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Title: Every Move Must Have a Purpose: Strategies from Chess for Business and Life by Bruce Pandolfini, Hyperion ISBN: 0-7868-6885-6 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (13 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Knowing What Is To Be.
Comment: There are many books out there that compare business to other pursuits, but I never found one drawing a correspondence between business and chess. I am not a chess player, or a fan of the game, and frankly am somewhat intimidated by it. But Bruce Pandolfini's compact monograph is less about chess and more about logical thinking. He offers fascinating stories and unusual analogies that are easy to understand and a joy to read. Furthermore, his writing is simple but discerning, and though the book is only a little more than 100 pages, it's chock full of fresh perceptions and neatly encapsulated aphorisms. I enjoyed EVERY MOVE MUST HAVE A PURPOSE so much I read it twice and gave several copies for holiday presents. I wish there were more experts like Mr. Pandolfini, with the ability to express abstractions so clearly and intelligently.

Rating: 4
Summary: SAY CHESS!
Comment: If you're looking for that perfect in-transit book to skim through, without straining your shoulders but working your grey matter, this slim treatise (115 pages, double spaced) makes for a pretty good fit.

Simply put, it draws some very thoughtful life and business lessons from Chess. Don't worry, it includes just enough chess material to keep the book relevant to the strategic game, but not so egregiously that it puts off people unfamiliar with chess (you know what a rook is though, right?)

The author writes almost like a chess player: with concentration and quick, quiet decisions expressed in single sentences. Which makes this book not only a pretty neat source of business thoughts, but also one of the better self-help and self-improvement books I've ever read.

You'll end up with a fistful of aphorisms if you really read, and while it may look a bit steep for its slim size, it's absolutely worth it. Highly recommended.

Rating: 5
Summary: Packed With Knowledge!
Comment: This slim volume, which draws life and business lessons from the game of chess, is one of the better self-help and self-improvement books you're likely to pick up. At only 115 pages, double-spaced, and a mere 20,000 words, the entire book is about the length of a chapter in most other books in its category. Author Bruce Pandolfini includes just enough chess lore to keep the book relevant to chess, but not so much as to overwhelm a chess-averse reader. He writes concisely, as a chess player plays, with a great deal of concentration and quick, quiet decisions expressed in single sentences. The book offers several fine aphorisms, the sort you will remember long after you have put it down. But it's not the kind of book you will want to put down. Fortunately, we are glad to note, it is small enough to fit into a purse or computer bag along with everything else you carry.

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