When it comes to reading, the burden of sustaining my interest is with the book.
There are books, too many to innumerate here, that are un-put-downable. From the first line to the last page, they consume everything around you. Any conversation is time away from your dialogue with the author. Meals are series of morsels punctuated by stolen paragraphs. Office seems time away from what you should really be doing. Turning the last page is equal measure relief and regret.
Then there are others. They seem interesting in title and cover. You start with great expectations. And then the plodding begins. One page a day, a paragraph another time. Before you know, a month has elapsed and the book is still waiting with a bookmark wedged in its body.
What makes some books page turners and others bookmark holders? I don't intend to delve into the answer (assuming there's one) but just say that Winning by Jack Welch fell in the 2nd category for me. It begins nicely, is pacy, full of insight and real examples by Jack. But then it became an effort. I struggled to get back to it at the end of each day till finally I abondoned it with a bookmark still wedged. Nothing particularly wrong with the book - you might even like it if you hold Jack Welch in awe. But for me, Winning was just not captivating enough.
Am now on to Frames of Mind by Howard Gardner. Lets see how that fares........
3 comments:
it's probably cause what was discussed in that book was soooooooooooo P&G that it was "same old thing" =) but there's another world out there.... ;-)
interesting angle!
I loved the book especially the chapter on mission and vision. I think Leila says it best...you know most of what was being sold here. For someone trying to put a business plan in place this book ranks high enough in my book.
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