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12 Ways to Supercharge

your Life with

Inspiration!LAUNCHYOURGENIUS.COM

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inspiration |ˌinspəˈrāSHən| noun

1 the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, esp. to do something creative:2 the drawing in of breath; inhalation.

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It feels like time has stopped, as you stand still and take a deep breath of awe and observe yourself in the process of creating.

It is a wonderful feeling to feel inspired!

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“When you are inspired by some great purp0e, some 1traordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness 1pands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonder5l world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” —Patanjali, 6e Yoga Sutras

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But as you move through life trying to juggle roles, life feels like a

struggle

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Where did the inspiration come from?

You seek inspiration but there is none to be easily found. You attempt to motivate yourself constantly but the energy of trying to stay motivated is difficult to maintain.

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Have you ever wondered how to feel and act from a wellspring of inspiration? 

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 1. Breathe In“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the 5ture, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. 6e greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.” ―

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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If you become aware of your breath when you get stressed out, you will see that it is shallow and fast. You get so focused on the problem that you find it difficult to take in life in the entirety.

You forget to breathe deeply and take it all in. You forget to imbibe and absorb the magic of the moment. It is very hard to be inspired when you are caught up with past regrets or future worries. 

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“F!"r #$ %&#'!(!)' w#'*+,' '*! br!"'*.” ~ Founder of Gestalt therapy. Dr. Fri9 Perls

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Instead of shallow breathing, allow yourself to take deep belly breaths. Allow the magic of the moment to permeate your consciousness.

Be unquestioningly present and open to the current moment and the inspiration that lies within.  

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Twyla 6arp, the famous dancer and choreographer says in her book, 6e Creative Habit that inspiration and ideas are all around us. She says that it is like asking where is the air that you breathe?

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2. Invoke Your Guiding Light

“I kept reaching for my muses, my wandering muses, floating on clouds filled with their passions.”― Chimnese Davids, Muses of Wandering Passions.

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What do

you

love to do?

We are all inspired by eclectic elements. By recognizing and increasing the incidence of these elements, we increase the incidence of getting inspired.

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3. What is your message, your one BIG dream?

“My Life is My Message” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

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But if you are going along with the waves of life, if you are not sure of what you would like to do 1actly, be assured. 6e moment you commit to some task that addresses giving great value to others, you open up great reserves of inspiration. What do you feel very strongly about that you would be willing to make a big change?

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When you feel strongly for a cause greater than yourself, you are literally inviting inspiration into your life.

Make an attempt to reconnect with that source of endless inspiration!

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“No one l0es anyone, because no one owns anyone. 6at is the true 1perience of freedom: having the m0t important thing in the world without owning it” ― Paulo

4. Allow it by letting it go

Coelho, Eleven Minutes 

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The infinite organizing power of the universe usually comes back with a solution when the time is right. Some of our best work is done when we have given up on making things better by sheer force of motivation.

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Neuroscience tells us that the conscious mind can only process 40 to 100 bits/second of information at any given time but the sub-conscious mind is able to process a much greater amount of information all at once.

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When you give up trying to achieve a resolution to your problem and give it up to the sub-conscious or “sleep on it,” the infinite organizing power of your sub-conscious is still trying to solve it for you. And often the answers we receive when we give up are very profound. 

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5. Get inspired by deep practice and emotional triggers

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Coyle 1plains that deep deliberate practice and setting up triggers or ignitions can help inspire a great amount of talent.

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For 1ample, in low-income schools where the dropout rate was much higher, constantly reminding and inspiring students about getting to college was very effective in retention.

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Set up triggers and cues that point towards your final destination, that depict you as achieving excellence. Then immerse yourself in the task and engage in some deep, deliberate practice at the edge of your comfort level till you master a segment. 

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6. Synchronicities

“Opportunities multiply as they are se<ed.” – Sun Tzu 

Increase inspirational events by believing and allowing the power of synchronicities.

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What you expect may very well be what you get. There is research

showing that expecting

the best from students and from athletes actually makes them perform better.

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When you 1pect great things to happen in your life, they will and they do. It is the good old attention issue. If I asked you to stop thinking about a green car, chances are that not only will you think of green cars but also see a lot more of them!

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Taking charge of your energy and having an attitude of “anything great is possible” is a wonderful way to open up to synchronicities and inspiration. Become aware and allow messages and ideas from seemingly unexpected sources to inspire you and teach you. 

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Your previous 1perience combined with the limitless present combinations and an attitude of p0sibilities literally opens up the miracle of synchronicities. 6e real question is: are you listening and paying attention?

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7. Calling a friend: personas to increase inspiration

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Real<e this, and you will find strength.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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Call on your best friends to assist you in gathering some additional inspiration. Luckily for us, our best friends in this case are our different personas and are always available.

Very quickly, you can call on or assume a different persona that you can imagine and invite.

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Personas were first described as part of Archetypes by the psychologist Carl Jung. The easiest way to describe them is that they are the different social roles that we play out in our life. For example, you may be the victim at some point and at other instances, you may feel like the heroine.

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By calling on the energy of an empowering and inspiring persona, you may be able to recapture your inspiration. Call on your fictional or real life characters who really inspire you. If you are a painter, you may be inspired by Michelangelo and assume the role of a master painter by feeling and acting from that role. Read up on your master persona, go to museums and understand how they got inspired.

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Feel the energy of the interaction and allow yourself to be inspired by the am=ing energy of the persona that you have imagined. Allow your persona to support and encourage you and allow their wisdom to permeate into your consciousness. 

