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Is clutter stifling your creativity?

Is clutter stifling your creativity?

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Do you consider yourself a creative person? If you’re a small business owner, you are. You had to come up with a business concept and sell it. You need to find solutions to all kinds of problems to make sure your customers get your product. And you routinely think of new ways to save money or grow your business.
That’s creativity at work. But it’s easy to get bogged down in all of the mundane things. The day-to-day business of running your company. The endless mail. Paperwork. Phone calls. Clutter. Oh, the clutter. It could be paper. …read more

Confessions: Are you among the tech addicted?

Confessions: Are you among the tech addicted?

A few weeks ago at a party of Mark Silver’s, I met Leif Hansen of SparkNW and I just knew I had to feature him on the blog.
But what I didn’t realize is that I really, really need to attend his program, Soul Tech.
Maybe you saw the feature on The Today Show about his cutting edge, yet beautifully low-tech seminars he co-teaches. If not, check it out:

“It’s not about smashing screens…” Leif says in his blog. Because that would be pointless. He explains on his website that it’s “essential to break away from the daily grind, turn the cell …read more

Ergonomics 4: Does your workspace WORK?

Ergonomics 4: Does your workspace WORK?

(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Artists have a reputation for being disorganized and messy. But I have a large number of clients and friends who create visual masterpieces and I’ll tell you, how they organize their workspace is serious business.
Painters and artists know that in order to create, they must have all of their essential tool within reach.
Just think – if you have a flash of an idea for a painting, you’ll lose the it while going through piles of rags and crud trying to find your sketch pad.
No matter what you create in your business, getting to your work easily is critical …read more

Hey, look! A chicken! (entrepreneurial ADD)

Hey, look! A chicken! (entrepreneurial ADD)

I’m constantly in awe of business owners’ ability to generate brilliant ideas for their business on an ongoing basis.
For some people, the flip side of this creative streak is the propensity for getting distracted. Easily.
Now, I’m no clinician (and I don’t play one on television) but it’s my theory that there are a ton of entrepreneurs with out there with “attention deficit disorder” that don’t know it. Say what you will about over-diagnosis of ADD in kids, but a some Gen Xers and Boomers missed being diagnosed entirely.
I’m a perfect case. My whole life I got harangued with, “You’re so …read more


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