New BLOG Topic

There is a saying that a person is a product of the people they associate with and the books they read. I tend to agree with this but with the addition of the experiences they go through as well. Let's face it, when you look back on your life there are defining points following which you can say “that event changed my life”.

I've been giving all of this some thought over the last few months as I've been rebuilding my business and reassessing life. I'm know I'm not the only person that goes through this process, but there doesn't tend to be a lot around the place for one to refer to when you're looking for relevant answers.

Anyway, I'm not indicating that I'll be the font of all knowledge for “life changes” but I thought one thing I can do is report on the books I'm reading and that I find beneficial, or not. This might serve to give you some pointers on what might be a good read for you too. Let's face it, walk into any book store and you're confronted with more books than you could ever hope to read in your life, each one selling itself to you as the best one to read. But how can you really know? You look at the dustcover and flick through a few pages to see if it looks interesting but at the end of the day you feel more comfortable reading a book that someone you know refers to you.

On my latest trip to Seattle I bought a few books at Borders on 4th Ave. The one I'm reading at the moment is “Winning” by Jack Welch. So far it's a great book - but I'm not going to report on it here. That's the subject of another post.

Basically I wanted to let you know about the new blog topic - “books”. I hope you find it interesting, beneficial and perhaps a bit challenging too. I won't be providing a full book review as such so don't get too scared, I won't overload you. Don't expect the books to be all technical either - I tend to read business focussed books more than just technical. And you won't find novels here either.

I'm also keen to hear about books you read and can recommend.

OK - back to my reading.