Your Next Big Idea

Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving

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Pub Date May 03 2021 | Archive Date Apr 26 2021
Heard Publishing, LLC | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

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Description

There is a preconceived notion that this paragraph should provide a basic synopsis of the book. Well, it’s time to erase that stigma, because this book is not most books. If you’re surprised that the summary is not here, then congratulations! You have successfully encountered a problem in everyday life. Problem identification is a skill you can learn and master. Honing this skill is the first step on the journey towards coming up with innovative ideas. Idea creation is not just about solving problems though, it’s about asking why we do what we do and challenging social and business norms. Ultimately, this book will help you create a process to test and validate solutions that will unleash game-changing ideas.

No matter what your current level of creativity, innovation, ideation, or problem-solving skills, this book will show you how entrepreneurs, business professionals and everyday people come up with the next big life-changing idea. With the skills developed through this book, you can too!

There is a preconceived notion that this paragraph should provide a basic synopsis of the book. Well, it’s time to erase that stigma, because this book is not most books. If you’re surprised that the...


A Note From the Publisher

Book illustrator: David Miles


Other contributors: Ameesha Green, Ashley Strosnider, Janina Lawrence


Ebook: 9781734913019

Book illustrator: David Miles


Other contributors: Ameesha Green, Ashley Strosnider, Janina Lawrence


Ebook: 9781734913019


Advance Praise

“Practical, insightful, thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Business Management collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of MBA students, academia, entrepreneurs, corporate administrators, business managers, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject”
- Midwest Book Review

Your Next Big Idea ignites the imagination with a kaleidoscope of ideas and exercises. Even if you have no intention of pursuing “the next big idea,” this book is sure to give you an exciting and fresh perspective of the world around you."
BlueInk Reviews

"[Samuel Sanders] sets lofty goals, promising "By the end of the book, you'll be equipped with the skills to come up with 100 meaningful ideas a week that you can apply to your career or personal life." But readers will be pleased to find that the advice is down-to-earth, easy to implement, and applicable to just about every area, business or personal, anyone may be working to enhance."
Booklife by Publishers Weekly Reviews

"This book is a breath of fresh air in letting people let their creative minds run wild... I would recommend this book to people of all ages who want to feel that spark of an idea again."
Manhattan Book Review

"If I still taught, this book would definitely be integrated into classwork!... Highly recommended for creatives, and those who want to cultivate creativity, alike!"
Portland Book Review

"You will uncover talents and ideas that you did not know you had."
Online Book Club

"[Your Next Big Idea] was one of the best practical books that I have read. I would highly recommend this to anyone..."
San Francisco Book Review

"Inspiring and fun – especially when compared to the sometimes-staid books on the same topic. The exercises are effective for a wide range of issues, acting as a kind of team-building exercise on a personal level. As many books bombard the reader with ideas, without a real sense of implementation, Your Next Big Idea stands out in the field. Though his book is primarily designed for those in business and marketing, it can be useful to anyone seeking a more hands-on approach to self-improvement."
Self-Publishing Review

“Once the reader does the exercises in [Your Next Big Idea], they will be able to master the skills of innovation, problem-solving and creativity.”
IndieReader Review

"The inspiring self-help guide Your Next Big Idea forwards advice and creative exercises that encourage the development of different ways of thinking."
Foreword Clarion Reviews

“[A] series of short, clearly written chapters full of eye-catching visuals”
Kirkus Reviews

“Whether you’re interested in developing your business, enhancing your artistic inventiveness, improving your communication skills, or some other important endeavor, reading Your Next Big Idea is a great way to get your creative juice flowing.”
Seattle Book Review

"Samuel Sanders has produced a pioneering tool that will challenge your thinking and put you on the best-foot-forward to creating that new business... I personally got so inspired that I could not put this book down and began thinking of my own new ideas.”
—Chick Lit Café

Your Next Big Idea by Samuel Sanders is a remarkable blueprint to creative thinking and practical action. This is an extremely comprehensive ‘step-by-step’ to a thoroughly friendly motivational guide, which can catapult you from standstill to racing in the world of business.”
Artisan Book Reviews

“Practical, insightful, thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended...



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Featured Reviews

At first, I would like to thank Netgalley and Heard Publishing, LLC for allowing me to review this book. Keep in mind that my review, however, is my true opinion on this book.

What is your next big idea? Do you know? This book might lead you in the right direction. With the brilliant title “Your next big idea”, Samuel Sanders will tell you just how to answer those two questions.

Learn to think more creatively. Yes - it is actually something you can learn. And get better at!

You can learn to do problem solving quicker and better. Being innovative is always a good skill to have around. So why not make your skill even better. You can use this skill in your career and in your everyday life. So why not just learn this skill?

It is actually possible to get 100 new ideas every day. That is 14 ideas per day. And you can learn how to in this book. Keep an open mind and learn how to create new ideas every day!

This book has a lot of great exercises that will help you be more creative. You might find the exercises hard to do at first, but be patient and keep doing them. And by time you will find it easier to do those exercises and you will find yourself being more creative every single day.
I loved those exercises. They were fun, and you can tell a big difference as you improve.

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Excellent. I've thought of myself as particularly creative, but always wanted to be creative; and I admire creative people. This is a bit like having a creativity coach in a book. The author has provided excellent step, suggestions, and ideas to help bring out the creativity in readers in accessible ways. Recommended.

I really appreciate the ARC for review!!

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After months of quarantining, my brain was starting to run a little slow and to stagnate, and then I ended up with this book. The writing was engaging, holding my attention all the way through (though I saved the activities for a second run-through), and I find myself thinking of the author's tips and tricks whenever I do some brainstorming. The activities are light, fun, and mentally stimulating - vaguely reminiscent of a Jackbox game. All in all, the book delivers on what it sets out to do, and has fun doing so.

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This is a book of ideas, generating them, harnessing them, sharing them. It has a lot of exercises and insights and is very creative in its approach. I read an ARC of this book, which I appreciate being able to do, and I believe this is definitely a book to keep on hand and savor to go to again and again.

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