When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.   Proverbs 28:2

I just returned from a wonderful vacation in the mountains with my wife and two boys. What incredible perspective time away from work can give us.

Maybe like you, I always try to find a special book to read on vacation that will inspire me to think in new and different ways. On this trip, my wife strongly recommended a book to me that exceeded all of my expectations and I want to strongly recommend it to you, as well.

Andy Andrews, who spoke at our 2008 WorkMatters Leadership Conference, has a new book called The Noticer. This book is about gaining perspective.  Andy uses a very unique approach in writing this book that will not only move you in powerful ways, it will also be very difficult to put it down.

“Understanding and knowledge” (from this Proverb) are close cousins to perspective. When you spend time unpacking this verse, you may be able to easily relate it to your company and some of the leaders in your company. But leaders (that’s you!) with understanding and knowledge typically have a unique ability to bring perspective, especially to difficult challenges we all deal with in our work.

Do you want a new perspective? Read this book. It won’t take you long. Then, share your comments back here on the blog, or on our Facebook page, or on Twitter at “WorkMatters”…or you can just email me at droth@workmatters.org!

Father, thank you for working through writers. For stimulating us to be more like Jesus in so many different ways. These Proverbs provide us with rich principles with which to live. They give us perspective!   Amen.

Check out The Noticer at http://tinyurl.com/m6o6bx