11 Change surroundings
The environment determines the individual. –B. F. Skinner
We all live and work in environments of some type or other which constitutes our surroundings. These environments include both the physical objects as well as the people that we interact with. Our workplace surroundings can have a significant influence on our attitudes, well-being, productivity, and creativity. When we change our surroundings, we can change how we are influenced by them. Like the very air we breathe if we don’t change our surroundings they become stale and counter-productive for us.
Your workplace surroundings do influence your creative abilities in particular because your surroundings can constantly stimulate you in ways that can peek your creativity with new ideas and provide a safe place to take risks.
Transform your energy, transform your life… We’re creatures of habit, which means we quickly become accustomed to certain things in our space. Without realizing it, we also attach memories to, and trap energy within, colors, smells, images, sounds, lightness and darkness in our environment. Making small changes to your mindset and environment can dramatically transform your life. — StephenieZamora.com
Dr. Robert Epstein gave this challenge:
“One of the easiest, most economical, and most powerful ways to change the way people…
