ollamessaI was meeting a colleague the other day at a cafe-bar in South Melbourne where I saw this innovative piece of thinking. A barbecue outside the cafe!

On chilly Melbourne evenings the warmth of the BBQ itself, the sound of sausages sizzling, the aroma of meat cooking and the irresistible smell of onions frying will prove almost magnetic to people in the area knocking off work looking to have a drink an chat with friends.

So, a round of applause to the owner of ollamessa for coming up with this great idea. Long may he prosper!

You may be like many people and say that you’re not creative and are unable to come up with ideas. The fact is that you can… providing you occasionally get out of the thinking rut. What I mean is that, if you do the same things every day, you’ll get the same results every day. Your brain will be in a rut, so no bright ideas!

In another edition I’ll give you seven tips that will make sure you get out of that rut and get creative. But, in the interim, here’s one that will shock you’re brain into thinking differently and changing your day… clean your teeth once a week holding the toothbrush in the other hand to normal. That’ll wake the brain up unless you want toothpaste up your nostrils!