Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
What They Do Not Teach You at Harvard Business School
Mark H. McCormack · 1984
75/100
👍 Worth It
McCormack writes from decades of high-stakes deal-making and it shows — the anecdotes are vivid, the people-reading advice is still sharp, and the conversational style makes it an easy read for a business book. Some cultural context has aged out and the world McCormack operated in was decidedly less diverse, but the core lessons on negotiation and self-management remain worth the time for anyone early in their business career.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety92
Substance / usefulness74
Craft & writing76
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy65
Hype vs delivers72
Age-fit88
👁 Human-eye gut-check74
Penny’s verdict75
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