Sunday, September 02, 2012
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Favorite Books: Jeff's Picks
Jeff Kopito at View From the Ledge has posted his list of favorite books and an interesting one it is. I'm checking to see how many of his great choices show up on various lists.
Previous lists:
David Kanigan
Kurt Harden
My list
A Market-Defining Story
Tim Berry, at his new blog, Eugene Social:
The statement “this is a $43 billion market” without a market-defining story means nothing to me. The story drills down to the nitty gritty or the number just annoys me. And I don’t think it’s just me. I’m often with groups of fellow investors, or groups of business plan competition judges, and I don’t think I’ve even met one who cares about the market number without a market-defiining story.
The statement “this is a $43 billion market” without a market-defining story means nothing to me. The story drills down to the nitty gritty or the number just annoys me. And I don’t think it’s just me. I’m often with groups of fellow investors, or groups of business plan competition judges, and I don’t think I’ve even met one who cares about the market number without a market-defiining story.
Great for Your Commute: The Peel P-50
Back by popular demand: Jeremy drives the world's smallest car. You know you want one.
Books I Love
David Kanigan started it and Kurt Harden tagged me. David's ground rules are:
If you choose to participate, the rules of the award are to: 1) Nominate 5-10 bloggers and let your recipients know. (2) Post The Booker Award picture. (3) Share your top 5 books of all time.
Write a list like this and a mere five minutes later some other nominees will come to mind. I can't keep to five but I will restrict it to novels. My fiction list is:
- The entire Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. This is really one long novel set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. It has my highest recommendation. I'm about to re-read the series.
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy [I prefer the Ann Dunnigan translation]. I've never read a writer who knew people so well. Brilliant.
- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. Marvelous. Has one of the greatest female villains in literature. Stunningly good.
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens. How will the case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce be resolved? As in all novels by Dickens, the characters are memorable.
- Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. This is a great introduction to Trollope's novels. If you like Dickens, give Trollope a try. Intrigue in the church and a lot of humor.
- The Wind in The Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad are grand characters and you'll be transported to a riverbank. Be sure to get the edition illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The story of an eccentric to be treasured.
- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. This may be the Great American Novel.
- Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry. This tale of a barber in a small town is simply beautiful.
- Restoration by Rose Tremain. Amid the plague, the Fire of London, and the granting and removal of royal favors, a worthless physician is transformed.
I'll tag: Rick Georges, Tanmay Vora, Rowan Manahan, Mary Jo Asmus, Wally Bock, Jeff Kopito.
Risks, Relationships and Goals
Risks, relationships, and goals are three items to consider when evaluating a management situation.
Varying degrees of risk can produce very different reactions from individuals, warm relationships can trump cool logic, and goals that seem logical may not truly exist. In all three areas, it pays to look beneath the surface.
Quote of the Day
The people who succeed are those who have formed the habit of doing the things others don't like to do.
- Albert E.N. Gray
- Albert E.N. Gray
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