The Monk and the Riddle
The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
by Randy Komisar
Recommended by 4 notable people, including Nat Eliason and Ev Williams
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Development.
What would you be willing to do for the rest of your life It's a question most of us consider only hypothetically, opting instead to "do what we have to do" to earn a living. But in the critically acclaimed bestseller The Monk and the Riddle, entrepreneurial sage Randy Komisar asks us to answer it for real. The book's timeless advice to make wor...
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Development.
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Keith Rabois
Technology executive and investor
“The classic books to read, albeit perhaps with less immediate/practical relevance today.”
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