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How to Get Ideas

by Jack Foster · 1996

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Written by Jack Foster, a creative director for various advertising agencies with more than 40 years experience, How to Get Ideas (over 90,000 copies sold and translated into 15 languages) is a fun, accessible, and practical guide that takes the mystery and confusion out of developing new ideas.

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businessbusinessMore like thisLess of thisself-helpself-helpMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
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creativitycreativityMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of thisworkworkMore like thisLess of this
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inspirationalinspirationalMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 214 pages

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