Preface

The power of reading and ‘thought leadership’

I had an interesting conversation during the early stages of writing this book. I was visiting the city of Salalah in Oman, and Ahmed Salem Mohammed Al Amri, the Commercial Manager for the Port of Salalah, was showing me around this great container and general cargo terminal, perched on the Omani coast, facing east across the Arabian Sea, in the middle of one of the world’s most important shipping lanes.

He told me the story about how his father had always encouraged him to read books, because he said, ‘You can listen to someone through their books.’ It was his contention that through reading, you learn about people, you start to understand the context of the book itself, and more importantly, ...

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