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Get Inspired – Stimulate Your Brain, Capture Your Thoughts

Get Inspired For Success By Stimulating Your Brain

To be creative and inspired, you need to keep your brain stimulated. In fact, doing things to stimulate your brain, also helps with your memory. There are many different things you can do to keep your brain active and alert.

Doing things as simple and fun as crossword puzzles, word searches and games like Sudoku are great for keeping your brain stimulated. They make you think, and that exercises your brain.

Read something you are passionate about for 20 minutes a day. Or, read something you know absolutely nothing about, but would like to learn. When you get an idea for something, just jotting it down and working through the steps can get your brain stimulated and inspired.

An artist may look at the work of others or walk through an art gallery for inspiration. A writer may find inspiration by spending time in the library, wandering among the books and looking at titles. An architect or designer can be inspired by looking at buildings and homes.

I personally keep an inspiration journal. In it, I collect my thoughts, my daily challenges, pictures of things I like, and ideas that come to me during each day that seem interesting and fun to try.

Whatever it is that you need inspiration for, it is out there. You will find that by keeping your mind busy and stimulated, that will help you to feel more motivated and inspired to achieve.

And . . . make sure that you document the ideas as they come because some of them are quite fleeting.

The worst feeling in the world can be when you have a great idea and nothing to record it with. Then . . . after a while, you can’t for the life of you get back to that thought.

I carry a little voice recorder with me most of the time because I don’t like to lose my train of thought with the many distractions one can come across.

So, keep your mind working, stimulated, and record your ideas and you will never lack for great ideas to work on. Come on, believe in yourself. Go for it!

P.S. – I have felt this from past personal experience myself. Here’s another article I wrote some time ago on this subject. Ever Lost A Thought? Capture Your Mind’s Work

Goals Work – Create Your Own Mastermind Group And Support Network

By Al Smith | 1 Comment

Find 6 Positive People With The Intent To Build a Support Team or Mastermind Group

This could be a great goal for you work on.

It has been stressed that achieving goals is not a solitary process. Help in some form is usually needed to make the process easier. Develop your support network or find a group of positive like minded individuals to enhance your goal achievement.

Keep in mind that you are not reinventing the wheel here. Just because you have a goal doesn’t mean that everything has to be done the hard way in order to claim it as yours.

Few original ideas remain in this world. It is your personal take on them that makes your goals unique.

Create your own support team. In order to make reaching your goal a simpler process that doesn’t have you pulling your hair out or feeling like you have to do everything all by yourself.

This is a group of people that you can count on at different times to help you reach the end of your goal. The team can consist of anyone that you trust implicitly to have your best interests at heart.

Start with those closest to you. Family members can take an interest in your goal. Make a mutual commitment that you will assist each other in specific ways during the achievement of this goal. These verbal contracts are like pacts between people to support one another. Have fun with it.

You might find that family members are willing to help, until they have to tell you the hard things. Instead they may sugar coat or even down right lie to you about something for fear of hurting your feelings.

In that case, family members are perfect as your pep team. They can be there to cheer you on and pick you up when you are down in the dumps about your goal.

Next, call on the help of your more positive friends. It isn’t necessary to give them all the details about your goal but ask them to check in on you from time to time in an effort to keep you focused on the goal. That doesn’t require specifics just a willingness to be a caring partner in the process.

Church groups can help achieve goals as well. Become a part of a prayer group to increase your spiritual strength as you undertake this goal. For religious individuals, the spiritual component of the support team is an integral part of achieving their goals and should not be left out.

Create Your Own Mastermind Group. Another great way to get support in reaching your goals is by building a mastermind group. What is a mastermind group you might ask?

It is a group composed of people who are all working towards the same or similar goal. They may be taking a different path to get there, but each person in the group is united in the fact that some day they will all achieve that goal. It is a true interdependent relationship, every person in the group contributes and in turn benefits.

These groups can be found on the Internet or you can create your own if you have the time and the drive. Mastermind groups are helpful for business and personal goals. They share ideas, experiences, resources, and motivation to help all members get to the next level of completing their goals.

Everyone in the group has a common goal and realizes that many heads are better than one. Mastermind groups form alliances that can be helpful and productive beyond just your current goals too.

If a goal is particularly trying at times, it is a tremendous relief to know that someone else out there knows exactly how you feel. These groups are also great for being honest with you when it comes to the hard times of achieving your goals.

Members won’t be afraid of hurting your feelings, like friends or family might be, and will simply tell it like it is. That is what you want here. Sometimes, whether we like it or not, that’s exactly what we need in order to overcome hurdles and get to the finish line.

These are just a couple of ways you can reach your goals faster and with greater momentum by enlisting the help of others. Setting up support networks of people who can help you achieve your goals is a proven winner and a great goal to have.

