Slacker Manager: How to read a business book

Slacker Manager: How to read a business book: "

Why read?
This is the bottom line, right? If you're serious about your career, your industry and even your contacts, you can't afford to not read regularly.

After all, somebody is reading all those books that are coming out each month, and it's probably the competition for your next client or new gig.

At the very least, the information you're exposed to by regular reading provides great material for icebreakers and small talk.

At the very best, it's a meeting of minds when you run into someone who has been thinking like you and who cites similar influences.

Beyond all that, reading is the trailhead to 'personal mastery.' Personal mastery just means that you have a clear sense of calling, of self and of vocation. Reading widely helps get the ball rolling.

Pay attention to what really gets your heart pumping and what puts you to sleep, and continue down the 'heart pumping' road. Reading alone won't give you personal mastery--you have to actually do stuff, not just read and think about it.

But reading will give you the clues about where to start and what to do."