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6e evidence that personas work 1ceptionally well comes from the highly innovative and creative firm IDEO. In the book, 6e Ten faces of Innovation by 6omas Kelley and Jonathan Littman, the authors describe the importance of personas to the innovation process in IDEO.

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In order to inspire innovation and banish the devil’s advocate or doubt, they outline 10 personas such as the anthropologist, the experimenter and the collaborator. Depending on the persona you assume, you can bring a different approach to the problem you are solving.

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For 1ample, when an IDEO human-factor person camps out in a surgical room for 48 hours and helps develop new and innovative health care services, they are living the role of the anthropologist.

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Action tip: Take on different personas or roles to inspire yourself. >periment with the different perspectives that these roles bring to your problem.

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It is well known that great painters and sculptors gained insight and inspiration by learning with the masters. 6ey were very well connected in their networks and frequently attempted to better each other in their arts. Napoleon Hill in his classic book- 6ink and grow Rich, describes the importance of mastermind groups for success.

8. Create or join a mastermind circle

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When you join or form a mastermind group, you create accountability and support in your life. This camaraderie translates into the form of a support system and inspiration when you are trying to catch up with the rest of the mastermind group. 

Action tip: Join a mastermind group to increase your inspiration and to radically increase your accountability.

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“Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.” ~ Mihaly Csik?entmihalyi, author of Flow.

9. Keep taking BIG action

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When inspiration does not strike, take action anyway. Action is a wonderful way to keep moving in the face of lack of inspiration. As you make action a habit, you will see that you are much more inclined to feel and act out of inspiration.

Staying at one place and not moving forward is utterly uninspiring. Break through the inertia of boredom and fear by taking consistent big action.

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For example, when you set a time for writing, write even if you feel like you are not producing great content. Make an outline and move forward. Do not give in to the temptation to edit and get distracted.

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Prolific writer Anthony Trollope regularly rose at 5:30 am and wrote till 11 am and penned 46 novels in his career. After his writing adventures in the morning, he would go to work at the post office as a postal clerk.

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Immerse into the material by taking frequent action and staying engaged with it. By deep engagement, action and focused attention, you are more likely to enter into a state of flow and inspiration.

Action tip: Act on it even of you do not feel like it! One of my inspirational acronyms: TBARN or Taking Big Action Right Now!

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You might get stuck in your own particular patterns in life. You might be taking the same route to work and you might be attempting to get inspired by the same sources. In Eastern wisdom, following habitual patterns is called “a state of sleepwalking.”

10. Look for inspiration in new places and in places that you would least expect it

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Becoming aware of your preference to habitual patterns can be a good first step to in5se novelty in your life.

Try something different this time. Look for inspiration in places that you would least 1pect it. For 1ample, look in all the places that you have overlooked as boring or uninteresting.

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Action tips: Go out and inspire yourself with new things, places and people.

Look for inspiration in places and ideas that you would least 1pect it. If you have dismissed something in the past, look at it again with new eyes.

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“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.” ― Albert Schwei9er 

11. Get inspired by influencing and encouraging others

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Action Tip: Make an attempt to inspire and encourage someone else. As you assist others to achieve their goals, you will be inspired to pursue your life dreams with more clarity. 

A wonderful method of getting inspired is to take the focus away from you. Instead of asking what is in it for you, ask how can you influence and encourage others. How can you genuinely uplift someone else?

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12. Get inspired by offering yourself rewards and bonuses

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Gamify inspiration! When the going gets tough, reward and offer yourself power-ups to feel invincible!

Remember that effective games capture our attention and keep us engaged by offering us rewards and power-ups just in the nick of time before we give up. Offer yourself bonuses and incentives to stay the course and to inspire you in your creative work!

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Here is a summary of the 12 steps:1. Breathe In: Breathe deeply and imbibe the world around you. If you are feeling out of sorts and a lack of inspiration, take a few moments to breathe deeply and reconnect with inspiration.2. Invoke Your Guiding Light: Recognize and understand your ebb and flow and what sustains and inspires you on a daily basis. Increase the events that inspire you and do less of the events that do not inspire you.3. What is Your Message? What is your message, your big picture, and your one big dream? Make an attempt to reconnect with that source of endless inspiration even if it is for a few moments every day. 4. Allow it by Letting it go: Let it go! In some instances, by disengaging the conscious mind, you can come up with novel inspiring solutions to your problems.5. Get inspired by deep practice and emotional triggers: Set up emotional triggers and cues that remind you and inspire you to take action, make you feel great and propel you towards excellence!6. Synchronicities: Be open to inspiration striking you from an event of possibility thinking and synchronicity. Be prepared to engage the inspiration, connect the dots and recognize the value of chance events.7. Calling a friend: personas to increase inspiration: Take on different personas or roles to inspire yourself. Experiment with the different perspectives that these roles bring to your problem.8. Create or join a mastermind circle: Action tip: Join a mastermind group to increase your inspiration and accountability to complete a project or task.9. Act on it even of you do not feel like it! One of my inspirational acronyms: TBARN or Taking Big Action Right Now! 10. Look for inspiration in new places: Go out and inspire yourself with new things, places and people. Look for inspiration in places and ideas that you would least expect it.11. Get inspired by influencing and encouraging others. Take the focus away from yourself by uplifting others.12. Gamify inspiration: Get inspired by offering yourself rewards and power-ups.

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