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

by Chris Baréz-Brown

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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Self Help, Psychology

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Described by The Guardian as a long-haired, twinkly eyed cross between Richard Branson and a wizard, Chris Baréz-Brown’s natural ability to uncover everyone’s inner genius helps people to get their energy right every day, so they can achieve more through their own talents and be extraordinary, all whilst driving bottom line results.

Fascinated by what makes people tick, he challenges convention to help embed a more human and energetic culture at the heart of any business; so that work and life become a fun and fruitful ride.

Reviews

[Jenya · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of positive and playful ideas and exercises to improve decision making and getting out of a slump. It has got multiple principles from different approaches that I've encountered here and there in unexpected places (in yoga for example) as well as in this book which for me was very satisfying and fun. Reading this made me feel something, it made me feel energized and capable. Recommend.

Some of my favorite ideas and quotes:
"The way you approach any activity has a huge impact on how well you do it",
"The more we relax the more access we get to our massive subconscious",
" While the universe was colluding to help me, this was only because I asked it nicely and was listening to it's answers",
really connected with the "steps to getting real".

[Rochelle Benoit · Rating 4 out of 5]

An overall great brainstorming tool to get the creative juices flowing. A great guide to reference when you're trying to look at a problem from a new perspective.

[Nilan · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book on marketing

[Jane (Avid reader) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of fun ideas to stimulate your creativity and make better decisions.

Not sure it will definitely result in kick ass idea but I’m up for trying it out.

[Claire]

Not my cup of tea - DNFd at 25%

[Migle · Rating 3 out of 5]

not very in-depth or scientific but a good reference book of techniques if you need to get your creative juices flowing.

[Stacey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book with some interesting ideas. Kindle format made it a little hard to read. I wish they would figure out that books with "art" included within the text needs to be captured and not just skipped over. This is one I would have benefited from getting in paper format. Still a good guide to suggestions on how to develop new and interesting ideas.

[Sam]

I think I need to start over and this time read it with a pen and paper and not some much while commuting. It is good, but it seems like I could be getting so much more out of it if I focused on it for more than just commuter reading.

[Jordache E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a GREAT book that will have you looking at life, challenges, ideas, and opportunities in a totally new way. It teaches you exercises to implement in your life until they become second nature and will turn your hand to Creative Life Mastery.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a great book. not "revolutionary" ideas.. but simple, practical things that can be re-packaged and used every day. it's really good. i found it very helpful

[Michael Rubin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic book with a lot of great tidbits of inspiration. It's also fun to have on your desk because it's a great conversation starter.

[Mary Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chock full of ideas. Ways to stay creative every day.

[Kim Gonzalez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just a fun read

[Jeff Pullinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

have kick ass ideas. it'll make your life better