Books
Outliers, 10,000 hours and the Generation ‘Z’
Sunday, December 14th, 2008I have just finished the new Malcolm Gladwell book, Outliers and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was fantastic, but instead of give you a standard review I thought I would elaborate and theorise around a question of my own which hit me somewhere through the last third of the book.
“If it takes 10,000 hours to ever […]
Liars Poker book review
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Todays been an interesting one, as I’ve been waiting for removalists to come along and provide me quotes for how much it will cost to move ’stuff.’ It’s also given me some space to consider the book I’m almost finished, and thus quickly write a someone pre-emptive book review on it between appointments.
The book is […]
The Big Issue with narrow focus
Sunday, July 20th, 2008I’ve started reading the Peter Senge’s classic tome, The 5th Discipline this week. It’s a book which I have had for about a year, and has been consistently circling my sphere of influence for a while now. The book talks about how we can solve many of the issues we face in business (and thus, […]
What I’m reading at the moment: Mavericks at Work
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007I thought I would post what I am reading at the moment, seeing as I suggested last post that I havn’t read the Craig Hassed book yet.
I’m currently reading Mavericks at Work: Why the most original minds in business win. The title is okay, if not a little wanky. But, the content is quite good. […]