Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com discusses how the Kindle with change the ebook world.

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Do you remember reading books as a child? What books did you enjoy reading? I enjoyed reading everything from history to mysteries to science fiction myself. I was also a big Dr. Suess fan when I was about 7 years old.

Living in the developed world we take it for granted that we can read pretty much whatever we want whenever we want. Just go down to the local library or bookstore. If you’re like me you probably have hundreds of books in your home library even.

Imagine how different your life would have been if you hadn’t had access to any books your entire childhood? Just think about that for a second…not one book…I bet your life would have been different as would have mine.

This is exactly what millions of children around the world in some of the poorest countries are experiencing every single day. However, one man named John Wood has been making a huge difference.

John discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life’s work not at business school or helping to lead Microsoft’s change into Asia in the 1990’s but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. He made the difficult decission to walk away from his lucrative career to create Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that promotes education across the developing world.

You can find out the full story by getting the book yourself here:

http://www.leavingmicrosoftbook.com/index.html

Have you read “Leaving Microsoft to Change the World” by John Wood? What did you think of it? Being wealthy is not the end goal, it’s what you do with your wealth that counts in this world…Leave your comments below.

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I’ve recently read a very inspiring book titled, “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and his essay The Gospel of Wealth.

Reading this was like stepping back into time as it was all written by Andrew himself in his private diaries around 100 - 150 years ago. Compelling work of history, family, business and ethics all combined into one 336 page book.

I find it pretty humbling to find out that he was once the second riches man in the country, only to give away his entire fortune to charities at the end of his life and after his passing on. This man made fortunes then proceeded to give away most of his $350,000,000 in wealth.

He opened thousands of libraries, music halls and parks for the public to enjoy. These were great feats in his time as there were not many libraries around 150 years ago. Nowadays of course you can find one in most every town and city in developed countries.

His philosophies on creating the best products, providing outstanding customer service and doing business with partners is really insiteful to read. Pretty amazing to think he started out at $1.20 a week as a teen to go on to amass one of the largest fortunes in America in his time.

You can pick this up at Amazon.com or most bookstores, this new version was publishes in Nov. 2006.

Have you read this book or other books that inspired you? If so, post and share your comments.