El Sonido de Silencio?

I discovered a Peruvian restaurant near my house, only a year after it opened, and went there for dinner, con una muchacha bonita es claro. I had a fish dish and something purple to drink called Chicha Morada.

The food was good, the people were nice, the server's name was Lali (as in Lali-pop), and they even had musical entertainment. Pan flute and guitar as you might expect. You might also expect that the first song that they played would be El Condor Pasa. But instead we got... The Sound of Silence, by Simon and Garfunkel? I'm very confused. Are all Simon and Garfunkel tunes of Peruvian origin? Was the band confused about which Simon and Garfunkel they were supposed to be playing? Had they been drinking too much Inca Cola? We may never know.

But I did learn this little tidbit from Lali: "Real Estate" in Spanish is Bienes y Raices. Yes, goods and roots, that's what I do.

Reading For Success

I've been reading some good books lately. Here's a list of 5 of my all time success related favorites. Naturally I just wish I'd read them all 10 years earlier.

	Secrets of the Millionaire Mind T. Harv Eker This is a great book about how rich people think, and how to de-program your poor person mentalities.
	The Magic of Thinking Big David Schwartz Written in the 1950s but still very relevant today. Talks about how success is an attitude and a decision. It's pretty clear that a lot of more modern authors borrowed many of their ideas from this book.
	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey The quintessential personal improvement and success book. (Reading all these books is a Quadrant 2 Activity!)
	The E-Myth Revisited Michael E. Gerber A very eye opening book about how to make your business work.
	Take Action Kenneth Scott If you are single, check it out.