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The Zentrepreneur's Idea Log and Workbook

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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.

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.

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.

Why keep an idea log? To clear your head of old ideas and welcome new ones. To give your ideas an important place to grow. To clarify, to let ideas flow and build. To provide a personal resource for your own creative imagination. To organize your time and priorities so you can better manage opportunity. Most importantly, this idea log and workbook is a worthwhile purchase for any creative artist, entrepreneur or dreamer because it is a means for making ideas happen. I cherish this book from cover to cover and have been changed by a simple statement Rubin and Gold direct; "If it's not broke-break it. Dent the universe." There is the best advice for anyone who has an idea but are leary to go against the status quo. This book is proof that one good idea leads to another.