February 2012 ~ Rodney's 1 Million Page Challenge: 2,500 Books in 10 Years

Feb 16, 2012

The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything (2012) by Linda Holmes

Thursday, February 16, 2012 African Book Club, General 1 comment

Pages: 4; "The vast majority of the world's books, music, films, television and art, you will never see." Yesterday, a friend shared with me a very interesting NPR article. This article convinced me that I should not use my 1-Million-Page Challenge to attempt to read all the great books in the world . I was aware (to a certain extent) of the facts highlighted in this article. However, reading this article helped me to think about these facts very...

Learning From Toys: Lessons In Managing Supply Chain Risk from the Toy Industry (2001) by M. Eric Johnson

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 Business, Enterprise Risk Management No comments

Pages: 20; M. Eric Johnson writes about the supply chain risks of the toy industry and provides ways to manage these risks. This document suggests that the solutions to manage the supply chain risks for the toy industry can be used by other industries with similarly short product lives. The author classifies the risks into product demand risks and product supply risks. An example of a product demand risk in the toy industry is short product...

Global Risks 2012 Report by the World Economic Forum's Risk Response Network

Sunday, February 05, 2012 African Book Club, Business, Enterprise Risk Management, Policy No comments

Pages: 64; The World Economic Forum has published the seventh edition of the global risks report entitled the Global Risks 2012. It first features an insightful section that covers the cases which show the potential catastrophic events that could result because of the interconnectedness of the global risks. The three cases are: Seeds of Dystopia: This case highlights how societies worldwide could become chaotic as high unemployment...

Christ Our Righteousness (1924) by Arthur G. Daniells

Saturday, February 04, 2012 Christianity No comments

Pages: 165; The author argues that righteousness (doing right) by faith through Jesus is today's message for the church and the world. The Third Angel's Message of Revelation 14:6-12 is the message about Jesus Christ our righteousness, according to the author. In essence, Daniells is saying that the Third Angel is going to the whole world to present the only true righteousness which is the righteousness by faith through Jesus; the angel's...

Reading Progress: Slow but Steady!

Friday, February 03, 2012 Business, Christianity, Enterprise Risk Management, Justice and Social Entrepreneurship No comments

I started the challenge some time around November, 2011. Currently, I have finished reading 12 books, which total 2,801 pages. That is nowhere close to where I should be. The inertia at the beginning was tough but now that I'm a few months into the challenge, I'm gaining momentum. To stay on course, I need to have read about 200,000 pages (or about 500 books) by December 2012. You can tell I've got a lot of catching up to do. A luta continua!!!...