Do Big Small Things

by Bruce Poon Tip

Armed with this rough-and-tumble travel journal, prepare to embark on a wondrous, eclectic journey packed with inspiration and activities from around the globe. It's wanderlust in a book.

Page by page, Do Big Small Things will challenge you to write, rip, make, and share as you blast out of your comfort zone, dream big, and pay it forward. Wherever you find yourself-on a plane, trekking through Nepal, or in your living room-this book will inspire you to create a vibrant record of your adventures and to push the limits of your mind. The result is a deeply personal gallery of shared surprises, hidden treasures, sudden epiphanies, meaningful connections, and lasting changes.

Full of simple, playful prompts and eye-opening visuals, and brimming with worldly wisdom, healthy irreverence, and a sense of boundless possibility, this book is your map, your companion, your record of the small things you do that add up to something bigger.

Genres: Inspirational, Self Help, Travel

224 pages, Hardcover

First published September 29, 2015

About the author

Bruce Poon Tip is the founder of G Adventures, the most successful travel adventure company in the world. He once turned down a $100 million offer to buy his business, so that he could continue to grow the company based on its core values: showing how community, culture & karma matter in business, and in engaging customers and your team. He also created the Planetarra Foundation, a nonprofit organization that offers social enterprise development.

His first book, Looptail, became an international bestseller in the first week of its release.

Reviews

[Daniel Sendecki · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is beautifully designed and printed — so the author's entreaty to 'take it with you, rough it up, give it away, record everything and get this book dirty' is a challenge in and of itself. That said, I promised myself that I'd follow the instructions and do my best.

It took a little while to get started, but once I stopped grieving over dirtying up the pages, something incredible happened. I took the beauty of its design as a challenge. I'd rough it up—and in so doing (hopefully) make it better. Make it mine.

Then the most amazing thing happened.

I stopped being self-conscious about completing its activities, about drawing and colouring and writing and all those things I haven't really done for far, far too long. And the result? I feel like my contributions, my 'small things', have made this book mine. My stories can stand alongside those of the contributors, who've done some pretty amazing things themselves.

At the end of the day, I enjoyed this book far more than I though I might—the author somehow transformed tasks that I hadn't made time for in many years into something I look forward to. Get it. Give it. Keep it. Just make sure you don't think it's too precious to beat up a bit. Because that's its charm.

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't think I'll ever truly finish reading this book. It's one I look at every month or so to read more pages, check on what I've already read and written, and to add more notes on travels taken (or those on my wish-list). An ever-changing journal.

[T.M. Tarantino · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just love this book. I've drawn in the book so many times and also have celebrities to write in it. This is a very good book, if you are a creative person.

[Jane Mulkewich · Rating 4 out of 5]

This author came to my attention due to his recent role in Canada Reads defending "Birdie" and then deciding to buy 10,000 copies for Canadian schools), and I wanted to read his book. It is a very quick read because it is meant to be interactive... get a copy and take it with you and explore the world and record your experiences and reflections, write down your fears and then cross them off and overcome them. Bruce Poon Tip is Trini-born, and from the small island of Trinidad he has obviously gone on to explore much of the world, and is the founder of a company called G Adventures. This book embodies his inspirational attitude.

[Stephwereley]

I'd describe this book as a New Year's resolution, but in printed form. It's a reminder to look towards the future, and to be mindful of who you are and what you're capable of.
p.s. Creating the visuals for this book must've been a graphic designer's wet dream.

[Karmen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is more a scrapbook than a book. It is a perfect gift for someone who is in a process of soul-searching. I know at least 2 people who would greatly benefit from this book. Book's cover has beautiful texture and design, it is made of fabric. Brilliant idea; looks different than the photo on Goodread.
I am rating this book with 3 stars for the following reasons: First, when I ordered it online, I expected a book that I can read, not a scrapbook that I flip through. Second, the book content suggests that a freedom is something that can be found only traveling, which could mislead a reader; and also could be interpreted as manipulative since the author of the book is also the owner of the popular travel company.