What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School

What people say and do in the most innocent situations can speak volumes about their real selves.

ran with a fast crowd, got into his share of scrapes, and was known to make more than just a friendly wager every now and then

real-life learning disability – a failure to read people properly or to size up situations and an uncanny knack for forming the wrong perceptions.

Masters in business can sometimes block an ability to master experience.

if Thomas Edison had gone to business school we would all be reading by larger candles.

Running a company is a constant process of breaking out of systems and challenging conditioned reflexes, of rubbing against the grain.

what they can’t teach you, which is how to read people and how to use that knowledge to get what you want.

self-effacing comment

results of street-smart thinking.

‘street smarts’ – the ability to make active, positive use of your instincts, insights and perceptions.