It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be

Description

"It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be" is a handbook of how to succeed in the world - a pocket "bible" for the talented and timid to help make the unthinkable and the impossible possible. Advertising guru Paul Arden offers up his wisdom on issues as diverse as problem solving, responding to a brief, communicating, playing your cards right, making mistakes and creativity, all endeavours that can be applied to aspects of modern life. This book provides an insight into the world of advertising and is a quirky compilation of quotes, facts, pictures, wit and wisdom, packed into easy-to-digest, bite-sized spreads.

Author description

Advertising guru Paul Arden is a creative genius whose extraordinary drive and energy is allied to a kind of common sense that just isn't, well, common. Paul Arden began his career in advertising at the age of 16. Formerly Creative Director at Saatchi and Saatchi, he is responsible for some of Britain's best known campaigns including British Airways, Silk Cut, Anchor Butter, InterCity and Fuji and famous slogans which include 'The Car in front is a Toyota' and 'The Independent - It Is - Are You?'. In 1993 he set up the London-based production company Arden Sutherland-Dodd where he is now a commercials director for clients such as BT, BMW, Ford, Nestle and Levis. Author's Residence: London

Table of contents

The book is divided into chapters/sections: The Fundamentals If You Can't Solve a Problem It's Because You Are Playing By the Rules Give Yourself Some Spin And Now for a Commercial Break You Don't Have to be Creative to be Creative New Business Final Thoughts Credits and Acknowledgements

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General Fields

• ISBN : 9780714843377
• Publisher : Phaidon Press Ltd
• Imprint : Phaidon Press Ltd
• Publication date : May 2003
• Dimensions : 178mm X 120mm X 13mm
• Produced in : United Kingdom
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : 40 illustrations, (some colour )
• BIC subject : Advice on careers & achieving success; Advertising
• Pages : 128
• Dewey classification : 158.1
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Paul Arden