Atlas Shrugged is easily one of the most influential books in literary history. It was first published in 1954 by Ayn Rand and has been heralded by students, CEO's, entrepreneurs, business leaders and others as one of the most influential books of all time. I heartily agree.
One day, I was listening to one of my Jim Rohn audios entitled The Art of Exceptional Living. At one point in the audio session, Jim challenges the audience to learn as much as they can to read all the books and to read the "towering novels." He pauses and then says Atlas Shrugged.
It was the summer of 2008 and I was just starting to put everything together as to why my life had not turned out better. I was being very harsh on myself, but then as I would find later, I was not being harshy enough on myself. I was finding too many excuses and asking the advice of all the wrong people. For example, you don't ask your broke friends how to get rich, because they don't know. If they knew they wouldn't be your broke friends, they'd be your rich friends. This is one of the novels that helped me develop a sense of morality behind business and to help me realize that it's ok to do well.For example, one of the greatest things you can learn to do is to reap without explanation...
Back to the topic, it has always been a challenge of Hollywood to produce this novel on the silver screen...so much of a challenge that it has been ignored for many years. On April 15th (Tax Day), Part One of Ayn Rand's classic an novel Atlas Shrugged
is coming to the big screen. This is something I will probably go see over and over again (and buy the DVD set when it is released). Visit the Official Atlas Shrugged Movie Web Site Today!
