PawEng

Once in a while you come across a book that in a simple and elegant way describes some deep and core issues. The book Peacock in the Land of Penguins is one such book. It is a fable about creativity and courage. It describes how Perry the Peacock travels to the Land of the Penguins, and how he is pushed to conform. He must decide how far he wants to go to become a penguin. It is a story about how conformity stifles us, and how greatness comes from diversity.

The first part of the book contains the fable about Perry the Peacock. It is about a hundred pages in the book, but they are quickly read. A summary of the fable is available as a short movie.

The second part of the book lets you test yourself to know whether you are a peacock or a penguin. There are tips and tools for birds of all feathers, and ideas and examples for teaching penguins to fly.

Google’s Book Search will let you read some of the pages online.

In many ways the book resembles The One Minute Manager, which is also built around a simple story that expresses some deep truths. In The One Minute Manager we follow a bright young man who is looking for an effective manager, and in the process learns three important secrets to management: The one minute goals, the one minute praisings, and the one minute reprimands.