Solpak Building - Day 9 of 14 : The Bookshelf

These books are not decoration.

Good to Great. Start with Why. Getting Things Done. The Goal. The Compound Effect. The Founder's Mentality. Tools of Titans. Disciplined Entrepreneurship. DotCom Secrets. And about sixty more.

Every one of them changed at least one decision I made at Solpak. Some changed everything.

Good to Great taught me to find the right people before the right strategy. Getting Things Done gave me a system that still runs my life. The Goal taught me that most bottlenecks are invisible until you stop and look for them.

I do not read to be inspired. I read to find the one idea that solves the problem I am stuck on right now. Sometimes that idea is in the first chapter. Sometimes it takes the whole book. Sometimes it takes reading the book twice, five years apart.

The founders I respect most are readers. Not because reading makes you smart. Because reading forces you to slow down and think about your business instead of just reacting to it.

What is the last book that changed a decision you made?