Being organized is a significant element of success for any businessperson. With technology rapidly advancing, sound recorders are becoming very popular, thus eliminating the need for physical note taking. It can, however, be quite beneficial to take notes with the right notepad. By taking notes, you ensure that your thoughts and to-do lists are well organized, making it easier to keep up with a hectic schedule.

Any creative person will tell you that ideas are the backbone of their existence. Letting your ideas flow freely may sound like an easy thing to do but often we stand in the way of our own ideas. Hindering our own creativity is something that we are all guilty of. In order to develop our ideas into the finished project that we ultimately want to see, we must stand back and let our thoughts and ideas take center stage for a bit.

Stickies 6.5a

Stickies is a free program that lets you create desktop notes. It sits in your system tray, and clearly displays the number of stored notes. Notes can be made to sit on top of all other windows, and you can create up to 10 different styles, which is great for separating 'work' and 'personal' for example. Notes can be hidden from view for any number of minutes, hours, week or months.