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Chuck Frey’s Simple 5-Step Process to Find Your Big Ideas On Demand

May 4, 2020

This Mindfulness Monday article is a guest post by Chuck Frey, creator of mindmappingsoftwareblog.com and author of several books on creativity including MaxThink, a creative ideation system that can help you be more creative and get unstuck. In this article, Chuck shares the key pieces of his own ideation system. »

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