Biomimicry’s Example for Your Productivity

There are a lot of resources out there that characterize what makes a successful entrepreneur. We’ve surveyed many throughout the years and talked to well over a thousand green business owners. One of the most powerful lessons is to think like a natural system. Or like a fish. Whatever’s easiest to channel for you.

We’ve seen many examples showing that Biomimicry is a powerful learning tool. Success habit number 1 is a lesson from nature.

The trout and the spider instinctively know that if they set themselves up with a system of obtaining food, they can maximize the efficiency of their capture.

Trout hang out in parts of a stream where the water doesn’t flow rapidly. As a result, their energy loss is minimal, and food comes to them. Same goes for spider webs.

Your business can set up systems in this way, like the one pictured above. In this case, the system is for communications operations. The schedule allows the entrepreneur to not waste their energy thinking about when they are supposed to be sending a newsletter, when they’re supposed to be tweeting, when they’re supposed to be posting an announcement on their LinkedIn page. It’s all there in one place, where a quick daily check tells the person exactly what they need to do.

Then…they can spend their time focusing on other, more important tasks that actually require their mental focus. Like eating. And not getting eaten.