Skill With People is a short book filled with different techniques to master persuasion and influence. The book has some generalizations and is more tactical than principle oriented. Some of the chapters are just common sense.
Hesse synthesizes disparate philosophies--Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism--into a unique vision of life as expressed through one man's search for true meaning.
Deep Work by Cal NewPort sheds light on lost ability of doing deep work in today’s world. The book is a combination of author’s personal experience along with gist from research by other authors.