5 Easy Ways to Unleash Your Creative Side
January 27th, 2014
Creativity is not something that only a few more people are born with. If we are open to new ways of thinking we can increase our creativity in every aspect of our lives. Can you imagine what the world would be like without creativity? We’d still be wearing the same clothing styles, driving old cars and without most technological inventions.
Creativity can be defined as “a phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is created.” Mikael Cho writes that “creativity is your ability to think of something original from connections made between pre-existing ideas in your brain.”
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Article Round-up: Advice to a Younger Me, Mini Habits, Protect Your Energy
January 7th, 2014
I come across so many informative and interesting posts on social media and in my RSS reader. I share them on Twitter and Facebook and have collected some of my favorite articles from the last few weeks in the post below.
The articles shared include:
Advice to a Younger Me
The Eight Acronyms of Success
7 Ways to Protect your Energy
How Mini Habits Change your life
Is it Possible to Think Yourself Well.
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Productivity Tip #8- Small Steps to Big Dreams
November 4th, 2013
The previous posts in this productivity series have given you ways to trim your social media time, set up achievable goals and put routines into place to achieve them.
No matter how efficient you are there will never be enough time for absolutely everything. My last productivity tip is to seize every opportunity. The key is to be as efficient in the time you have so you are better prepared to deal with whatever comes up.
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Productivity Tip: #7 How to Trim Social Media Time
October 28th, 2013
People are now spending more time on computers and other digital media than watching TV. The average adult will spend over five hours a day online!
A good portion of that time is spent on social media sites and one study in 2011 estimated that 1 in every 5 minutes online was spent on social media. Facebook alone accounts for 3 out of every 4 of those social networking minutes and 1 in every 7 minutes spent online is on Facebook.
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Productivity Tip #6: The Importance of Sleep for Productivity
October 21st, 2013
In the previous post I talked about my hour of power in the mornings which helps me start each day with energy.
Getting up early is a hard habit to establish but like any habit it can learned with continual practice. The simplest way to become an early riser is to get up at a set time each morning and then go to bed in the evening when you feel tired.
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Productivity Tip #5: Creating Your Own Hour of Power
October 14th, 2013
My favorite and the most important time of my routine starts at the crack of dawn. Every weekday I wake up at 4:45 for my hour of power. It can be tough to drag myself out of bed at that time but I know that if I don’t get in my exercise, meditation and journaling time my day will be off. It is my time to myself that helps me better handle the stress of the upcoming day.
My morning routine starts in bed while I think about all the things that I am grateful for. Instead of being annoyed at the fact I’m up before the sun is out, I’m thankful for my health, family and career. This motivates me to get up and stretch and take some deep breaths.
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