How to get ideas / by Jack Foster ; illustrated by Larry Corby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, Jack, 1930-

Series:

A BK life book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Advertising.

Business writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

A revised and expanded edition of a bestselling classic--more than 90,000 copies sold of the first editionThis new edition includes to completely new chaptersCleverly weaves together exercises, stories, quotations, and illustrations to offer a fun and practical guide to idea generationHow to Get Ideas shows you--no matter your age or skill, your job or training--how to come up with more ideas, faster and easier. You'll learn to condition your mind to become ""idea-prone,"" utilize your sense of humor, develop your curiosity, visualize your goals, rethink your thinking, and overcome your fear o

Contents:

Have fun

Be more like a child

Become idea-prone

Visualize success

Rejoice in failure

Get more inputs

Screw up your courage

Team up with energy

Rethink your thinking

Learn how to combine

Define the problem

Gather the information

Search for the idea

Forget about it

Put the idea into action.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-197) and index.

ISBN:

9786612298899

9781282298897

1282298895

9781605093017

1605093017

OCLC:

646813257