Me, Myself & Ideas

A great tool to help you brainstorm on your own. As a writer, I sometimes find myself staring at a wall dumbstruck instead of actually creating ideas. I really liked the quiz at the beginning to help you find your brainstorming type (which was spot on, BTW). The tips were great, and some of them were surprising...others obvious. It was a great combination of both to keep me engaged and I picked up some great techniques to help me in the future.

This is a great, fun and colorful guide on brainstorming.
I enjoyed the short quizzes and the various suggestions on brainstorming, idea generation and more so about place. I've never thought that the place you're in could affect your brainstorming session. So, thanks Netgalley for the eARC, this was a fun read.

I randomly saw this title on Netgalley and the cover jumped at me - in a good way! It looked fun and playful, everything someone stuck in a creative rut would appreciate! I'm about to write my bachelor thesis in the field of Digital Marketing and I honestly got some amazing tips and tricks from this handy little book, that I will use throughout the process of writing my report. It will especially be very helpful in the beginning, to narrow down my problems and keep my focus.

I love the vibrant color schemes, it really gave you a fun experience as a reader and I also appreciated the small quizzes here and there to get to know yourself and your strengths better. Overall, I thought this was a fun and creative way to get some very useful tips, thoughts and processes across to someone in need of motivation and a bit of direction to reach their goal.

I quite enjoyed this book. I found it very useful and offered great tips and ideas! Yes, I would recommend.

A visually appealing book, full of practical exercises and wonderful advice on brainstorming. I especially loved the part where authors list the major roadblocks and then steps to move past them. A paperback or hardcopy would be better than a Kindle version.

I received a free copy from NetGalley.

For anyone who's not a big fan of group brainstorming (ahem, me), this is an inspiring little volume on getting the benefits of brainstorming without the distraction of other people. Includes advice on setting up your "idea den", keeping yourself focused, and organizing your thoughts. Lots of cute illustrations and activities to get you thinking.

Good and practical. Easy to read. Thanks to the book, my networking is at a good level. Recommended for reading to anyone looking for networking tips.

In these modern times of solopreneurs, freelancers, and those who are interested in developing side hustles, this book means to guide the reader about how to do solo brainstorming. This might seem like an impossible phrase, but it is really about finding the ideas and answers within yourself to problems you might face in your solo business career since you don’t have the support of a group. The authors are like cheerleaders, using bright colors, nonlinear page design, and sometimes wacky ideas in an attempt to get you to dig deep for them.

The first couple of chapters are about what to do before you brainstorm: setting ground rules, thinking about your personality in regard to brainstorming, setting up your space, and getting out of your common work-a-day headspace. The longest chapter is the one on brainstorming itself, where the authors set up models for how to structure your approach to brainstorming in the guise of assignments. The last two chapters are about what to do after your brainstorming session, letting it mellow and then coming back to decide what you might want to work with.

I thought the book was at times a little too over-the-top. Some ideas are so zany that I couldn't see the practicality of them. There are certainly nuggets here that will help you as you try to come up with ideas, but it does take some work to separate the wheat from the chaff. I think a shorter book would have been better, forcing the authors to drill down and write in a focused fashion.

That said, if you are working for or by yourself and needing to come up with ideas, this book could give you some structure in how to best approach this.

This book was so much fun! I love workbooks. They always make me feel creative which is so hard. Thanks netgalley for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest review.

A nice variety of information you see what works for you when brainstorming. Setting up space to brainstorm and getting a few different types of exercises. Author uses subjects - English, Art, Drama and Science to help show ways to put out ideas. Overall a nice book

Whether you are trying to think up the perfect plot for your great American novel, create a new business, or energize an existing business with a new product or marketing plan, Me, Myself & Ideas can help.

Brainstorming is usually done in a group. But what if there is only you in the room? The authors have modified traditional brainstorming ideas so they can be performed by one person. They begin with breakouts and icebreakers to warm up your brain. But the meat of the book is in the brainstorming exercises themselves. Divided into methods using art, English, drama, and science as their muse, it is likely that at least one or two types will work for each reader.

There is nothing really new presented here. However, the style and humor in the book are a welcome addition to the surprisingly dry academic books on creativity. Years ago, I took a Master’s level Creativity Class that was my favorite MBA course. It presented these same ideas (i.e., mind maps and new ways of seeing old ideas). These methods work!

If you want to up your creativity with some pizazz, Me, Myself & Ideas is a good way to do it. Just a head’s up, I wouldn’t read this book from front to back. Stop and do some of the ideas as you read. 4 stars!

Thanks to Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

Fantastic design with great fonts and illustrations make you want to open this book time after time. For this is a book to keep handy for those working with ideas.
Maybe a little too much about the place to work in, but the exercises seem very useful for many situations.

This fabulous book is a must-have for anyone who currently works solo, or is thinking about making a leap in that direction. Anton and Nordskog offer page after page of inspirational and creative ideas to help readers have even more big ideas. The format is bright and appealing, causing you to keep reading even if the particular chapter isn’t of interest. These two are skilled writers and clearly have extensive experience in ideation. Recommended.

A good book to get your creative juices flowing and getting new ideas. It also provides practical advice for those working from home, and the tips will also help you know yourself better.

I work at lot with solopreneurs and work alone myself so this was a good guide to creating a healthy environment for brain storming when you have no one else to use as a sounding board. it's a fun and colourful book with some great ideas and unusual take on things.