A Green Alternative To Business Travel

I was phoned up the other day by the City Car Club, trying to flog me their services having got my name and number from a local business directory (something that happens more and more these days). Now living outside of Brighton, I'm unlikely to use them, as I'd need to drive in to town in order to collect one (OK, I could use the bus and I do occasionally).

Have you ever used one or something similar?

Apparently it works out cheaper than a taxi, so if you live and work in and around a town where the scheme operates, it probably makes sense once you've registered as a member.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7723313.stm

Creative Moments

We don't make enough time for creative moments and its those that can cause that switch in thinking, those eureka moments that pop up out of the blue when we're thinking of something else, finding a solution to a long existing problem or challenge that we've been struggling with for months.

Inspiration triggered by something random, doing something different or doing something familiar differently. Exercising both sides of the brain instead of carrying on doing what you've always done the same way you've always done it.

If you're naturally a more logically thinking left-brained person, start using your more random, intuitive right brain every now and then. If you work in a creative way, apply a little logic or analysis to your work.

Use visual techniques to improve your memory, go running - exercise your mind and your body, do something unfamiliar or go somewhere new, listen to music, use mindmaps, engage all your senses.

Find time for a creative moment today.

November Newsletter - Don't Be A Lone Ranger

My latest newsletter is just out. This month's main article is about setting up your own support team.

As a nation we’re probably not good at asking for help when we need it. This becomes even more of a problem when you’re very busy or when you work for yourself. There’s a tendency to take on more and more. To a certain extent you don’t have a huge amount of budget to spend on extra staff when you first get started but this doesn’t mean you have to do everything yourself.

Just because you work for yourself, doesn’t mean that you’re working on your own. Create your own support team. You’ll already have a few people that are an important part of your ‘team’.

If you want to read the rest of the newsletter, just sign up on my website and you'll receive the latest issue and free Power Time Tips.