Brummet's Conscious Blog

  -- Quote of the Day --  "Chaperons don't enforce morality;  they force immorality to be discreet."   ~ Judith Martin Award-winning authors Dave & Lillian Brummet: Visit us on:  Twitter FaceBook LinkedIn Google http://BrummetMedia.ca (new site, under maintenance)

Bee Collective  * Submitted by Dawn Davis who tells us that there are many great ways that social enterprises and charities truly benefit their local area, including all sorts of unusual methods! Find out more here: http://www.meandmycommunity.co.uk Did you know that honey is becoming more popular than ever, with the demand at an all-time high? Many people are trying to source locally produced honey, as there are many good health benefits that it brings. Therefore, a social enterprise has been developed in London, called the Bee Collective , which has been set up to support the honey production. Bee Collective works directly with beekeepers in the London area, helping them with their beehives through all the processes of honey. Their main aim is to help these beekeepers to help sustain the practice. Additionally, the social enterprise also works to process and market the honey, selling the produce at a fair, guaranteed price for the beekeepers. ...

  -- Quote of the Day --  "I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms  until there shall no longer be a doubt  that all men are created free and equal."   ~ Abraham Lincoln Award-winning authors Dave & Lillian Brummet: Visit us on:  Twitter FaceBook LinkedIn Google http://BrummetMedia.ca (new site, under maintenance)

 Surroundings Affect Inventiveness * Written by Leon Edward who invites you to download a 30 minute audio MP3 for relaxation and increasing your creative thinking click here or visit: CreativityOverdrive.com to access his weekly e-zine and more. Do you know what makes you more creative sometimes as opposed to other days? The answer is not easy to figure out. One day you may find you are more creative when working in a cooler place of work and the next day low lighting seems to work best. However, here has been research in his area that can give you some guidelines and a few surprising observations. It was actually shown that your surroundings do have a large impact on your inventiveness levels. Working in silence is not necessarily better for creative thinking. You don't want your work area to be to silent or extremely loud because creativity will suffer. Instead you need ambient noise levels to help you become more creative and productive. A moderate level ...

  -- Quote of the Day --  "It was that quality that led me into aviation in the first place — it was a love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty. It lay beyond the descriptive words of man — where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same instant." ~  Charles Lindbergh Award-winning authors Dave & Lillian Brummet: Visit us on:  Twitter FaceBook LinkedIn Google http://BrummetMedia.ca (new site, under maintenance)

The Power of Being Resourceful * Submitted by Jennifer L. Fouts What does it mean to be resourceful, exactly? It is not the same thing as being stingy or "cheap". When I hear a word like "being resourceful" I take it to mean making good use of resources, being creative, perhaps in a thrifty way, and maintaining a habit of it. If you are anything like me, you are resourceful if you believe "time is money", you do not like to buy unnecessary things, and you figure out clever ways to get what you want or need, perhaps by making something out of ordinary materials. What influences a more resourceful attitude than others? Many rags to riches celebrities, who may have grown up knowing dire poverty, may have a carryover of being frugal in life even when they encountered fame and fortune. They knew what it was like to live in lack or scarcity in the past, and it might have been a character building trait for them later on. Even with ...

  -- Quote of the Day --  "You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep  because reality is finally better than your dreams. "  ~  Dr. Seuss Award-winning authors Dave & Lillian Brummet: Visit us on:  Twitter FaceBook LinkedIn Google http://BrummetMedia.ca (new site, under maintenance)

* Written by Dawn Davies shares information today about how one business can make a difference.  Dawn would like to invite us all to find out more about existing social businesses and enterprises here - http://www.meandmycommunity .co.uk     *Note: You may notice some italicized parenthesis in the article, those are my comments based on research I did inspired by her article. I also placed a few links in the article for you as resources.  The website Dawn recommended, by the way, has a great mission statement, which I just had to share with our readers: "Me & My Community is all about you and your local community - how you can help and impact your local community positively,  and how your community can impact you!" The Future of Social Business If you want to make a difference to your community, and create positive changes locally, you can use this platform to gain inspiration. You can talk directly with experienced commu...

  -- Quote of the Day --  "A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good,  but for neglecting his neighbour’s."  ~  Richard Whately Award-winning authors Dave & Lillian Brummet: Visit us on:  Twitter FaceBook LinkedIn Google http://BrummetMedia.ca (new site, under maintenance)