Randy Komisar wrote The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living. I read this book in no time, and I’m not a fast reader. I am particular about books, I enjoy larger print and small pages, as long as I can continually turn the pages, I read much faster and will stay involved with the book, this book met both criteria. I will lose focus and stop reading with tiny print books (high-maintenance, I know).
Onto the actual book review, my favorite chapter is chapter 9 ‘The Gamble’. A few quotes from the book include “When all is said, the journey is the reward” and “Today’s movers and shakers may be reduced…at best to the canvas.”
The world will continue to turn no matter what, you only go around once, so why not enjoy everyday of your life? How many of the Ren Menions know the name of their great-great-great grandfather’s name? It’s crazy to think how many people do not know. I don’t…but he had a huge impact on my life, without him and my great-great-great grandmother = no me.
AL
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You guys are my first choice for book reviews. I did not know who Gary V. was when you had him in the same class as Tim Ferriss and Robert K. I immediately bought Crush It. Thanks for the great recommendation. Keep it up! Just clicked thru from you site to by the Leap.
Ken & Ren Men
I too am really digging the book review activity. I’ve purchased the 4HWW and have started reading it (Lifestyle Design…Wonder where that phrase came from???) as well as 3 or 4 other books that I read simultaneously. I’ll share a few book recommendations in the future.
I formed a book club with my direct reports – My only rules were that the texts needed to be nonfiction/(auto)biographical and we needed to be able to roughly apply the subject matter to work-related topics. I had each person on the team choose a book that shared something about him/herself (ie: one person who owned horses recommended “Seabiscuit”. My selected book was “An Island to Oneself” by Tom Neale (http://www.amazon.com/Island-Oneself-Tom-Neale/dp/0918024765). To me, the book is all about living life on your own terms, something that Tom Neale did exceptionally well. Additionally, it was written in the 1960s, so it offers a great vantage into that time in a very unique part of the world.
Cheers,
Matt
Love the community conversation.
Blog will become an informal book club – join the conversation.