NAP YOUR WAY TO CREATIVE GENIUS Everyday around 2 PM I find myself slightly woozy. An early riser, though I make sure to have a perky style gluten free no sugar lunch, I can still find my energy lagging when the little hand hits the 2.   Never much of a napper, when I read John Medina's book Brain Rules and came to his suggestion about napping and how a 10 or 20 minute nap would refresh and reboot your brain for the rest the day, I thought you must be kidding! Who has time to nap especially when you sit in a cube?! Well okay, I don't sit in the cube, BUT I do often spend full days onsite with clients vying for someone’s cube. One day when I was working at a large non-profit in Seattle who shall not be named ;-) I found a “quiet room” with a couch in it. A quiet room!  What a great idea and I needed quiet – I had a swirling headache from too many flowcharts and decimal points. So I slipped in, shut the door and lay down on that comfy couch just for a second.  OMG. I actually napped! I experienced five luscious minutes of drooling slumber! When I returned to my client I was so refreshed that I didn’t care that I was converting endless amounts of project plans from spreadsheet after spreadsheet into visual language. I was so happy!  I had discovered the power nap!   Whether you are a big time CEO, a project manager juggling multiple plans or a gal or guy with a 10-minute afternoon break. Try it. Find some secret spot to power nap - maybe in your car after lunch, or on that shaded fire escape off the alley, or just bite the bullet, tell your team you going to lie down under your desk and put a “do not disturb” sign on your computer screen.   Then set your alarm, sink into slumber and up your creative genius by napping and add your name to the long list of power nappers: Arianna Huffington Al Einstein Tom Edison JFK you me the dog ok this list is short ;-) to save space!   CREATIVE GENIUS TOOLKITS COMING SIGN UP NOW! We created some toolkits to help you be the creative genius in your company. Creating An Interactive Workshop in a Box Changing...the Game Visual Thinking for the Non-Drawing You Snapshot of the Big Picture Email us for early bird sign up & pricing. info@upyourcreativegenius.com   SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN WANTED MUST BE SELF MOTIVATED! Up Your Creative Genius is on the hunt for a 10-15 hours a week social media intern to help manage our social media presence across Facebook, Linked In, Pinterest and Twitter. Find out more here - send us a short video of why you would be perfect and let's get started.  This is a paid position! NOW IS THE TIME CHANGE THE PICTURE OF YOUR FUTURE Sign up here for an online Skype session to have your future visualized.Whether I draw it for you, or you draw it,  you owe it to yourself to step into that world you desire right now.