Summer reading recommendations from financial advisers
Russ Hill, Chairman and CEO, Halbert Hargrove
Small Giants
Bo Burlingham
It really does convey the message from its tagline: ‘Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big.’ With all the focus on growth, stepping back to understand the real purpose of your business often doesn’t occur. It’s easy to accept someone else’s definition of success; in fact, it’s difficult to resist.
The entire Aubrey-Maturin series beginning with Master and Commander
Patrick O’Brian
Though it may sound daunting to hear of essentially a single novel about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, in 20 volumes with about 7,000 pages, my interest never flagged. Patrick O’Brian’s mastery of nautical details is incredible, especially since he was never at sea; he’s been favorably compared with Jane Austen in style and depth.