Books about business, creativity, or leadership are written, it seems, every minute. You could spend too many hours reading the latest epic book about getting things done, but you really don't have to. Rework is a book written for people who already understand how to get things done, but might need a nudge to see dreams become tangible. This book was written by people who've actually done the work themselves.
If you're familiar with the company 37 Signals, you'll know that there is a philosophy that guides every product they create and every word they write. It's the stubborn dedication to their own philosophy that affords them so many die hard fans (I'm one), and a few detractors as well. Rework seems like a culmination of this dedication and the lessons learned from staying the course of creating quality work and never settling for the blaze status quo.
This isn't a typical business or creativity book, it's a book that you'll be able to read in a few sittings, but that you'll want to reread again and again. The book doesn't offer a wealth of new information, but it does rekindle obvious fundamentals that are often at the periphery of people who are especially creative. As a designer and business leader, I read a lot of books that cross my desk and not many of them have shaped my leadership and thought process more than this book.
After you read it let me know what you thought. If you've read it, how did it affect you?
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Tue, April 12, 2011
by Tommy Bailey
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