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The Gorilla, the Whale, the Parrot and the Baby Mac too

The Gorilla, the Whale, the Parrot and the Baby Mac too Books as sources of ideas and inspiration T here's plenty of leadership gurus offering this or that book as essential reading for would-be entrepreneurs and CEOs. But the actual reading habits of successful people point a very different way.  My recent book, ‘The Leader's Bookshelf: 25 Great Books and their Readers’ (  at R&L books  or if you prefer you-know-where,  at Amazon.com  ) - now out in paperback too! -  is really a series of 25 case studies, each one involving textual analysis of the biographies and historical place of the individual in question, along with analysis of the texts the individuals specifically cite as key influences. Perhaps the most intriguing part of all this is new links between the texts and the lives and thinking habits of the individuals: how often the one contains the seeds of the other. However, it’s not just a book about people and their life stories, rather it is a book about ideas and