Comments on: Interview Yourself: Final Chance to Win http://blog.shaneandpeter.com/2007/12/21/interview-yourself-final-chance-to-win/ Bridging People & Technology Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:38:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James Chartrand - Web Content Writer Tips http://blog.shaneandpeter.com/2007/12/21/interview-yourself-final-chance-to-win/comment-page-1/#comment-3742 James Chartrand - Web Content Writer Tips Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:04:00 +0000 http://blog.shaneandpeter.com/2007/12/21/interview-yourself-final-chance-to-win/#comment-3742 I think if I won, I'd pick the E-Myth Revisited or the Five somethingorothers why teams fail (I tried to remember what that was between just checking the page and coming to write it down. See how bad my memory is?) Looking forward to the results, Shane. There were some great posts, the interview was a blast, and I have stiff competition. G'luck everyone! I think if I won, I’d pick the E-Myth Revisited or the Five somethingorothers why teams fail (I tried to remember what that was between just checking the page and coming to write it down. See how bad my memory is?)

Looking forward to the results, Shane. There were some great posts, the interview was a blast, and I have stiff competition. G’luck everyone!

]]> By: Aruni Gunasegaram http://blog.shaneandpeter.com/2007/12/21/interview-yourself-final-chance-to-win/comment-page-1/#comment-3714 Aruni Gunasegaram Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:42:00 +0000 http://blog.shaneandpeter.com/2007/12/21/interview-yourself-final-chance-to-win/#comment-3714 For the Art of Leadership class in my MBA program I did a comparision between the 9 Insights in the Celestine Prophecy to 9 traits of effective leadership. My prof was skeptical but ended up giving me an A. :-) The Monk & The Riddle put words like 'deferred life plan' to what many people were doing with their lives. Doing what they needed to do to pay the bills but not really doing what they wanted to do or spending time trying to figure out what they want to do. It also emphasized that it's about the Journey because you can't predict with 100% accuracy the outcome...no one can. For the Art of Leadership class in my MBA program I did a comparision between the 9 Insights in the Celestine Prophecy to 9 traits of effective leadership. My prof was skeptical but ended up giving me an A. :-)

The Monk & The Riddle put words like ‘deferred life plan’ to what many people were doing with their lives. Doing what they needed to do to pay the bills but not really doing what they wanted to do or spending time trying to figure out what they want to do. It also emphasized that it’s about the Journey because you can’t predict with 100% accuracy the outcome…no one can.

]]> By: shane http://blog.shaneandpeter.com/2007/12/21/interview-yourself-final-chance-to-win/comment-page-1/#comment-3689 shane Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:20:45 +0000 http://blog.shaneandpeter.com/2007/12/21/interview-yourself-final-chance-to-win/#comment-3689 Of course I'll go with the one you like (I like it too) - adjust away - I'm not that strict. Regarding books, The Alchemist was very powerful and I have not read Siddhartha since I was living in the middle east. Probably time for a reread. I actually did a whole blog post for <a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/freelancing-essentials/business-survival-guide-8-practices-of-a-long-term-freelancer/" rel="nofollow">Freelanceswitch on applying the principles from my favorite books</a> a while back. What did you like best about the monk & the riddle? Of course I’ll go with the one you like (I like it too) – adjust away – I’m not that strict.

Regarding books, The Alchemist was very powerful and I have not read Siddhartha since I was living in the middle east. Probably time for a reread.

I actually did a whole blog post for Freelanceswitch on applying the principles from my favorite books a while back.

What did you like best about the monk & the riddle?

]]> By: Aruni Gunasegaram http://blog.shaneandpeter.com/2007/12/21/interview-yourself-final-chance-to-win/comment-page-1/#comment-3682 Aruni Gunasegaram Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:29:47 +0000 http://blog.shaneandpeter.com/2007/12/21/interview-yourself-final-chance-to-win/#comment-3682 Pick me! Pick me! Not that I have time to read books with two kids and a tech start-up but nonetheless I like to win. :-) Will you let me change my question to the one I left in the comments a while back. If so, I will adjust my post accordingly. Thanks for thinking of this. I enjoyed answering the questions...always like to do things that make me think. Some books I didn't see on your list but that I made required reading when I taught entrepreneurship are: The Monk and The Riddle and The Alchemist. I also gave my students Siddhartha as a parting present. They might have thought I was nuts but I felt those books gave a bigger picture of what entrepreneurship (following your dreams) means. Happy Hanukkah! Pick me! Pick me! Not that I have time to read books with two kids and a tech start-up but nonetheless I like to win. :-) Will you let me change my question to the one I left in the comments a while back. If so, I will adjust my post accordingly.

Thanks for thinking of this. I enjoyed answering the questions…always like to do things that make me think.

Some books I didn’t see on your list but that I made required reading when I taught entrepreneurship are: The Monk and The Riddle and The Alchemist. I also gave my students Siddhartha as a parting present. They might have thought I was nuts but I felt those books gave a bigger picture of what entrepreneurship (following your dreams) means.

Happy Hanukkah!

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