Keeping A Business Diary or Two

Keeping  A Business Diary or Two

Yesterday I spent a good amount of time in a nearby [1] Barnes & Noble [2]. It was time to cash in a credit there, so through the shelves I poked.  I felt sort of like RageBoy [3], he who spends what seems a significant portion of his waking hours [4]
doing just this.  And who can blame him?  Perusing titles and
flipping through the pages of various books -even sitting in one of
those nice and comfy chairs they provide and flat-out reading a book as
though it was the library- this is a pretty nice way to spend some time.

Looking
at the software support and how-to books, and at the general business
books, I had a bit of an epiphany.  Call it a minipiphany.

There
are all sorts of "how to succeed at _____" books, as well as a million
or so catchy phrase and buzzword books, like  how to become a rainmaker, a new age marketer, an eBay Power Player, a megabrand creator,
that sort of thing.  Then there are some philosophical business
books, most of which border on Social Psychology or a particular
sociopolitical worldview.  Helps to be already somewhat famous
before publishing one of those.  And a zillion other types of
books, chestnuts, of sorts, in the business category.

I looked
at a few currently popular titles.  I scanned some of the more
famous and been-around-awhile management gurus' titles.  I tried
to find something that hit home with me, an area of interest, something
that would offer some insight or a new view, or educate me.

I
ended up getting a graphics support book for a software title. 
Since I have less than no graphics talent, find the graphics programs
totally non-intuitive, a well laid out how-to, with example figures and
step-by-step instructions can only serve me well.  I found one
that made sense to me, seemed easy to follow, and delved into some
topic points that have eluded me for a long time.  So far this one
looks like a good choice; I've already learned a thing or two. 

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