Get Out of the House!
Rediscover your creativity by spending time away from your home office now and then.
By Karen E. Spaeder •
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Once a year, my fellow editors and I gather off-site to discussthe December issue of Entrepreneur, in which we make ourpredictions of trends and issues that business owners need to bealert to in the upcoming year. We spend the meeting--whichwe'll be having again in a couple weeks here--entrenched inheavy brainstorming, recalling the happenings of the previous yearto predict what lies ahead, and planning what we will write aboutin the December issue.
We have plenty of other meetings throughout the year, and plentyof other brainstorming sessions. But there's something aboutbeing off-site, at one of our houses, that gives this meeting adifferent dynamic. The atmosphere feels relaxed; the constantinterruptions are limited to a few desperate phone calls; even thewater tastes better. As a result, these meetings end up beinghighly productive.
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