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Success Built to Last (official website here) was at the top of my wishlist for our exchange gift within Simon's team (the others on my wishlist were a poker book or a go book). I had finished reading Jerry Porras' previous book Built to Last a month ago and Success Built to Last had good reviews so I decided it was a great book to put on my reading list.

I had the good fortune of drawing Simon as my "parent" for our exchange gift, but I didn't expect him to actually buy the book for me. The title was just a few months old (August 2006) and didn't have a paperback edition yet; it would cost much more than our 500-peso minimum. I also tried asking at Powerbooks in Megamall but they didn't have it there. So I was pleasantly surprised when I opened Simon's gift and it indeed was a hardcover copy of Success Built to Last. He found it at National Bookstore, of all places.

Thanks for the awesome gift, Simon! I'll make sure to apply what I've learned from the book and share its lessons with the whole team.

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