12

Ways to

Supercharge
your Life with

Inspiration!
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It is a wonderful feeling to
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It feels like time has stopped, as you stand still and take a deep
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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.

Have you ever wondered how to feel and

act from a wellspring of inspiration?

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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
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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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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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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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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
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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.

When you give up trying to achieve a resolution to your

problem and give it up to the sub-conscious or sleep
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the answers we receive when we give up are very
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5. Get inspired by deep practiceand emotional triggers

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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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anything great is possible is a wonderful way to open
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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.

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.

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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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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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.

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.

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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5:30 am and wrote till 11 am and penned 46
novels in his career. After his writing adventures
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11. Get inspired by influencing and

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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?

12. Get inspired by offering yourself

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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!

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 practiceand 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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