Get into the habit each year of reading a half-dozen books on business, history and politics to expand your thinking, expose yourself to new ideas, and develop a better understanding of human nature. In the case of business books, do not waste your time reading about the latest management fad or CEO’s writing puffery on how great they are.

Over the last 40 years, some 100,000 different books on the subject of business have been published in English, including approximately 5,000 in the past year alone. Apart from those mentioned earlier, I recommend that you read these ten books to enrich your business education:

In addition to the above business books, I highly recommend that you read David Halberstam’s The Best and Brightest, which describes America’s involvement in the Vietnam war and how big-league political decisions are made in the U.S. The theme of the book is that there is a critical difference in the decisions reached by those who are supposedly “the best and the brightest” and those who are the wisest.

I also strongly recommend Thomas L. Freidman’s book The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century to gain a better understanding of the forces driving globalization today. Freidman is brilliant at distilling complicated major issues into their essence in easily understandable language.

Lastly, I recommend that you read Leadership by William Safire and Leonard Safir. This is a collection of excellent and wise quotes on the subject of leadership.