Power Stories Summary
Power Stories At Book Rapper we’ve been scouring the planet for great books. In particular, things that are essential to being successful in business. And, we think stories is one of those essential business tools. Thus we’ve created: The Long Tale, How to use stories to build your brand, market with meaning & connect with […]
The Infographic Resume
Website Bio, Resumes and Linked In Recently, I wrote about how to write your website bio. In it I compared website bios to a resume and suggested they were a little different. Like almost everything there is always more than one way. And, a neat new way to present yourself either as a business person […]
Ori Brafman – The Chaos Imperative
The Book Ori Brafman and Judah Pollack, The Chaos Imperative: How Chance and Disruption increase Innovation, Effectiveness and Success, Crown Business, New York, 2013. Ori Brafman Once I’ve read a good book by one author I’m more than likely to sample their next offering. I love Ori Brafman’s earlier book The Starfish and the Spider. […]
Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
How Great Minds Work At the moment I’m exploring and experimenting with habits. So when I found Mason Currey’s book called ‘Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work’ I just had to grab it and devour it. It includes short, sharp snapshots of the working routines of over 160 […]
Sebastian Terry – 100 Things
When are you most alive? What are the most weird and most cooky things you’ve ever done? Whilst this is one-way to look at Sebastian Terry’s book 100 Things it’s probably not the most useful frame. Let’s try this instead… What are the things that you’ve done in your life that made you feel most […]
Good to Great Summary
What do you need to focus on to transform your company from good to great? This is the fundamental question that underpins today’s book. Our Topic This is episode #49 of the Ideas Architect podcast. And, it’s a Book Rapper recording derived from an important business book. Today we share the Book Rapper Good to […]
Three Kinds of Work
One of the great things that Todd Henry points to in his inspiring book Die Empty is the focus on work. His view, and I agree, is that working to retire and lay on a beach is not the point of life. Instead, Die Empty implies working on things that matter to you. We previously […]
Todd Henry – Die Empty
Marketing Time Lag When do you take action? Are you usually spontaneous and act instantly? Or do you stop, ponder and reflect? I first heard about this book Die Empty by Todd Henry on Mitch Joel’s Six Pixel of Separation podcast way back in January. (The podcast was published three months earlier on October 23, […]
Scott Belsky: Making Ideas Happen
Scott Belsky Scott Belsky is the founder and CEO of Behance. It’s the worlds leading platform for creative professionals with millions of visits each month. In 2010, Fast Company named him one of the top 100 most creative people on the web. This is the first in a series of books on the implementation of […]
Adam Grant – Give and Take
In this podcast episode I’m sharing a book that I’ve recently read and have been telling everyone about. It’s been a real eye-opener for me as it describes one important aspect of who I am and how that helps me be successful plus it points out where I often fail. And, whilst there are thousands […]