Assignment: prep for less than 10 min, stand up in front of class, and talk about a predefined topic. I imagine it gets easier the more you do it.
In the speech I mention Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, The Now Habit, Getting Things Done by Dave Allen, and First Things First by Stephen Covey.
All of those books were very useful to me. I read them to prep myself for the demands of an EMBA.
Pictured here is the downtown San Antonio Greyhound bus terminal. It's located conveniently right down the street from my loft that overlooks the riverwalk. I took the bus to Houston for a couple of reasons. First, it's cheap. Secondly, and more importantly, It gave me a solid block of time where I was forced to read. I got a ton done, in fact, I actually ran out of things to read and started reading ahead in Financial Accounting. That's the good part. See, I didn't underestimate how long it would take me to do the reading, I underestimated how long it would take me to get to Houston by Greyhound. I showed up for my bus 30 minutes early, so I could stand in line. Unfortunately, for no explained reason, we departed an hour late. There's nowhere to sit while you are waiting, so I just stood there for and hour and a half with my binder open reading before we departed. The trip itself was pleasant, except for the meat locker temperatures on the bus. I was surprised to see some interesting sites along the road that I'd never seen before as a driver. All I'd ever seen before were cows, trucks, and trailers. This time, I saw an inexplicable dinosaur looking thing. Honestly, at first I thought I was hallucinating due to some sort of brain-seizure from either the over-air conditioning or the over-studying. Fortunately, I was able to snap a photo of the creature. 
Be on the lookout for this thing next time you're on I-10 headed East between San Antonio and Houston. I can't tell what it's made of, or what it's suposed to be, but it was a pleasant surprise.
