Entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow (Wired, Fast Company, The New Yorker, and cofounder of Contently) analyzes the lives of people and companies that do incredible things in implausibly short time by employing what psychologists call "lateral thinking" to rethink convention and break "rules" that aren't rules.
Record details
ISBN:0062302450 (hardcover)
ISBN:9780062302458 (hardcover)
Physical Description:vi, 257 pages ; 24 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York, NY :HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,[2014]
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-243) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : "How do they move so fast?" -- Pt. 1: Shorten. Hacking the ladder : "bored Mormons" ; Training with masters : "the vocal thief" ; Rapid feedback : "the F word" -- Pt. 2: Leverage. Platforms : "the laziest programmer" ; Waves : "Moore and Moore" ; Superconnectors : "space, wars, and storytellers" -- Pt. 3: Soar. Momentum : "depressed billionaires" ; Simplicity : "hot babes and paradise" ; 10x thinking : "the rocketeer".