During my mother in-laws last three-week visit, the visit where I started smoking again, went from three beers a week to thirty, and the visit where I packed my suitcase planning to spend her final three days at my co-workers (Dan Attis – The SharePoint Guru) house, she bought me a book. She heard about the book while watching her religious channel louder than I thought my Boss speakers could possibly produce. She needed to hear the program while taking a shower on a separate floor than my entertainment system.
I did not put much thought into the gift since I was sure it was some radical Christian book, which reinforces my worldly behaviors. One insomniac weekend, due to my body’s inability to handle drinking beer again, I decided to crack the introduction section since I knew Hosapple was out of my comprehension range. Interestingly enough the author (Steven Scott) is a millionaire responsible for billion-plus in marketing advertisements. Scott details how his failures and successes in life easily map back to the teachings of King Solomon. The book was not religious in nature but a management guide to worker diligence, succeeding with mentors, workforce partnering, conflict resolution, etc. I read the complete book that weekend. I then went through the book again with a highlighter and a pen. I am now reading it for a third time and actually duplicating the end of chapter activities.
Within the book, “The Richest Man Who Ever Lived, King Solomon’s Secret to Success, Wealth, and Happiness” I learned a plethora of business applicable advice based upon lessons of King Solomon. Scott’s #1 advice recommended reading a Proverb each morning before work and taking notes on the wisdom documented. I took the advice and the first action item I perform on arrival to work, is taking 5 minutes and reading the Proverb of the day. I could not believe the number of times within the thirty-one Proverbs that Salomon uses the word “Knowledge”.
While I will never create a religious post, I cannot help but reiterate the wisdom presented within King Solomon’s teachings. I believe it is safe since three of the four major religions believe in Solomon’s teachings and every historian believes in Solomon’s legacy. While reading those teachings, the wisdom of managing knowledge inundated me with its present applicability. The second half of this post will detail some of the Knowledge Management wisdom presented within the Proverbs.
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Posted by: Dan Attis | July 08, 2007 at 12:27 AM