Project Design Books – Twelve of the Best

Three Gifts

The thing that I am most proud of around Project Passion is that it was fuelled by Book Rapper. Yep, re-reading my own material provided the insight I needed. It’s a neat reminder for me about the value of great books and the RAPs as a quick reference guide. Thus, this list of Project Design […]

Anti-Self-Help Slideshow

 Anti-Self-Help : How to Succeed in a about 10,000 hours – with a little help from your friends. This Book Rapper slideshow is derived from two books: Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success Geoff Colvin, Talent is Overrated: What REALLY separates World Class Performers from Everybody Else. Anti-Self-Help – The Certain Path to Success […]

How to Succeed in 10,000 Hours

The Books Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers AND Geoff Colvin’s Talent is Overrated – A special issue double act! The Big Idea Success is not simply a function of talent. In fact, ‘natural’ talent may have very little to do with it at all. Speed RAP To be a world-class performer requires two specific factors: the community […]

Best Books of the Decade

Best Books of the Decade What better way to round out the decade than declare the best books I’ve read during this time.So, how do you choose the best books you’ve read? I felt I had to go with the ones that have changed how I see the world and how I act in it. […]

Book Rapper’s Hot Books for 2009

Here’s the Book Rapper Hot Books for 2009. Here’s my Top Ten list of the books I want to be reading that reflect the biggest issues of our time… Authenticity The Book: Joe Pine & Jim Gilmore, Authenticity The Hot Idea: As consumers crave experiences fake ones don’t count. If your product and service is […]