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Six Steps To Finding Inspiration
Be Curious
Static systems stifle curiosity. Reintroduce curiosity into your brand by changing your perception of the world to a more dynamic one.
Instead of focusing on controlling the outcome when innovating, focus instead on thinking in dynamic terms and accepting many possible outcomes. This fosters curiosity in your team.
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Be Curious
Static systems stifle curiosity. Reintroduce curiosity into your brand by changing your perception of the world to a more dynamic one.
Instead of focusing on controlling the outcome when innovating, focus instead on thinking in dynamic terms and accepting many possible outcomes. This fosters curiosity in your team.
Be Keenly Aware
Part of finding inspiration is being keenly aware of subtle changes in your surroundings.
Only by getting out of the office and living within the network participants’ worlds will you be able to notice the subtle changes that magnify inspiration.
Use Your Imagination
To find inspiration is important to have an active imagination, and that needs to be exercised. Turn on your imagination by doing creative things.
Do things that encourage people to find inspiration through the use of “out of the box” thinking. When you support this kind of thinking by not criticizing it, new inspiration will really start to flow.
Have a Human Touch
When exploring newly formed network connections, you’ve first got to gain the trust of those in the network. If you’re only there to complete your business task, it’s obvious to others and doesn’t engender trust at all.
Take the time to care about the people from whom you’re trying to gain inspiration. That requires sharing a part of yourself and being more vulnerable.
Be Patient
Finding inspiration is a journey with no beginning or end. Like anything else, most of us can’t find real inspiration the first time we try.
Finding true inspiration is something that you’ve got to spend every day doing, a little at a time. So, bring it into your daily schedule.
Always Stay Connected
Being connected, but also a part of your network’s community, allows you to consistently find inspiration for both products and marketing faster than your competitors.
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Do Things Differently
Trying new things or old things in different ways is a quick way to change things if nothing excites you and you’re living a repetitive routine.
Nurture Pleasurable Experiences.
If it doesn’t harm others indulge in the experiences you enjoy, the ones you can’t wait to get involved in.
Things that get you so motivated that you lose track of time while you’re doing it are a good place to start. Nurturing those pleasurable experiences will help your inspiration to flourish and grow.
See The Wonders Of Life
Most people have things they are insecure about and unresolved childhood issues. Those tend to dampen enthusiasm and inspiration.
You can change this by deliberately focusing on the wonderful things of life and being mindful of what you do. This lets you see things differently and reframe life choices more positively.
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What you write, you learn
The key to learning is to stop passively consuming information and start actively engaging with the ideas we encounter.
One effective way researchers have found to reinforce learning is th...
What you write, you control
- Recording your thoughts in a medium outside your own head helps your mind to become quieter: It stops returning to the same worn-out mental loops over and over.
- When you recount and reflect upon your thoughts and experiences you are, in effect, telling your own story. Journaling helps us clarify, edit, and find new meaning in these narratives.
Journaling and personal goals
It serves as a tool for identifying what you should prioritize on a daily basis, and what you should let go of. And it also gives you a record of the progress you’ve made toward your goals to keep you motivated.
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Lifestyle Gamification
It is when you to turn a task into a game to motivate yourself to finish it.
It motivates the "player" to chase after rewards as he gets points and achieve new levels with new challen...
What Makes Games Addictive
- Epic meaning and calling to finish a mission.
- Development and accomplishment inspires us to finish the game.
- Empowerment of creativity to bring imagination to life.
- Ownership and possession of rewards.
- Social influence and relatedness or envy.
- Scarcity and impatience to have things we don't have.
- Undpredictability and curiosity of what the next challenges are.
- Loss coins and chances and avoidance of failure.
Be a Game Master
- Reward yourself for fulfilling one or several tasks
Use surprise rewards.
- Determine a reward by chance.
Engage in time-based challenges
Make a deal with your friend.
- Challenge and motivate each other to finish a task
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