I love reading, it’s the exercise of the mind. Reading can be educational, it’s entertaining. Through the imagination of the author it can take you away to experience another world. My curiosity with human endeavour and what makes people “tick” gives me a leaning towards biographies, though I really enjoy a great story. They say you can tell a…
Angels and Demons – Dan Brown I’ve always enjoyed a thriller that delves into the ancient and mysterious history of churches, cults and brotherhoods; mixed with a conspiracy theory that is fictional yet tangled in factual locations in the most guarded and secretive organisations in the world. Most of us would be familiar with the movies Angels and…
“Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird” “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a book I had heard of many, many times and apparently it was regarded as a classic piece of American literature. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in…
The Four Hour Work Week – Timothy Ferriss Have you ever thought about how you could escape the daily grind of working out of that same office day in day out, clocking up the hours that are really just eating up a major part of your life? How’s about that dream of living anywhere…
Shackleton’s Way – Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell A book as much about Adventure as it is about Leadership ! In 1914 the British explorer Ernest Shackleton set out with a team of men to sail to Antarctica on board the ship Endurance. At the time, Antarctica was one of the last unexplored corners of…
A TEAM OF RIVALS – Doris Kearns Goodwin (Pulitzer Prize winner) If you are interested in leadership, then this is an absolutely fascinating read. From Abraham Lincoln’s early and humble beginnings, to becoming a young lawyer in small town America, then failing to gain election at a local level at his first attempt; he ultimately…