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Fall Reading Preview

I just had the privilege of endorsing Juan Enriquez's latest, The Untied States of America. His As the Future Catches You was one of the best/most provocative books I've ever read. This is perhaps better—and surely the most unsettling tome I've read in a long time. Juan is professor of life sciences at the Harvard Business School—that alone is interesting, eh? Put this one beside the Pink and Florida books cited earlier as a banquet for unsettling thought. (Not to mention the China selections.)

At this incredible moment, career (and national?) survival depends on deep thought.

Another good pick for Fall that I just reviewed is The Successful Lawyer: Powerful Strategies for Transforming Your Practice. As most know, I think the "professional service attitude" is imperative for, yes, survival; and I've also lamented the absence of books on the topics. Here's a partial answer—which, by the way, applies as much to an accounting or consulting practice as to a law practice.

Tom Peters posted this on 06/09/05.

Comments

I don't have any particular comments to make on this other than to just express thanks for continuing to be such a great resource, Tom.

Posted by Tony May / Mayday Media at June 9, 2005 4:19 PM

One & all: Pre-Autumn, grab Juan Enriquez's first book, As the Future Catches You. I pretty much guarantee you won't be disappointed. The book got but a wee fraction of the attention it deserved.

Posted by tom peters at June 10, 2005 6:51 AM

Look at this great thank you from Gerry Riskin, who wrote The Successful Lawyer:
http://www.gerryriskin.com/publications-82-thank-you-to-tom-peters-for-recommending-the-successful-lawyer.html
Gerry, sorry we didn't mention you as the author in Tom's post. But that oversight has been corrected here. Let us know when the book goes on sale!

Posted by cathy at June 13, 2005 1:15 PM