What got you here won't get you there. Summary

'What Got You Here Won't Get You There' by Marshall Goldsmith is a classic on how success and the consequent attitude can hinder further successes. It also provides some ways to overcome these bad habits. Remember 'feed forward'?
Now I found a neat summary of this book here :http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/shivoo.koteshwar/book-summary-what-got-you-here-wont-get-you-there

Lessons from Monopoly, the most popular board game. or, A Review of a Book Review

The book, Monoplists, by Mary Pilon (Bloomsbury) seems to throw a lot of light on one of the most popular board games of all times, Monopoly. No, I haven't read the book, but the review by Roger Lowenstien in Wall Street Journal (http://on.wsj.com/1EzULMc) is quite comprehensive. 

Parker Brothers bought the game from Charles Darrow in 1935 for $7000 and thought they had paid too much. They spun a story around Darrow of how an out of work family man developed this game slogging many nights in his basement. The popularity of Monopoly took off skywards. This Classic marketing tool illustrates the power of the story / narrative/ legend which could be anything from "a lie to a stretching of facts."

What is more interesting is the possibility that Darrow's games was derived from an older game called ' Landlord's Game'. This  was developed by Elizabeth Magie, a feminist and a tax activist, to illustrate the evils of Capitalism. It is an irony that this game was instrumental in inspiring many capitalists and wannabes. A case of unintended consequences!

The review also touches upon concepts like copyrights (who can distribute), trademarks (who can use a name) and patents (who has the rights to restrict others from similar methods and devices).

Pilon also dwells on the dress as a symbol of power and economic disparity. How passe!

A minor point which I found interesting was the increase in popularity of board games after the advent of electricity in homes and increase in leisure. 

Should make interesting reading if I can get hold of the book.