Try this exercise. Think of the last great idea you had and once you have identified it, think about where you were and what you were doing when the creative sparks started flying.

Maybe you were in the shower, or driving on the highway. Maybe you were with your kids at the arena.

Where you probably weren’t was at work. That’s because work is generally a place that rewards highly logical, analytical, left brain thinking. And more often than not, your work place is probably highly stressful. Environments like these are the last place great ideas flow.

It’s when you remove yourself from your work environment that you are free to let your imagination go, to allow your creative side and your intuition the space and room to do their magic – and where you do your best thinking.