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It has a mixture of practical tips and tools, inspirational messages and case studies from other creative people, articles, topic forums, exercises and call to action to get you moving in the right direction.
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I’m feeling isolated and spend too much time on my own. How can I change this?
Take stock of your situation and try these proactive strategies to overcome the feeling of isolation.
Features
Isolation in the workplace can be common, particularly with freelancers, sole practices, small businesses and even large work spaces. However, there are ways to improve the 'feeling of fit'.
Exercises
It can be very disconcerting when feelings of isolation or marginalisation kick in. There are things you can do to reduce the amount of negativity you experience.
Research suggests that exercise releases much needed endorphins to keep us positive and this may be exactly what is needed to counter stress and negativity!
When you’re in those first time networking situations it’s great to have a list of conversation starters and topics that are linked back to you and your business.
Resources
Inspiration's a tricky thing; some artists pathologically avoid gazing at the work of others in order to guarantee their work's originality.
As preconditions to be creative, one should know something well while having the utmost focus on it.
Effective business networking is the linking together of individuals who, through trust and relationship building, become walking, talking advertisements for one another.
It’s definitely true that it can be difficult to be heard among the clamor of communication online.
Activity is not productivity – we all know that.
But why do we keep engaging in activities that are not productive?
This article starts by looking at the benefits of networking for creative people.
Some people think of coworking as an amicable office share in which people come in, get to work, and go home. Others see it as a more collaborative effort.
