An entrepreneur's or manager's bookshelf should have room for fiction, and classic cinema can be more useful than lectures by Elon Musk and Steve Jobs—Leonid Klein is convinced of this. Using striking examples and quotes, Klein proves that culture is a universal tool, and that literature, cinema, and theater can become a resource for professional development. And so, 'useless' classics teach strategy and tactics, team management, communication, and persuasion.

Quotes

People seek answers to questions posed by life, work, and experience. And suddenly it turns out that these answers can be found in culture, in works of art.

I suggest looking at your business and work through the prism of art. This will be interesting, to say the least, and if you, dear reader, can also glean something useful that will prove useful in your profession, in business, on your path to success, then if not, this book is useless.

Heroes in stories typically solve problems—global, local, and personal. Sometimes they do so successfully, sometimes not. By experiencing the twists and turns of the plot with them, we can see and understand their strategy or tactics, which lead either to victory or defeat. Perhaps this experience will help you make the right management decision or take the next step on the path to personal development.