Yesterday, Barry Posner signed my 1st edition copy of The Leadership Challenge.
Believe it or not, before I met him, I had to decide which edition I was going to ask him to sign - yes, I have all four editions...
In the afternoon, I stopped at the Recycle Bookstore in San Jose, and bought four more books to add to my reading pile.
- Riding The Waves of Culture by Trompenaars
- Managers As Facilitators by Weaver & Farrell
- The Cycle of Leadership by Noel M. Tichy
- Passion at Work by Lawler Kang
Based on these two data points, I realize that if someone wanted to convict me of being a geek, they could find some pretty strong evidence.
- I have an engineering degree.
- I read for fun.
- I don't just read, I collect books.
- I have three computers on my desk (powered up and ready to go)
- I like anime.
- I enjoy the occasional graphic novel, manga, or sequential art.
- I enjoy documentaries and foreign films.
- I have a large catalogued collection of dvds.
- I have a large catalogued collection of cds.
- I own a couple of action figures (Musashi Miyamoto and "Ghost in the Shell's" Major Motoko Kusanagi)
- I love maps.
- I love libraries.
- I have a sand (yes... sand) collection.
- I can program in BASIC and HTML.
- I've had a website since 1998.
Curious, I googled, "Are you a geek?" and "Are you a nerd?"
I took the GeekTest and scored at only 10.45365% (love the accuracy there).
Turns out I'm not even close. The lack of anti-social and fantasy attributes (no role playing games in my past, sorry) holds me back from reaching true geekdom.
How about you? Where do you score?
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