I opened up The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (on the list of my 24 books I’m reading this year) with great anticipation.  I had heard much about it, and how it had great business wisdom.  Ultimately, I have very mixed thought about this book. First, what I didn’t like. At the...Read More

Anagrams.  Acrostics.  Isograms.  Alphagrams.  My mind has been bludgeoned with these and many other lexicographic terms as I just finished Word Freak:  Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players, by Stefan Fatsis (Number 24 on my list of books to read this year).  On the heels of George Plimpton, but before...Read More

As the New Year arrives, I’ve created my list of books I hope to read this year.  My goal is to read two book each month.  You ask, “How are you going to do this”.  Honestly, I’m not sure I will be able to do this.  But I hope one simple trick will help:  I’m...Read More