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The Monk and the Management Consultant – looking for a synthesis between capitalism and Buddhism Today’s reading was this little book that comes from a decade of collaboration between two unlikely worlds. The jist of the book is Right Decision Making by taking a truly “long view” in a deeply “interdependent world.” Right decisions come […]
The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant This is the celebrated collection of essays compiling over 5000 years of history. The two coauthors of the 9000 page, 50 year quest culminating in a 11 volume work called “story of civilizations.” When they were asked on lessons from History, they offered up a survey […]
The Story Factor By Annete Simmons Finished a refresher on this book as I prepare to go through Slideology again. If you are new to Story Telling, this is a GOOD PREMIER. The key take away from the book is thinking of the 6 key stories every story teller needs to be able to tell/structure. […]
Just finished with Kontiki -What an astonishing adventure, 5000 miles from Peru to Polynesia on a wooden raft. Thor Heyerdahl is a biologist who believed that Polynesia was settled by South Americans 1500 years ago. He followed his theory into practice when every scientific establishment and publication shut him out. He and a band of […]
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Spent this morning with a real treat.. the dairies of Che on his epic Latin America adventure. The chronicles of a young Che Guevara’s journey through Latin America, and the transformation of the man to become the legend he is. This is a wonderuful story of and reminded me of a wonderful Joseph Campbell quote […]
As some of you know have gotten back to reading voraciously again. Around 2007 my two good friends &I had contemplated putting out summaries of the books we read, but we never did. Am now trying to take that forward and will post the summaries of books that others may find interesting. Cheers Essentialism By […]
Synopsis: If you are in a service biz or work with technology – BUY THE BOOK to learn the new language and math of business! This would have been an even more powerful book had the author walked you through the process of selecting the right models for your industry in a step by step […]