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BooksVeryUsefulOnceWhat books did you learn a lot from but seldom revisit? From BookListPage. See also BooksToGiveAway, BooksToReferTo, BooksToAvoid and BooksWhoseFirstHalfIsWorthReading ----I end up using what I gathered from these even though I don't reach for them much, or give them away much:
-- JimBullock, 2003.04.25 (Mods, 2003.05.31)
--BobLee 2003.04.26 These came up as I was working on the list of BooksOnPersonalSkills . I found them very helpful at the time of reading... still think about them, periodically... go back occasionally.
DianeGibson 2003.04.28
SteveSmith 2003.05.03 Bruce F. Webster's excellent "Pitfalls of Object-Oriented Development" KeithRay 2003.05.04 After my airplane read on Sunday, I am tempted to add Books Useful Never. Esther 050503 Esther, you are so funny. And yes, some books shouldn't even be allowed out. Oh well. I took a class on Monday called Dealing with Difficult People: Bringing out the Best in Others, Even at Their Worst put on by IMS and Dr. Rick Kirschner was the facilitator. IT was a great class, and many of his concepts built on Virginia Satir's work. He has a couple of books out and I haven't read either yet, and actually am going to jump to his more recent one first - but they might be worth a look. His two I'm interested in are Dealing With People You Can't Stand adn Dealing With Relatives...Even If You Can't Stand Them. He also ahs a book called Life By Design and a CD for Living Your Life by Design. I'll let you know once I've read whether they are worth it, or maybe some of you have already read it. LynnMarieHill 07-May-2003 I have an old audio-tape set called "Life By Design" -- could be the same author. Some of the good stuff in LbyD was recycled yeras later in "Seven Habits" by Covey. I'm pretty sure I bought "Dealing With People You Can't Stand" within the last year or two, but I don't think I was all that impressed, or maybe I'm remembering my wife JaneRay being even less impressed with it. KeithRay 2003.05.07 Has anyone read "The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations" by Senge, Kleiner, Roberts, etc.? Any good?
KeithRay 2003.06.12 Keith: No & Yes - The Dance of Change is a 590+ page collection of articles in bunches and threads. I haven't "read it" through yet, but I've traversed a number of threads through it and have been impressed by the breadth of viewpoints. There are a lot if ideas, practices, observations, exercises and other challenges to peruse. I'd recommend it. Don't expect to exhaust it soon. (Not BooksVeryUsefulOnce, but a reference.) --BobLee 2003.06.12 I bought "Start with No" by Jim Camp because the flyleaf said that this was a contrarian book, and refutes the doctrine of "win-win" in negotiations. To me this sounded like it was going to teach some manipulative sales techniques. I wanted to see what the non-congruent approach to selling was, so I bought the book. Interestingly, the book is very much in line with Jerry's teachings. Many of the bullet pointed ideas are things I have heard Jerry say in one context or another. In short this is an interesting reiteration of ideas we have all heard before, it is not as well written as Jerry's books but does present a different viewpoint of some of them. Here are some of the key ideas:
KenEstes 2004.02.24
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