Thriving Scholar — Executive Coaching & Leadership
Unlocking Consistent Inspiration
Jaineel Mistry
In today’s article I’m going to share with you how you can not only be inspired, but stay inspired to remain consistent on projects you’re working on in life.
Too many of us wait for inspiration to strike before taking action. It leads to inconsistency and a lack of meaningful results.
What if you could control your level of receptivity to inspiration so you can consistently take inspired action? Imagine what could be possible for you? Imagine how it could feel internally whilst the results you could create externally?
What I share today has transformed my life and the lives of many clients I’ve worked with.
Over the next 5 mins, we will cover:
What is inspiration?
The word inspire comes from the latin word inspirare which means to breathe in or blow into.
We’ve all experienced inspiration:
Inspiration shows up as a calling from within us. It’s a greater intelligence living through us.
Yet, the question many of us face is this: how can we stay inspired. How can we stay in the flow of life? How can we stay connected? Because currently, it may be inconsistent. One day you may be inspired and for the next week you’ve lost it. Then you may feel guilty for not acting consistently on something you had committed to.
In order to create something meaningful in the long term, you and I both know consistency is key.
So, how do the greatest artists, athletes, entrepreneurs and leaders do it?
They don’t focus on consistency of action. They focus on consistently putting themselves in an environment where there’s a high probability of inspiration to strike them.
Just like our lungs have to empty to receive fresh new air with oxygen, we must create the mental space to receive fresh new insight.
How to stay inspired
Inspiration cannot be forced. It can only be received.
You can’t control what downloads you receive and when you receive them. But you can control your ability to be in a receptive state. You can control your internal and external environment.
This really comes down to habits and lifestyle.
If you think about when your greatest ideas come to you…when do they usually come? What kind of energy are you in? Is it in the shower? At the gym? The early hours of the morning before the kids are up and you’re having coffee?
This is what you can control, creating an environment where you are in your receptive state of being:
It’s not just one habit. It’s everything coming together like an orchestra. These small habits form a lifestyle where you are constantly connected and receiving inspiration and the more you act on your inspiration the more comes. It’s a positive feedback loop.
It’s not about waiting for inspiration to come magically. It’s about putting yourself in an environment where you are likely to receive it.
The Practice of showing up
Putting yourself in these environments requires us to show up.
It requires:
That’s the hardest part. Showing up. Because showing up is part of cultivating the receptive state.
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. – Stephen King
There are many times I don’t feel like writing. I have done all the rituals to keep me in a receptive state: my meditation, I’ve eaten clean foods, I’ve slept well, journaled and taken out things on my mind to create more mental space, etc. But it’s only when I sit down and write does it all come together.
There is no substitute for getting up and putting yourself in the chair. Only then does it all come together.
The more you experience the inspiration, the more you want it. The more you want it, the easier it is to get up and sit on the chair.
Putting ourselves in the most optimal environments is what keeps us consistently inspired.
Reflection question:
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When you are ready,
this is where to begin
If you feel aligned with this work and would like to explore whether it is the right fit, you are welcome to reach out. Every enquiry is read personally. If there is alignment, we will take the next step together.