Love and Work

Introductions

Hi. I’m Marcus Buckingham and it’s lovely to meet you.

I read magazines backwards. And with books, I read the last page first.

Maybe you do the same. If you do, then you already know that this book ends with the same ten words it starts with. Well, nine, actually. I drop the “Buckingham” because I figure by the end, you and me, we’ll be on a first-name basis. But surname aside, the start and the end are the same.

Introductions are funny, aren’t they? You don’t know me. I don’t know you. We say hi, nod, shake, and introduce ourselves. The word “introduction” comes from the Latin verb introducere, meaning to lead in. This leading ...