It is a common theory that successful people live their lives like a project plan, so we struggle to shape our lives along a pre-determined path. Instead, Oliver asserts that that the majority of people, many of them very successful, make it up as they go along. This smart manifesto offers a convincing and well-researched argument encouraging us to do a little drifting.

About the author:
Richard Oliver is probably best known for the three books he co-wrote with Bob Cotton, "Understanding Hypermedia", "The Cyberspace Lexicon" and "Understanding Hypermedia 2.000". Richard makes his living writing, facilitating, consulting, teaching and anything else that comes up.