Watching and reading the news can give you tons and tons
of ideas for books.
My guest post at Fiction University shares a big list
of ideas for book - specific and non-book extras.
The first glimmering
of the idea for this book came from an exhibition of Holbein drawings at the National Portrait Gallery about 10 years ago.
Many
of the ideas for your book stem from real - life crimes.
Spend a few hours in / r / Fitness and its related sub-reddits (/ r / leangains, / r / paleo) and you'll come up with dozens
of ideas for a book (example: The Butter and Bacon Diet: Losing Weight With Keto, inspired by / r / keto).
Not exact matches
If a particular author's
book is just one
of thousands available to a subscribing reader,
for example, the
idea of a refund doesn't apply anymore because there's no individual purchase being made.
Upon
booking the tour, you will fill out my style questionnaire so I can get an
idea of what you are looking
for.
For me, there were three
books that made the biggest impact: The Spirit
of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh gave me the
idea to start the XPrize Foundation.
Luckily, Gilbert has elaborated on the
idea, sharing more details in a Fast Company article that discusses her new
book, a sort
of self - help guide
for those bitten by the creativity bug titled Big Magic.
When I came up with the
idea for my first
book, 101 Ways to Market Your Business, I spoke to a number
of people in marketing about it.
While the
book is stuffed with helpful big picture observations, it doesn't offer much in the way
of specific on - the - ground
ideas — though Keen does call
for reforms to data privacy and gig economy labor laws, and
for a serious discussion
of a universal basic income.
«You look at a lot
of ideas, rejecting most
of them, flirting with a few, and then — hopefully — settling in
for a trial phase with the most attractive and well - rounded option,» he writes in his
book.
What most people forget, however, is that Newton worked on his
ideas about gravity
for nearly twenty years until, in 1687, he published his groundbreaking
book, The Principia: Mathematical Principles
of Natural Philosophy.
The most fundamental
idea,
of course, was the whole basis
for the research and the new
book itself: an exploration by Brené to uncover the common qualities among those who had set out on a journey, failed once or twice, sometimes spectacularly, but who had then picked themselves up, started forward again, and ultimately succeeded.
«Written by two ex-Navy Seals turned business consultants, the entire purpose
of this
book is to drive home a single
idea: The leader
of a team (or company) is fully responsible
for every failure.
This is how long ago it was: He had the
idea of doing a phone
book for fax numbers because the fax was relatively new.
The authors
of both
books recognize that the chances
of a product or
idea taking off phenomenally are enhanced by social groups that «provide the resources
for their members to learn,» as Brown and Duguid put it.
Inspiration, escape, and
ideas for self - improvement often come in the form
of a good
book.
This inspiring
book follows Adam Braun, the founder
of Pencils
of Promise, and how he turned $ 25 into over 250 schools by combining a
for - profit business approach with social sector idealism for an idea known as «For - Purpose.&raq
for - profit business approach with social sector idealism
for an idea known as «For - Purpose.&raq
for an
idea known as «
For - Purpose.&raq
For - Purpose.»
Those
books are big, heavy reads, full
of incredibly scary and complex
ideas, but they're full
of hope and potential
for an incredibly changed but better world.
If you're aiming more
for creativity than productivity and have a bit more time to devote to a morning writing practice, you might want to give the
idea of Morning Pages, developed by Julia Cameron in her
book The Artist's Way, a try.
During research
for my
book, Making
Ideas Happen, I was surprised by how many legendary creative leaders credited some form
of therapy as a part
of their professional success.
Supporters
of the president spent Sunday on political talk shows disputing the
idea, put forth in a new
book, that Trump is not mentally fit
for office.
I chose Brian and Dharmesh, founders
of HubSpot, to write the first
book in the series because they are social media marketing pioneers and have tons
of amazing
ideas for companies to get found online.
Gallo's
book is a treasure chest
of ideas for blog posts, giving presentations and telling stories to help my clients with their content.
