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A while back I wrote a few posts drawing business lessons from some of my favorite movies, The Godfather and Butch Cassidy are at the top of the list. Here is another from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: After traveling to Bolivia to escape the relentless pursuit of their nemesis La Forge Butch and [...]
I love the original Godfather movies, Book I and II. It is by far Al Pacino’s finest performance. If you can look past the killing and racketeering, there are also quite a few great lessons. One of my favorites comes from the following scene (email subscribers will need to click through). In this clip Michael [...]
When I left the corporate scene and started consulting, I joined a small boutique firm delivering recruiting services. Our main (only) client was SAP America. After spending 5-6 hours with the client, I would come back to our home office. The owner would hold meetings occasionally to see if we had any ideas on where [...]
The other day I wrote about a lesson from a scene in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The lesson was about taking the plunge, setting your fear of failure aside to pursue an unknown path rather than gravitating toward the familiar. Butch and Sundance escaped by taking a leap of faith from a [...]
Great movies are great for many reasons. The acting, cinematography, the music, the story line. Great movies also provide the opportunity to interpret and draw lessons. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is one of my all time favorite classics, and this is one of my favorite scenes: In life, in business, in our careers [...]
The Godfather (Book I and II) is my favorite movie of all time. I have many favorites, but there is something about the transformation of Michael Corleone’s character and the amazing portrayal by Al Pacino that raises this one to the top. Michael is the favorite son, the one the Don doesn’t want to get [...]
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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford
The Art of War: With Commentaries by James Clavell by Sun Tzu, Sun Zi, James Clavell(Editor), James Clavell(Editor), James Clavell(Commentaries by)
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss, Ray Porter(Read by)
American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 by H. W. Brands
