her business with the asset of working with virtual employees. Focusing on business growth, Ducker explains every detail you need to grasp, from figuring out which jobs you should outsource to finding, hiring, training, motivating, and managing virtual assistants.