This
book is expressively
for entrepreneurs and business owners who wear many hats — those who can't resist piling more responsibility onto his own shoulders, who has more great
ideas that time and resources to take advantage
of them, who runs (not walks) through each day.
The Literary Review
of Canada is the country's leading forum
for discussion and debate about
books, culture, politics and
ideas.
Not merely a collection
of good
ideas, this
book spells out the 67 timeless principles and practices used by the world's most successful men and women — proven principles and strategies that can be adapted
for your own life, whether you want to be the best salesperson in your company, become a leading architect, score top grades in school, lose weight, buy your dream home, make millions, or just get back in the job market.
Many people who use their knowledge
for consulting business
ideas work from the comfort
of their homes and diversify later on, if they so choose, by selling
books, attending speaking events, holding online courses, and even doing podcasts.
Beyond knowing the value they place on
books written by other people, one
of the biggest upsides
for us is that many
of the Investment Masters have also put those same
ideas into one
of more
of their own
books.
He just wrote a
book advocating
for the
idea of giving every working person in the U.S. $ 500 a month.
I've even checked the index at the back
of a
book for ideas.
Thorp's
book is chock - full
of knotty lessons
for investors, thinkers, and business people, but because Thorp is far less well covered than Munger, many
of these
ideas felt new and let me see them with fresh perspective.
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I found this
book to be largely anecdotal and whose primary message was that other people found a variety
of ideas for start ups that fit their lives.
Though he credits many people
for inspiring his
ideas, his methods are the foundation
for many
of today's personal - development and business - management
books.
I have a peculiar framework
for thinking about the American
idea of liberty, which I first developed
for a class, but which I'm now hoping to develop into a
book.
Perhaps the most provocative recent challenge to the
idea of Judeo - Christian civilization came from Columbia University's Richard W. Bulliet in his
book» The Case
for Islamo - Christian Civilization.»
What fishon fails to realize is the teachings
of the NT (synoptics
for sure) are based on teachings
of the Torah (5
books of the law)... he does not understand law and the debating
of law
for the formation
of understanding the
idea better.
In Origin
of Species there is a passage where Darwin expresses fear about the entire
idea that he posits in the
book and fear about the possibility
of being held accountable
for it.
King Tut didn't leave behind a
book of dubious authorship full
of ideas on how to control the population
for fun and profit...
In Resurrecting the
Idea of a Christian Society, my new
book appearing on August 1, I draw these strands together into a sustained argument
for a Christian vision
of moral and social renewal.
I am not making a judgment on Stephen King; I hope he is a Christian, but I don't understand the need
for the constant filthy language in a
book of interesting
ideas.
Nietzsche's scorn
for «modern
ideas» made a profound impression on his admirers: «This
book [Beyond Good and Evil],» he said, «is a criticism
of modernity, embracing the modern sciences, arts, even politics, together with certain indications as to a type that would be the reverse
of modern man,
for as little like him as possible: a noble, yea - saying man.»
Perhaps he oversimplifies the
idea of human will: the «Big
Book»
of AA indicts the alcoholic as «an extreme example
of self - will run riot,» the first requirement
for recovery being that he becomes «convinced that any life run on self - will can hardly be a success.»
For instance,
books, articles, TED talks and websites promote the
idea that mindfulness can be used to overcome sexual dysfunction and to increase the pleasure
of intercourse.
Frank pioneered the
idea of this
book, so all credit goes to him
for imagining it.
Of the three
books, it may be the most practical, though the other two lay the biblical and theological groundwork
for the
ideas in this
book.
William Goldman, the author
of the beloved Princess Bride novel that became the beloved Princess Bride movie, told fans that he'd love to write a sequel to his
book, but has not been able to think
of an
idea for it.»
Perhaps the most practical
of all the
books on this list, Disunity in Christ will give you concrete
ideas for how to move forward in your relationships, church, and community.