Sunday, February 21, 2010

Twit Rapper: Four Hour JOLT! - The Movie!

Twit Rapper: Four Hour JOLT! - The Movie!

Here it is… our Twit Rapper video/slideshow summary of Book Rapper's Four Hour JOLT! and all derived from Timothy Ferris' The Four Hour Work Week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkx0zTPgLyk

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Twit Rapper: Four Hour JOLT! - Part 2

Twit Rapper: Four Hour JOLT! - Part 2
Twit Rapper: A Book Rapper Book Summary in 26 tweets…

Numbered tweets, 1A= first book, tweet A.
Read all 26!


Back to our first half of these Tweets and our previous post.

Here's the second half and remaining tweets from Book Rapper's
Four Hour JOLT!

2K TIM’s DEAL: DEFINE what you want, ELIMINATE everything extraneous, AUTOMATE income streams & LIBERATE yourself - live your way

2L
DEFINE the rules you’re living by. Want a new li
fe? Live by your new rules.

2M
ELIMINATE anything that doesn’t contribute to your dream. Time is limited. Time wasting is your archenemy.


2N
AUTOMATE your cash flow. Put it on autopilot and stop turning up to earn it. Start a business to reap your income rewards.


2O LIBERATE yourself! If you weren’t chained to your current location where would you live? Be mobile to be free!

2P
Dear Boss, I know you want to hide this book. Don’t be an ostrich! Help me achieve my goals and I’ll help you get yours.


2Q
Retirement is your worst-case scenario. Keep planning for this AND
have some fun along the way.

2R
The New Laziness: work smarter rather than for
work’s sake.

2S
Information Underload: Eliminate your futile attempt to keep u
p to date with too much stuff. TV, newspapers, web surfing, twitter…

2T Don’t manage your time. Manage your focus. Only do the things that impact. Eliminate the rest.

2U
What’s your time worth? Outsource anything that can be done
for less per hour by someone else – anywhere in the world – virtually.

2V
One of the simplest ways to autopilot your income is an online product. Pick a niche. Select a product. Test. Roll out. Automate.


2W
Get out of the office! Start with a trial one-day per week. Keep addin
g a day until you’re in total remote control.

2X
Stop taking vacations! Start taking 3-6 month mini-retirements every year. Earn dollars, live where it’s cheaper. Asia, South America…


2Y
WANT MORE? Get the complete Book Rapper issue: Four Hour JOLT!


2Z
Want even MORE? Follow @tferriss and buy his book! It’s the real DEAL! New Expanded Edition: #FourHourWorkWeek


More
  1. Visit TwitRapper.com
  2. Previous Twit Rapper issue: Design Advantage: Roger Martin, The Design of Business
  3. Tweet with us http://twitter.com/twitrapper
  4. Read the Book Rapper Issue: www.bookrapper.com
  5. Read Timothy Ferris's The Four Hour Work Week

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Twit Rapper: Four Hour JOLT!

Twit Rapper: Four Hour JOLT!
Twit Rapper: A Book Rapper Book Summary in 26 tweets…

Numbered tweets, 2A= second book, tweet A.
Read all 26!


Here's the first half of the tweets from Book Rapper's Four Hour JOLT!

Four Hour JOLT!

2A
The Four Hour JOLT! – Derived from: @tferriss #FourHourWorkWeek, Vermillion, London, 2007. Newer edition now available.


2B
Big Idea: Our live-to-work culture is obsolete. The Industrial Revolution’s 40 hour a week Deferred Lifestyle has reached retirement age


2C
Speed RAP: The Three currencies of this global, digital revolution are: TIME, INCOME and MOBILITY. Tim’s TIM! LOL!


2D
Your Challenge: JOLT the way you think about work and metamorphose the way you live.


2E
Book Review: Tim’s Deal may not be your deal. It’s action-filled. And, it’s the best selling JOLT you need.


2F
Book Rapper Thinks... OMG! I’ve been doing it all wrong! Working to get by, working to die. Time to rework my work!


2G
The 3 Keys to #LifestyleDesign: TIME, INCOME and MOBILITY. Design your life around them! Got it?


2H
In terms of Time, if you’re still working 50-70 (or more) hours a week, then you’re doing no better than they did in steam driven England


2I What if you cancelled your retirement? Or dropped dead before you got there? What are you working for?

2J Is your lifestyle scalable? Time’s limited. How are you going to do more in less time? Solve this to win your prize.

2K
TIM’s DEAL: DEFINE what you want, ELIMINATE everything extraneous, AUTOMATE income streams & LIBERATE yourself - live your way


More
  1. Visit TwitRapper.com
  2. Previous Twit Rapper issue: Design Advantage: Roger Martin, The Design of Business
  3. Tweet with us http://twitter.com/twitrapper
  4. Read the Book Rapper Issue: www.bookrapper.com
  5. Read Timothy Ferris's The Four Hour Work Week

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, The movie!

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, The movie!
Here it is… our Twit Rapper video/slideshow summary of Book Rapper's Design Advantage and all derived from Roger Martin's The Design of Business.









This is our first Twit Rapper video.

Love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve it for future issues.

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Monday, February 15, 2010

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, Part 2

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, Part 2

Tw
it Rapper: A Book Rapper Book Summary in 26 tweets… Numbered tweets, 1A= first book, tweet A. Read all 26!

Her
e's the second half and remaining 13 tweets from Book Rapper's Design Advantage.

1N: Opportunity 1: Your business solves a problem. Change the way you solve this problem.

1O
: Opportunity 2: Take the knowledge out of your employee’s heads and put it into a system for others to run.


