A Biopsy of Power

What C.E.O.'s read
There is a great artical I read Saturday, July 21st, 2007 New York Times about the personal libraries of corporate leaders consist of more literature and poetry than business best sellers. You can read the artical yourself that interviews many well known people like Michael Moritz, Venture Capitalist; said the only business book he likes is Andy Groves, 'Swimming Across,' which has nothing to do with business but has everything to do with the emotional foundation of a remarkable man. He believes you should not follow your mentor, but follow your mentors mentor. He also reads T.E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom,' an exquisite lyric of derring-do, the navigation of strange places and the imaginative ruses of a peculiar character. He thinks it is the best book ever written about leading people from atop of a camel. Steve Jobs has great interest in William Blake - the mad visionary 18th century mystic poet and artist. Sidney Harmon, of Harmon Industries said, "Poets are the original thinkers of systems'. He reads 'The City of God' by E.L. Doctorow over and over. Shelly Lazrus, the charwoman and chief executive of Ogilby & Mather reads about different cultures, countries and problems, like Jerome Groopman's 'How Doctors Think'; John Cornwall's autobiography, 'Seminary Boy'; 'The Wife,' a novel by Meg Wolitzerand 'Team of Rivals.' She quoted David Ogilvy, "advertising is a great field, anything prepares you for it".