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Tuesday, January 09, 2018

This Will Make You FEEL Redeemed .... But It Won't Redeem You

Sandbox WisdomSandbox Wisdom by Tom Asacker
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

What a charming book! Full of sage advice and wisdom, this book details the experience of Bill - a corporate executive - who spends a day with Falcon and his granddaughter Annie. In that single day, Bill learns of the wisdom of children and how it can help him in his daily business life. Bill's experience seems too good to be true, so .... was it? Tom Asacker gives no indication that the story either is or is not fiction. It seems to me that if it were true, the author would have made a major issue of it, so it seems reasonable to conclude that it is entirely fiction, and herein lies the problem with this book. First, I will point out that the advice given in the book is good advice - shallow though it is. To bottom line it, people are more important than profits and business should be modeled on how it can make the world a better place. I'm all for that! However, there is nothing in this book that anyone with a decent upbringing wouldn't already know. I don't think it would be of any use to business people who do not have a decent upbringing as they would simply never pick it up, even if encouraged to do so. Business people who make the world a better place don't become so by reading books like this, and I seriously doubt that reading a book like this would ever transform a business person from being an opportunistic asshole to something approximating a decent human being. That said, if you're a touchy-feely, artsy-fartsy type, or a business person who feels guilty about screwing people over, this book is gonna make you feel real good about the possibility of change. It might even inspire you a little bit. If that inspiration leads to your action for the good of all, let me know about it. Otherwise, it's a nice little collection of wisdom. Enjoy!

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