There’s a curiously engaging book called How Proust Can Change Your Life, written by Alain de Botton, that looks at Marcel Proust’s life and works (novels) in the context of universal life lessons. Chapter 2, entitled “How to Read for Yourself,” conveys the notion that Proust believed in novels as “a [...]

I’m in the midst of reading Andy Kessler’s new book, “The End of Medicine.”  It’s an important read for those building or investing in healthcare services companies. 
Kessler plays the layman in the industry peering at it behind the lens of a tech/finance junkie.  He sets out with the basic understanding that [...]

Michael Crichton has a knack for blending reality with what could be or might have been. In Eaters of the Dead, one of my eighth grade world history reads, Crichton tackled the Neanderthal/Cro-Magnon man connection and offered a new, somewhat plausible, take on the fantastical Beowulf saga. His newest [...]

I’m in the middle of reading Bill Taylor and Polly LaBarre’s new book, Mavericks at Work, and it’s definitely resonating with me. They write in Chapter One, “The logic of competition has evolved from the imitative world of products versus products to the revolutionary fervor of business models versus business [...]