Sorry for the long delay. I have been in Florida since Saturday with no internet access. Great time. I enjoyed a couple of spring training baseball games and the sunshine. Forgot to wear sunscreen the first day and my pasty Tennessee winter skin paid for it.
On the way down there and back, I listened to "Good To Great."( http://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Companies-Leap-Others/dp/0066620996 ) on CD. A book written by business author Jim Collins. It's a really interesting study of why and how some companies become great and others stay mediocre. I highly suggest getting or renting it on CD because the book itself appears a little daunting and wordy.
The book is excellent and, like many other business books, can be easily applied to any aspect of the readers (or listeners) life. I think it basically can boil down to whether our desire is to be great. I know that my desire is to be great, but maybe not in the way many others desire to. I desire to be great at letting God use me to impact this world as a whole and individuals personally. Others may see greatness as making a great name for themselves or having a bunch of stuff. One insight that this author makes however based on research is that managers and CEOs that desire a great name for themselves were never at the helm of these "good to great" companies.
My point once again is that even with my desires and goals, the book applied to me. I think what can often make a book great to the reader is the reader's ability to apply it to their life of look at the information presented from a different perspective than even the author intended.
Anyway, just wanted to share the book with whoever reads this. It really is excellent, even for those that don't work anywhere near the "business world."
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