Hi Bob!

You know, this one is one of my ALL time favorites!!

> My additional best reads of 2001 include
> "How to Think Like Leonardo da
> Vinci" by Michael Gelb (an excellent
> book full of exercises on creativity,
> "confusion tolerance", etc.)

***In fact, reading Gelb's book opened me up to a whole new approach to reading: something I call "Reading Deeply". I used to devour book after book after book and did not retain very much. Now, I read like Gelb teaches to read "Leonardo"...once through sans exercises and then again, and completing the exercises.

I read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand for the first time this year and was entranced. I read it slowly, took me over a month....though it IS quite lengthy if you have read it. I took copious notes in the text itself and in an "Atlas" notebook.

When a writer is an artist AND a philosopher as Ayn Rand is, it really helps to study the material. I got SO MUCH MORE by reading it that way. I read fewer books and gain so much more value at the same time.

I save the "Devouring Read" for the occasional popular novel....

Now where can I find Michael's book?

With Purpose and Passion,

JULIE
and
> "Hired Gun" by Robert Workman
> (describes and teaches what it takes to
> become a top salesman and the challenges of
> remaining on top. I found it by chance in
> the Dallas airport and read it non-stop for
> the next three hours.)

> Thanks for starting this interesting thread!
> Bob




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