You can boost your creative and innovative output tremendously if you can find a Fourth Place. What is the forth place you might ask? The Fourth Place is an area you can go to get away from everything. Yes, everything. All the distractions and interruptions that enter you daily life. Why is it called the Fourth Place?Well, Starbucks is famous for developing the concept that their stores are the Third Place people go in their lives. The First Place people go is their home, the Second Place they go is their work, and the Third Place is Starbucks. They believe a person can go into their stores to experience their local community and get away from their First and Second Places. Much like that of pubs in Europe.
I have always championed that it is important to find a Fourth Place. A place you can relax and have the time to decompress from all your daily hassles and regenerate mentally. Once you start going to your Fourth Place on a regular basis (weekly is best), you'll be surprised to find your productivity level way up, especially if you have to be creative, innovative or problem solve at any of your other three places.
