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Rasmus Ankersen on the Forum: the secrets of endurance
Posted on 2012/07/23 in General, tagged as
The Gold Mine Effect author and High Performance Anthropologist Rasmus Ankersen visited the BBC studios, appearing on the Forum to talk about the secrets of endurance. We are only a few days away from the start of the Olympics, yet do we really know what it takes to get there? Rasmus Ankersen travelled the world to train with the world’s top athletes and their coaches in the attempt to crack the secrets of high performance. Listen to his discussi… Read more »
Spy the Lie: How To Spot Deception The CIA Way is published today!
Posted on 2012/07/19 in General, tagged as
Imagine how different your life would be if you knew when someone was either lying or telling you the truth… Hiring a new employee Investing money Meeting with your boss Talking to your children Dating someone new Having the ability to unmask a lie can have far-reaching and even life-altering consequences. As former CIA agents, Philip Houston, Mike Floyd and Susan Carnicero are among the world’s best at recognizing deceptive behaviour. Through… Read more »
Ian Livingstone introduces his latest Fighting Fantasy gamebook, Blood of the Zombies!
Posted on 2012/07/18 in General, tagged as
Only 15 days to go until the latest book in the hugely successful Fighting Fantasy gamebook series, Blood of the Zombies, is published by Wizard Books! Whether you’re a veteran Fighting Fantasy fan or you’ve just started picking them up, can YOU survive or will YOU become a zombie too? Watch the video below to hear Ian Livingstone himself talk about the book. Blood of the Zombies is available to pre-order from all good bookshops. Ian Livingstone… Read more »
Introducing Graphic Guide apps ‘will give you plenty of food for thought’
Posted on 2012/07/17 in General, tagged as
Six app versions of our Graphic Guides are currently available – Philosophy, Capitalism, Ethics, Postmodernism, Slavoj Žižek, and Kant (available exclusively through the free Introducing Graphic Guides bookshelf app). The apps received a fantastic and informative review by Jen over on Bitch Buzz, an online lifestyle magazine for women, this week: ‘As with the books, the new apps take big and complex ideas and make them easier to understand. They… Read more »
Rasmus Ankersen on ‘Why do location-based talent gold mines exist?’
Posted on 2012/07/11 in General, tagged as
Rasmus Ankersen, author of the recently published The Gold Mine Effect, auditioned for TED2013 – and you can watch the full talk below! TED2013 aims to ‘uncover new talents, voices and ideas the world needs to hear: emerging trailblazers, under-celebrated sages, hidden geniuses’. Rasmus Ankersen quit his job, spent the last of his money on plane tickets, and for six intense months travelled the world, visiting ‘Gold Mines’ of talent; living and… Read more »
Martin Bell on ‘the art of writing silence’
Posted on 2012/07/11 in General, tagged as
If you missed the Tales from the War Zone event at Waterstones Piccadilly last week, you can watch the Martin Bell talk about ‘the art of writing silence’ – his experience writing In Harm’s Way and For Whom the Bell Tolls, and how war has become a policy option rather than the ultimate and most serious decision – in this entertaining and informative video. Martin Bell OBE is one of the best-known and most highly regarded names in British televisi… Read more »
Ian Livingstone will be signing copies of Blood of the Zombies at the Forbidden Planet!
Posted on 2012/07/09 in General, tagged as
Blood of the Zombies – the latest title in the legendary interactive gamebook series Fighting Fantasy – is published 2nd August. Ian Livingstone will be signing copies of the book at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 4th August, 3-4pm. Terrible things are happening in Goraya castle. Insane megalomaniac Gingrich Yurr is preparing to unleash an army of monstrous zombies upon the world. He must be stopped and his undead horde defeat… Read more »
Win an exquisite, signed leather-bound edition of The Etymologicon with Waterstones!
Posted on 2012/07/06 in General, tagged as
Waterstones.com is offering one lucky winner the chance to win an exquisite and exclusive signed leather-bound edition of The Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon. Only 10 copies of this edition were ever produced – each of them individually numbered by hand. One lucky winner will be the owner of copy #9, personally dedicated by Mark Forsyth, and bound in full brown leather with beautiful gold foil printed on the spine. It’s a book… Read more »
Rasmus Ankersen, author of The Gold Mine Effect, talks about sporting ‘gold mines’ of talent
Posted on 2012/07/06 in General, tagged as
Why have the world’s best middle-distance runners grown up in the same Ethiopian village? Why are 137 of the world’s 500 best female golfers from South Korea? How has one athletics club in Kingston, Jamaica, succeeded in producing most of the world’s best sprinters? Watch the video below of Rasmus Ankersen talking about the sporting ‘gold mines’ of talent that he visited around the world while researching his book, The Gold Mine Effect, out now.… Read more »
How to Find Undervalued Talent
Posted on 2012/07/04 in General, tagged as
Rasmus Ankersen, author of The Gold Mine Effect, spent a year travelling and studying the world’s most successful talent and performance environments. In a brand new and brilliantly illustrated video, shown below, discover how the talents of Asafa Powell, Paul McCartney, Richard Branson, and Cristiano Ronaldo were all overlooked, and listen to Rasmus explain three simple lessons that everyone can follow to dramatically improve their ability to sp… Read more »
