Thursday, August 1, 2013

Reading list for Aug-13

Necessary But Not Sufficient - Eliyahu Goldratt

ToC applied to Technology! This book is not as engaging as Goldratt's other books like Goal, but nevertheless the ToC is now applied in a high tech context. Introduces you to some interesting concepts like Drum-Buffer-Rope, Buffer Management and Pull Inventory.







 Better Than Good - Zig Ziglar

Recognized as the motivational genius of our times, Zig Ziglar, makes you feel good— not complacent or pampered—but good about your possibilities. “Better than good” means taking your life beyond where it is by cultivating passion, especially about serving others. His aphorisms, stories, and historical clips are priceless, each one having exactly the right punch and momentum to illuminate his points and excite his listeners.






Hypnotizing Maria - Richard Bach

 Another classic from Richard Bach. Flight instructor Jamie Forbes guides a woman to landing her plane safely after her husband loses consciousness, then flies on to his own destination unimpressed by his act...flight instructors guide students every day. Only after she tells reporters that a stranger appeared in an airplane alongside hers and hypnotized her into landing, and after he meets his own guiding stranger does he solve the bigger mystery: how each of us creates, step by step, what seems to be the solid world around us. The best mysteries are the ones whose answers lie in front of us, in plain sight. The best solutions are those moments when all of a sudden we realize what we've known all along.