How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas: Shake Up Your Business, Shake Up Your Life [Paperback]

Chris Barez-Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 23, 2008

The one-stop resource for your own brilliant ideas!

Stuck in a rut? Bored? Dissatisfied? Uninspired? Got a problem you don't know how to solve? What if you knew exactly what you wanted and could make it happen, right now? To get there, you need creativity—you need some kick-ass ideas. This book is chock-full of practical and inspirational ways to help you jump-start your creativity, identify what you want in life, and then make it happen. Chris Baréz-Brown turns companies around the world into highly creative and successful teams. Here he pours his best techniques into a book that reunites you with the imaginative genius inside you. It's about fun, freshness, and new ways of thinking, filling your life with new experiences, and then getting playful. With these step-by-step activities, case studies, and imaginative practical exercises, you can find out exactly what it is you want and then make it real! 75 color illustrations.

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About the Author

Chris Baréz-Brown is a training guru at ?What If!, the world's largest innovation consultancy. He lives in New York, New York, and London, England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing (April 23, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602392439
• ISBN-13: 978-1602392434
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Anythings possible, April 25, 2008

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Gareth D. Miles "Captain G" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas: Shake Up Your Business, Shake Up Your Life (Paperback)

My favorite story in the book is of the strip club that ran art classes when nudity was banned unless it was for 'serious artist merit'. Inspiring stuff. This book makes you realize that anything is possible with a big dollop of creativity.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for anyone who could do with a jolt of inspiration, April 25, 2008

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K. Groves "Brit abroad" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas: Shake Up Your Business, Shake Up Your Life (Paperback)

I bought this book about 2 years ago, when I felt a little stuck in a rut. Not only did it shake up my thinking, it inspired me to action. This is the most insightful and useful book I've read (and re-read, and re-read!) around personal transformation and innovation. Practical tools and techniques you can dip into whenever you need a jolt of new thinking.

I love it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource!, March 7, 2011

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RobinLK - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas: Shake Up Your Business, Shake Up Your Life (Paperback)

Great ideas, excellent examples, plenty of application, and a front cover photo that makes you take a second look... what's not to like?

I found Chris's conversational style fun to read and got a good laugh out of his verbal antics along the way. Am buying copies for upcoming writing retreats this summer.

Creative. Quick read. Fun. Inspiring. Thoughtful.