Recent reading: Thoughts on “Rework” and “Click”

24. Jun, 2010 0 Comments

Reading books is something i love doing and wish I would do more of.

Over the last couple of days I’ve been in a bit of a reading frenzy and read 37 Signals’ new book Rework by Jason Friend and David Heinemeier Hanson and “Click” by Ori and Rom Brafman and I thought I’d share a few thoughts with you.

Rework

Rework is a collection of essays on running a business. The main point in the book is “Don’t worry what other people think or do, do what is best and what makes sense”.

I’m a massive fan of 37 Signals and of the ideas they put forward. I totally love what they do and how they write. I think the book is worth the read just to give you some time to think about the way you currently do things.

However, being a huge fan of 37 signals is kind of a bad thing for this book. If you read all the blog posts, there’s not much new material here.

I got two main benefits out of it. Firstly, it’s all collated and in a good format. Secondly, it’s very inspirational. It makes me want to start doing things as soon as I finish the book.

Go read it.

Click

Click is a book about why you instantly click with some people, but can’t do any better than an awkward conversation with other people.

I heard of Click after watching this interview on Mixergy with Ori Brafman (the author).

I liked the way the book was set out (very similar to the format of Malcom Gladwell’s books), and I really liked how the concept of “clicking” was broken down into it’s components. For example, one component of “clicking” with another person is “vulnerability”. When you trust someone with something you could be hurt about, it helps build an instant bond.

The book breaks each component down into a number of examples, and explores each one in detail.

I thought it was an ok book. It wasn’t as captivating or inspiring as Rework, but still worth a read.

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