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I’d like to make Team of Rivals, next month’s read for me. After reading the review, it appears to be a great book.
The premise is to surround yourself with people who think differently than you do. However, the name of the book makes the concept seem more calculated than I believe it to be.
Recently, someone told me this concept was a bad idea. I can see how one might think this, however, I personally really appreciate banter and opposing view points. If we are able to listen to one another and really understand where the other person is coming from we have an opportunity to bridge the divide. If we only surround ourselves with like thinkers we become isolated “same think.”
So to all my family, friends, and colleagues, thank you! Know that I always appreciate your feedback – especially when it is from another point of view. I never mean to offend nor am I easily offended – just looking for thought provoking friendly banter.
An extra special thanks to those that keep me grounded and inspire me…you know who you are…I appreciate our diversity.
all the best,
angel
Currently reading Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. I’m interested in feedback from others on this book.
Since I’m tackling the Unabridged version, it may take me a little while to get through it, but I’d welcome comments/discussion – anytime.
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A little about the book and Ayn Rand:
With this acclaimed work and its immortal query, “Who is John Galt?”, Ayn Rand found the perfect artistic form to express her vision of existence. Atlas Shrugged made Rand not only one of the most popular novelists of the century, but one of its most influential thinkers.
Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world–and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man’s body, but about the murder–and rebirth–of man’s spirit.
* Atlas Shrugged is the “second most influential book for Americans today” after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club