1P
: Abductive Logic asks ‘what could be’. Dilemma! Cannot prove or disprov
e a new idea in advance.

1Q: Design Thinking blends creativity and business. It relies on Abductive Logic. Crucial for optimal business performance.

1R
: Employing Design Thin
king aims to offset the bias toward Reliability and make room for Valid alternatives

1S: Adding Design Thinking to organizations is like rebuilding a new house from the inside. It’s a cultural change.

1T
: Continuous work is consistent. Design work is different work. Create projects to fuel collaboration and innovation.


1U
: The best way to learn about Design Thinking is to do it. Design something, anything. Logo, holiday, wardrobe... Make design a habit.


1V
: If leading for reliability is like training a dog, then leading designers may be closer to training a cat.


1W
: To enhance your design impact, see the world differently. Core driver = create the future. See obstacles as opportunities.


1X: Knowing how to work with non-designer analyticals is crucial to designers who want to make an impact. Learn their language.

1Y
: WANT MORE? Get the complete Book Rapper issue: Design Advantage: http://www.BookRapper.com


1Z: Want even MORE? Buy Roger Martin’s book: The Design of Business. It’s designful!

More
  1. Visit TwitRapper.com
  2. Tweet with us http://twitter.com/twitrapper
  3. Read the Book Rapper Issue: www.bookrapper.com
  4. Read Roger Martin's The Design of Business

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage

Twit Rapper: A Book Rapper Book Summary in 26 tweets…
Numbered tweets, 1A= first book, tweet A. Read all 26!


Here's the first half or 13 tweets from Book Rapper's Design Advantage.


1A: Design Advantage: The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value. Derived from Roger Martin, The Design of Business.

1B
: Speed RAP: Key to value creation lies in the development of knowledge. Solve problems. Turn them into business systems.

1C: The Big Idea: Design Thinking is the new competitive advantage. Think both analysis for efficiency AND creatively for innovation.

1D
: Your Challenge: Add Design Thinking to your life and your organizational culture. Explore, experience and exercise design.


1E
: Book Review: A business strategy book. Why Design Thinking is important. And a key model for making it happen


1F
: Book Rapper Thinks: Roger Martin’s my new design hero! He’s put design back in the centre of business conversations!


1G
: Business Paradox: Now or future? Be efficient to exploit now. Be innovative to explore the future. Exploirt both!


1H
: Example: McDonalds is an efficient system – big scale, big $$$. Artist typically explores – small scale, small $$$.


1I
: Move down the Knowledge Funnel: Mystery= solve a problem. Heuristic= rule of thumb. Algorithm= fixed formula


1J
: Examples: Mystery= Artist, Scientist, Architect. Heuristic= Trainer, Lawyer, Sales. Algorithm= McDonalds, MLM, Software


1K
: Solve a mystery. Use your new knowledge to create new opportunities for you to exploit.


1L
: Turn your hunches into rules of thumb to create an innovative service business.


1M
: Simply your rules of thumb and create specific step-by-steps for anyone to implement. eg software.


More
  1. See the video at TwitRapper.com
  2. Tweet with us http://twitter.com/twitrapper
  3. Read the Book Rapper Issue: www.bookrapper.com
  4. Read Roger Martin's The Design of Business

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Launching Twit Rapper…

Launching Twit Rapper…
Every now and then you come across a book that truly inspires you.

And, I don't mean it makes you feel good.
I mean, it puts a thousand volts of electricity in your head and sparks a lightning storm of 'gotta do that' ideas.
Well, this book did just that for me!

It's called 'Twitterature'.
And for the Twitter afficionados you'll instantly guess that it's short for 'Twitter Literature'.

It's written by a couple of college stud
ents in the US: Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin.
They've taken some of the classic literature books and rewritten them in less than 20 tweets -
  • Macbeth,
  • Moby Dick,
  • Crime and Punishment,
  • Wuthering Heights,
  • Dracula and even...
  • Lady Chatterley's Lover
The language is colourful, contemporary and oh so clever!
It made me realise that most of our classic literature is based upon male power trips and conquering women. C'est la vie! LOL!
So, it got me thinking...
I've had people say to me,
'Yeah, Book Rappers good and can you do a summary in a single page.'
For a while there I thought,
'You lazy $#&%@!'
And, now, I've responded with my own version of Twitterature.

It's called Twit Rapper.
It reframes my mission.
It's given me a different reference point and a knife to sharpen my thoughts around what I'm doing.


I'm exploring idea modelling and information design.
I think the whole shift to living online, the Apple iPad era, requires a revamp in how we design our information.
Having a page full of text is no longer respectful of your audience.
You seriously can't expect us to wade through a screen full of text when there are some many more appetising ways to digest ideas.
Can you hear your audience chanting...
  • I want it now.
  • I want it quick.
  • I want it easy.
Thus I will continue to layer the ideas from Book Rapper so you can get it in multiple ways:
  1. Twit Rapper will be offered as tweets and a YouTube video for you to watch with leisure.
  2. Book Rapper will be offered for those who want more details.
  3. And the book we RAP will be the ultimate source for more.

Therefore, if Book Rapper is designed to be read in 30 minutes, then let's do a book in 26 tweets.
That's under five minutes.


So, my newly refined and redefined mission is:

To Accelerate Reading.
Or perhaps, 'To Accelerate Learning'.
Or… help me out here.
I'd love to hear what appeals to you…


Tomorrow's post will be our first Twit Rapper issue.


PS: If you can't wait until then, visit TwitRapper.com
And, if you want to stay in touch, tweet with us http://twitter.com/twitrapper

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