It’s the end of the year and you are tired. You have been drudging through one of the toughest times in modern history. You sit back and look out the window and spend some time reflecting. You realise you want to feel inspired, it’s missing and you want to Find Inspiration.
I don’t know that I have the answer for how you will Find Inspiration but I think I know some places where we can look :
Read
Read an authorised Biography from someone you find inspiring – Winston Churchill was one of the most amazing people and Richard Branson’s ‘ Losing My Virginity ‘ is on my bookshelf waiting for the Christmas Holiday Break.
Read a self-help or Futurist book like Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘ The Tipping Point ‘ or ‘ The Outliers ‘ or one of the many others like the famous ‘ Good to Great ‘ by Jim Collins.
Watch
Find a movie or documentary that you love or have heard about and find inspiring. Maybe it is something that will hype you up like ‘ Wall Street ‘ or overcome diversity by ‘ Seabiscut ‘
Surf
Jump onto ‘YouTube ‘ and surf some people or situations you find inspiring. Recently I watched a video between Bill Gates and his Dad talking about each other and growing up. It was very cool.
Meet
Go and catch up with someone who you have found inspiring. Go and meet them or book into a seminar or talk they are giving. It could be your Grandmother ?
DO IT !
If someone asks you to do something … DO IT ! For instance, if the kids asked for you to go and help them ride their bike, go to the park, come to their school … DO IT ! if someone asks you out to a restaurant, to go to the movies … DO IT ! they want you there, and in turn they will inspire you. (thanks..Brett)
Start
Start a course pursuing a passion that you have put off for years. Get inspired by learning, creating, building. Do something about it today, don’t let not feeling inspired drag you down. Spring into the Christmas Break and inspire others.
More Reading on Inspiration:
8 Methods of Finding Inspiration
http://learnthis.ca/2009/02/8-methods-to-find-inspiration/
Finding Inspiration in a Snap
http://www.goodcompany.com.au/good_stories/good_stories_archive/finding_inspiration_in_a_snap
Do you feel uninspired ? What are you doing to over this feel ? Please write to me and Rate this article. Thanks,
Great article Richard.
The “DO IT!” part is close to me as I distinctly remember when my first child was born reading Steve Biddulph “Raising Boys”. One of the key “oh my god” moments was a comment that spoke about “quality time”.
My interpretation was this … quality time is not when I think it is the right time but when my kids think it is right. So if they ask for me to come and ride a bike with them, then right then in the quality time that I need to put in. Don’t put it off with a “in 5 minutes” … my kids need me now and want my inspiration … in turn they will inspire me. The same holds for business and personal time I believe.
Hi Richard,
Ilike your article and it came ata good time for me. You Tube really is a good source of inspiration. I saw a good clip by Tony Robbins recently called Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpc-t-Uwv1I
Another good way to get inspired or regaining your creativity comes from the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. She recommends writing ‘morning pages’. Write 3 pages every morning. Don’t worry about the subject matter is. Just pour words into the page and, before too long, interesting things will start to emerge. I tried that for a while and it worked. It does require discipline though and nowdays I prefer to use that morning time for a long walk before work.
Here’s a few more thoughts to be inspired….
Do something different!
Break your “dull” habits but doing something you haven’t done in 2009.
Inspire others
Inspiration is infective. If you can inspire others that their future has great possibilities…you in turn will be inspired.
Guess this is the epitome of your BLOG….well done!
JB
Thanks John…inspiration was the flavour of my last week and several discussions.
Amos, I totally agree about the releasing of creativity and I have a friend whom is writing “3 pages a day” and loves it !
Brett, Thanks for “Adding” to my post and thanks for the great chat the other day.