Productivity

How to keep the energy in your day

August 24, 2010

Running a small business takes a lot of energy. I find the more energized I feel, the more creative, innovative and productive my day tends to be. I also find I’m more ‘in the flow’  when I am feeling energetic. Here are some of my favourite ways of getting and staying energized when tackling my [...]

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How you can use colour to your creative advantage

August 17, 2010

You may not have thought about it much before, but colours can make a big difference to how creative you are.  Psychologists have studied the effects of different colours for several years and have discovered that certain colours are more advantageous to have in rooms or environments when you are looking for creativity. When you [...]

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How to set up a productive work space

August 10, 2010

Do you look forward to walking into your office each day? Is it a place where you feel you can do your best work? It’s important the work environment you walk into and work in every day is set up to allow you to be creative, as well as dedicated and tenacious. Small Business owners [...]

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Business no longer fun? Here’s how to rediscover your creativity

August 3, 2010

Small businesses are started by creative individuals like you and me. And don’t tell me you aren’t creative – you have to be. Whose business idea was it in the first place? Who was entrepreneurial enough to put their vision into action? YOU! But there are times when our personal curiosity, sense of fun, and [...]

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Are you still not listening to your intuition?

July 20, 2010

“It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition we discover” Henry Poincare We don’t need to have a “sixth sense” to have intuition. Intuition is our own gut feeling or perception that something is right or wrong. For example, if your intuition is telling you that the process or product idea you are [...]

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