If you’re happy, are you likely to be more productive, or is the reality of being happy that you’re more inclined to skip work and indulge in extracurricular activities?
11 productivity tips for freelancers working from home
How do you stay productive as freelancer working from home? Susan Roan shares 11 top productivity tips.
5 reasons you might not be achieving your goal
There are many reasons you may be missing your goal. Claire Meredith shares five of them with us and what we can do to turn it around.
How routine can provide hope
Routine can give us hope. Consistently performing little tasks you have decided to do can help improve your future life. Richard Lalchan shares how.
5 ways to get your spark back
Have you ever wondered where your creativity, well, went?
I used to be the same. Now I know when I’m missing my spark, I take action and, as I now work for myself, I have found this knowledge immensely useful!
Here’s five ways to get your spark back when it’s gone away
Pushing Through the Fear
So often we let irrational fears prevent us from accepting opportunities. Why? We don’t have to and can push through as Richard Lalchan shares in this post.
CH Live! London January 2014
January 2014, our third CHLive! took place, and it was a corker! Creatives from different disciplines joined together to kickstart their creative lives. Read on for more.
3 things to learn from Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic beat Serena Williams in the fourth round of the Australian Open 2014. There’s a lot we can learn from her to encourage and inspire us.
How to Raise Your Game in 2014
Is it time for you to step up, to get serious about your business or side-project? Read on for how to raise your game in 2014.
Top 5 tips for getting unstuck
Ever just feel stuck? Yes, we have too. But don’t worry. You can do something about it. Here are our top 5 tips for getting unstuck.
5 reasons to declutter this autumn
5 reasons why I think its crucial to declutter to bring more inspiration to your creative life.
CHLive talk: Its not an ideal world
This post is taken from the talk I gave at CHLive! London on 16th July 2013.
CH Live! London July 2013
July 16th, in a very hot and sticky bar near St. Paul’s London we held the first of our quarterly Creatives Hub Live! events.
Overcoming procrastination
You’ve made a plan and know what to do, so you just have to get on and do it. Except you’re stuck. What’s happening when we procrastinate, and how do we overcome it?
Five reasons to get yourself an acccountability group
If you’ve watched TED talks about starting something new and changing the world, you will have heard people talk about not trying to do it all by yourself.
Don’t keep your ideas to yourself
Don’t keep your ideas to yourself. Sharing your ideas can transform them from thoughts to making them real. Here’s how.
So you’ve got an idea …now what?
So you’ve got an idea. Now how do you take it forwards? How do you make it happen? Here’s some top tips.
Being alone (or meeting the checkout girl at Morrison’s was the highlight of my week)
Its not good to be alone. Don’t make the checkout staff at your local supermarket your only regular human contact -as wonderful as they may be. Keep meeting new people.
5 Ways Travel Can Improve Your Creativity and Thinking
Travel. An excuse to get away from it all, sometimes even run away. But travel can be so much more that just a break or a rest, it can reignite your creativity and passion, here’s how it’s helped me.
Being curious – tips to improve your networking
Being curious about other people is what networking is about. Being interested and listening to everyone around you not just those at an official networking event.
Sometimes we all need a slap in the face
How many hours per week are you un-productive? How about per day?
How much time is spent trawling Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or the BBC website? When you add it all up it can work out...
Taking Action versus Strategic Thinking
How do we know what to do, how do we approach a challenge when we want to reach our goal, change something in our lives or take on a new venture?
Do we jump up and ‘do something’? Do...
Pulling it all together
Since I realised I was a scanner, I have been working through pulling all my interests together, really trying to assess what it is I like about certain activities with the aim of...
Hello. I’m Richard and I’m a Scanner. You?
What I learnt that night changed my concept of work forever.
The place was buzzing. It was filled with mainly people in their 20's and 30s sharing a drink and discussing everything from...