Writer Orhan Pamuk had a good interview in the New York Times recently. This excerpt on his book recommendation applies to leadership and management at all levels.
If you could recommend one book to the American president, what would it be?
Many years before he was elected president, I knew Obama as the author of “Dreams From My Father,” a very good book. To him or to any American president, I would like to recommend a book that I sometimes give as a gift to friends, hoping they read it and ask me, “Why this book, Orhan?” “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values” is a great American book based on the vastness of America and the individual search for values and meaning in life. This highly romantic book is not a novel, but does something every serious novel should do, and does it better than many great novels: making philosophy out of the little details of daily life.
The full interview can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/books/review/orhan-pamuk-by-the-book.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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