I happened to find Hugh MacLeod on twitter one day, and then got to his website. He tweets were funny, he wasn't letting people follow him who were not from Texas. I found his "art" concept interesting. As a marketing and consulting guy, people doing new and creative things intrigue me. I'm not often a reader or a book like this, along the lines of unleashing your creativity. I'm glad I didn't let the Amazon reviews sway me. While I might agree with some of the Amazon comments that the arty business cards are off topic most of the time and they don't flow, most of them make some sense, at least the wording anyway. I'm not an "arty" person, design often gets lost on me, so I had to rely on the verbal message, and in a lot of the cards, I would either laugh, or really think about the message.
The book is full of one man's outlook and story of success. MacLeod weaves some interesting stories to make some points. I found some of the tips quite refreshing. I also found myself several times saying to myself "that's a good point". The writing contains some good old common sense that people seem to overlook as they get busy with life.
This book will not take you long to read. Give it a chapter or two, if it doesn't grab you, stop reading, but I'm willing to bet that this book is just different enough to keep you turning pages. This is a very guick book to read, I think I read it in parts of three days. I found this book in a Borders, close to a year after the release, so it's still out there and available.Get more detail about Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity.
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