The Zentrepreneur's Idea Log and Workbook [Paperback]

Ron Rubin (Author), Stuart Avery Gold (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zentrepreneur Guides | Publication Date: December 27, 2004

An interactive journal/workbook to capture and process ideas, from the creators of Zentrepreneur Guides—the fifth book in the popular series for people of all ages who want turn their dreams into reality.

All of the Zentrepreneur Guides encourage readers to pursue a life of accomplishment by taking purposeful, tangible steps. The three seminal books—Success at Life, Dragon Spirit, and Tiger Heart, Tiger Mind—inspire, motivate, and empower them to overcome obstacles, clarify thinking, and channel energy, offering many valuable insights, examples, and pathways. One of the more important steps, the authors believe, is to write things down:

"Keep a notebook handy at all times to provide a space for ideas to land when they come around circling. Because an idea is a thing with feathers. It can fly away as easily as it came, never to revisit you again. Do not let it get away. Get it down. Record it before it leaves you." —from Tiger Heart, Tiger Mind

This unique companion/workbook, laced throughout with questions, quotes, spaces for journal entries, and captivating Zen brush-stroke drawings, is a necessity for budding and experienced Zentrepreneurs, whom the authors define as 21st-century entrepreneurs who want to build a business and a life. Organized by themes such as passion, perseverance, knowledge, and time management, The Zentrepreneur's Idea Log and Workbook becomes a powerful tool to help focus attention on objectives, set priorities, and track performance.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ron Rubin bought and took charge of The Republic of Tea in 1994, a two-year-old company that had been founded by the same people who created The Banana Republic. Shortly thereafter, marketing veteran Stuart Avery Gold joined Rubin in the company's mission to create a Tea Revolution. In keeping with its whimsical identity as an independent nation, The Republic of Tea calls its employees Ministers, its customers Citizens, and its sales outlets Embassies. Ron Rubin, the "Minister of Tea," is Chairman of the Board. Stuart Avery Gold, the "Minister of Travel," is COO and the company editorial "voice." The Republic of Tea headquarters are located in Novato, California. Ron Rubin resides in Clayton, Missouri, and Stuart Avery Gold lives in Boca Raton, Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Newmarket Press; First Edition edition (December 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557046417
• ISBN-13: 978-1557046413
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,164,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Idea, January 15, 2005

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Marcus (LA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Zentrepreneur's Idea Log and Workbook (Paperback)

While book browsing for ideas that could further my intention I came across the Zentrepreneur's Idea Log and discovered what could be a true starting point for my dreams and aspirations. This is a great book to cast a side the clutter of a busy mind and deliver yourself to what it is that you truly want. The writing is motivational, inspirational and thought provoking. After purchasing this book I've relegated my Franklin Planner to my desk drawer and the Zentrepreneur Idea Log to my nightstand where it belongs to help me capture dreams and new ideas. If you are looking for a true help in exploring possibility start here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars AN IMPORTANT SUCCESS TOOL, November 22, 2004

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Donald (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Zentrepreneur's Idea Log and Workbook (Paperback)

As a follower of these motivational and business entrepreneur-Zentrepreneur Guide's series of books I look forward to the advice, knowledge and encouragement that these books continue to offer, but wasn't sure what to expect from something called an Idea Log. Like all of these books of guidance and inspiration, I should learn to expect the unexpected from these two authors. The Idea Log is a beautiful resource for keeping track of your own creative imagination so that you can make tangible your insights and give your right-brain a respectful, classy, deserving tool to work with. It is a place that encourages you to break the rules for what exists by clearing away old ideas and offering a space for new ones. This is a brainstroming, planning room to get personal with your ideas for business and life and not a medium for communicating with others. The art and the writing in the book is inspiring and challenges you to be the best that you can be.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I prefer to write on napkins rather than in this book, January 3, 2007

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Sean P. Henry (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Zentrepreneur's Idea Log and Workbook (Paperback)

While the idea behind this log book is very inspiring, its production leaves a lot to be desired. This book has beautiful artistry and layout inside only to be printed in black and white on cheap paper. The illustrations, quotes and sayings are rousing for those who follow these books and the philosophies, but a good old journal or lined paper is just as good and doesn't make you feel like your doing your homework in a 3rd grade workbook. If this book was in color, its stimulating power might have worked on me, but the print and paper quality are just above newsprint and not very rousing.

If you are looking for a place to write your ideas in a stream-of-consciousness manner with cheesy illustrations and motivational sayings that are only theoretical and not practical, then this book might be useful. For everyone else, read the books and just use plain paper which can allow you to make lists, sketch, and not work around little drawings and random quotes.