It's been a marathon month for me...August that is. Other than being my birthday month, I had a lot going on both in my professional and personal life....and in between I have only managed to squeeze in a few hours of reading, aside from academic studying.
I have been juggling between three books: -
- John Maxwell's Leadership Gold which is on my Start! Stop! list. I intend on getting it out of that list.
- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
- By the River Piedra, I sat down and Wept by Paulo Coelho
All three are amazing books. My highlights so far have been: -
Leadership Gold - A combination of the "best" leadership lessons from John Maxwell. Each page, each chapter is full of leadership nuggets and real life experiences that are truly enriching. I struggle with leading people a lot as I would rather NOT but his book is helping me quite a bit and I can see improvements in my leadership skills. What I love about JM is that he is so real and is not afraid to share the leadership mistakes he has made in the past. I also love the fact that this copy am reading was autographed by him...:-).....make its all the more special.
Pride and Prejudice - Am still trying to get over the scramble for husbands in this story....and how a good husband target was first determined by how much he earned a year - interesting how certain things never change, century in, century out. What am loving about this book is the depth and crisp quality of the English....and whilst am reading it, I can't help but wish AND hope that my brain is absorbing the new words....the grammar.
By the River Piedra, I sat down and wept - I started this one yesterday and immediately one can sense the depth that only comes for Paulo Coelho's writing. I could not help but think about how a writer can not give what he or she is not, or does not have. I believe the depth of his work is a reflection of who he is. It's still too early to comment...but all I can say is that it's a love story like no other!
I read on....
