Herman School of Business
Read any good books lately?
A few years ago my daughter discovered THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand, a book written many years ago. Colleen found the characters fascinating as they revealed their strengths and weaknesses during the Depression. Welcome back America…here we are again.
The principle people in the book are riveting as Rand writes in the most minute detail. You read her work and you feel like you are standing in the very street where the scene takes place, you can hear the inflections in their voice as they speak. Not only is the writing style exceptional, the story is amazing. It inspires you in many ways.
The follow-up many years later is called ATLAS SHRUGGED and it goes on for over 1,100 pages. Just the weight of the book is intimidating. But Colleen has finished the book and gave me a copy over a year ago. It stares at me from my dresser wondering when I will crack the cover and get started. 1,100 pages…did I mention that?
Colleen is the kind of person who wants to share great treasures with others…besides me she bugs others to take the plunge and read ATLAS SHRUGGED. Today, Colleen’s man-friend, my buddy, Rob…hit me with an email asking how my reading was going.
Bookends now bugging me to get started on ATLAS SHRUGGED. I am flying to Chicago tomorrow and promise to drag the book along (I hope there is no extra charge for the weight of this book) and begin my journey.
If you are not up for ATLAS SHRUGGED at least go get THE FOUNTAINHEAD and if you are not a reader but rather a movie watcher…rent, buy or find a copy of the movie THE FOUNTAINHEAD.
If those pages scare you…then I recommend my second favorite book that I have ever read…TV HUMPHREY. TV HUMPHREY was the first book I ever read in one day. I was probably in the second or third grade and was staying home with one of those “sick days” where you just wanted to be home. I had no one to play with as all the kids were at school and so I read my new library book…TV HUMPHREY sitting in a chair in our living room.
The point of this is simple. I still remember the impact from over fifty years ago of just accomplishing reading a whole book in one day. And THE FOUNTAINHEAD goes beyond my appreciation of the book…it is a shared experience with Colleen and Rob.
Read a book. And share the knowledge with someone else.
- Posted: 22 April 2009
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