| Creativity is generally associated with artists, painters | | | | and say hello and connect with your client. You and |
| and writers. However, to run a productive and | | | | your client may generate new ideas that will be |
| profitable business, a business owner must be creative. | | | | mutually beneficial. |
| First, as a business owner you must acknowledge | | | | Get into the learning mode |
| your decision to operate your own business as a bold | | | | Make it a habit to read for at least 15 minutes a day |
| and creative step. However during the course of | | | | something different from your business. Try to learn |
| running your business you may get frustrated and run | | | | something new and use this learned knowledge in your |
| out of ideas. Here are the five easy ways to boost | | | | business activity. |
| your creativity: | | | | Say No to the critic in you |
| Take an inventory of your activities | | | | Most often before even you write down your idea, |
| Sit in a quiet place, write down and assess your | | | | you tend to be judgmental and dismiss it. Don't listen to |
| business activities. Instead of focusing on what is not | | | | your inner critic, but just write down your creative |
| working, without thinking too much just write down the | | | | ideas/imagination. Then you can ponder over the |
| activities that you enjoyed doing in your business. For | | | | actions required to implement the idea. Once you have |
| example it could be a Teleseminar or Webinar or | | | | determined the actions, you can make an intelligent |
| Conference call or a coaching call. Did your prospects | | | | judgment on implementing them. |
| customers get value out of this activity? Did it increase | | | | Take control of your mind, body and spirit |
| your revenue? If your answer is Yes, you must do | | | | Make a commitment to yourself to eat healthy food, |
| more of these activities and introduce creative ways | | | | exercise regularly, meditate and get a good night sleep. |
| to increase your productivity. | | | | This sounds too basic, but too many business owners |
| Make an effort to do something unusual | | | | tend to overlook this aspect. As a result, they get |
| If you are used to communicating with your clients via | | | | frustrated and lose motivation to run their business. |
| email, just make a small change. Pick up the telephone | | | | |