February 2006 - Posts

• Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

  I ripped through Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything this weekend. It was written by an economist and a journalist who teamed up to publish some really interesting statistical studies that Levitt (the economist) has Read More... Posted Monday, February 27, 2006 3:59 AM by rgustin | 0 Comments Filed under: Books

• First, Break All the Rules, by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

  My manager recommended First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently to me a couple of months ago. I finally got to it last week (I keep a queue of stuff I'm waiting to read) and finished it this afternoon. The book is Read More... Posted Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:24 AM by rgustin | 1 Comments Filed under: Books

• The Automatic Millionaire, by David Bach

  I grabbed The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich in the Charlotte airport on the way home, and was done by the time my plane hit Dallas. I've read other books by Bach before, but found this one to suit me better. Read More... Posted Monday, February 13, 2006 1:56 AM by rgustin | 2 Comments Filed under: Books

• The World Is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman

  I've been reading The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century for a couple of weeks now (it was a Christmas present from my mom). I finished on my trip to Charlotte last week. Overall, I think it's an outstanding book, with a lot of Read More... Posted Monday, February 13, 2006 1:33 AM by rgustin | 5 Comments Filed under: Books