First I was captured by the Olympics, and held hostage for ten days. I finally fought free and began to live my life again when along came the Democrats to chain me to my television for most of the next week. I had barely escaped when John McCain named Sarah Palin as his running mate, ensnaring me in Republican politics, Hurricane Gustav, and finally, the Republican Convention. I am making a break for it tonight after McCain's acceptance speech.

After all these weeks of captivity I find myself a bit uninspired. It is a little like trying to get back to work after a long vacation but it is more a lack of inspired creativity since I have been working all along.

When you are an entrepreneur you need to be on top of the creativity game all the time. You need to be constantly thinking of something new, in addition to doing whatever it is that you need to do every day to keep your business moving forward. Without coming up with new ideas on a regular basis you will find your business falling behind the competition and eventually falling out of business.

Creativity is the life blood of entrepreneurship, so successful entrepreneurs should develop sources of creative inspiration. I just found a really good source: Stanford University's eCorner(short for Entrepreneur's Corner). Check it out. It has videos of speeches from some of the top minds in business, economics and finance - videos you will not see anywhere else. It is a great way to spend a few minutes of coffee break and will invigorate your brain and get you out of the hostage mentality.