On my journey to explore new directions with my career, I cam across a cool biz book site, The Personal MBA. The site author has a list of what he considers to be the best business books on various topics. Since none of us have the time to spend reading every book that comes along, this is great service; especially since other services that you find in airline catalogs can cost hundreds of dollars.
My M.O. is to get the book from the library (they carry some, but not all the books in the list) and then buy it if I really like it and will go back to it. I have read several of the books so far:

• 10 Days To Faster Reading - great for increasing your reading speed and comprehension; be sure to do the exercises for each chapter.


• The Effective Executive - good if you are looking to be working for big companies.


• How To Win Friends and Influence People - common sense tips that few seem to follow.


• The Art of the Start - good, but thin.


• Crucial Conversations - ok, didn't get much out of it.