But the subtleties had faded from my memory. I ordered a copy and enjoyed a pleasant surge of nostalgia as I held the familiar, compact volume in my hand. But within minutes of starting to read, I found myself getting incredibly impatient at the author's leisurely stroll through the book's key points. Frustrated, I put the book down. Working in the Internet world had so completely rewired my mind that I'd actually believed The One Minute Manager was a book I could read in one minute.
Internet companies expand at a mind-boggling pace.
They're full of super-motivated people who generate three times as many ideas as any company could possibly handle. Sometimes they wanted feedback on the deal du jour making the headlines that had to do with Internet stocks or software wars. In short, they wanted to know where they can get some magic dust. But starting and running a successful Internet company isn't about secret lists or magic dust. The new economy requires new skills and new mind-sets.