See you next time.

P.S. By the way, I just watched this video of Will Smith discussing success principles. I wanted to share it with you if you haven’t seen it already . . .

Goals Tip – Do You Have Enough Energy To Pursue Your Goals?

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Achieving Goals Takes Energy – Top Natural Energy Boosters To Try

Fatigue and lack of energy are at the top of the heap when it comes to the excuses people use for their failure to realize goals.

Here are some ways to boost your energy while you are on the path to higher achievement. Try some of these and see which ones work best for you.

Play some Energetic music. Different types of music have different effects on us, but you can learn which are best for you by trial and error. Once you find the music that wakes you up, keep it ready. Keep a tape in your car, and a CD in the player at home.

Sleep better. The research seems to show that as long as you get at least five hours of sleep, the quality is more important than the quantity. Try drinking something warm before bed, or relax with a simple meditation.

Talk about something interesting. Have you ever seen a tired person start to talk about something they’re passionate about, and suddenly “wake up.” It’s a powerful technique you can use for yourself. Have a few “favorite” subjects that get you going.

Deep breathing. Several slow deep breaths help oxygenate the blood supply better, and especially seems to wake up the brain.

Have an “energy drink. The verdict isn’t in on most of them, but it’s a cheap option to try. I seem to get something from the ones with Ginkgo Biloba in them.

Move your body. Sometimes just getting up and washing the dishes, or walking around the house helps boost energy levels.

Exercise. It’s not a quick solution, but many people notice an increase in their energy level when they get regular aerobic exercise.

Hot and cold shower. Try a minute of hot water, then a minute of cold, alternating for six minutes. This isn’t for those with weak hearts, but it will wake you up. Incidentally, research shows that this also revs up the immune system.

Get outside. Often, a little sunshine and fresh air can be very energizing.

These are just some of the things that can boost your energy supply for goal achievement when you need it. Write down the techniques that work for you when you try them and remind yourself to use them.

“I’m tired” is just not an option . . . find ways to energize yourself and go for your goals with gusto. Enjoy the extra “power” you will feel!

Resolve To Make Small Changes Consistently

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For those who find it hard to make massive changes all at once, there is another way that adds up to the same thing, consistent small changes regularly to create a successful life journey.

Steve Gillman writes about Kaisen, that was first taught by W. Edwards Deming in the first half of last century.

Tony Robbins calls it CANI (Constant And Neverending Improvement) and teaches how small changes each day add up to a whole lot of exponential change, by building upon each day’s successful improvements.

So, if you aren’t ready to make huge changes at first, make small changes instead and build on them daily. Here is Steve’s article.

Kaizen For Self Improvement

What does Kaizen, a Japanese method of production excellence and industrial efficiency have to do with self improvement? Can it be adapted to self-work? What is it, anyhow?

It began with the “continuous improvement” theories of efficiency expert W. Edwards Deming in the 30s and 40s. After the war the ideas were picked up by the Japanese and developed into “Kaizen,” a method for creating quality products efficiently through many small and continuous changes. This is perfect for self-improvement, as Robert Maurer explains in his book “One Small Step Change Your Life:”

“Your brain is programmed to resist change, but by taking small steps, you effectively rewire your nervous system so that is does the following:

* Unsticks you from a creative block.
* Bypasses the fight or flight response.
* Creates new connections between neurons so thet the brain enthusiastically takes over the process of change and you progress rapidly towards your goal.”

Kaizen is an alternative for those who have a hard time facing major changes, like quitting smoking all at once. For something like that, the kaizen way might be to stop smoking in your car, as the first small step. Then you could switch to a brand with less nicotine, stop smoking in the house, and so on.

An important technique used in kaizen is asking “small questions.” In factories this meant no more questions like “What are you going to do to improve the company profits this year?” That just elicits more fear than creative ideas. A better question might be, “What small change could we make in your department to reduce expenses (or improve quality)?” This approach was found to be far more productive.

For purposes of self improvement, this means asking small suggestive questions of yourself, like, “What could I do to free up five minutes for my meditation practice?” or “What small change could I make if I wanted to improve my relationships today?” Small questions tend to dispell the fear and intimidation that come with frontally facing the whole issue.

Small questions, along with small, comfortable changes is the first important principle of kaizen. The second is to make the process a continual one. Just imagine where you’d be if you had consciously made one small change in your life each week for the last few years. Even better, imagine where you’ll be a few years from now, if you start the process today.

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” – Lao Tzu

By Steve Gillman

Steve Gillman writes on many topics including brainpower, weight loss, meditation, habits of mind, creative problem solving, generating luck and anything related to self improvement. Learn more and get FREE e-courses at www.SelfImprovementNow.com

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