Does Your Inspiration Translate Into Reality?

Where does inspiration come from?

Do you believe that it’s something rare or something that happens to you all day every day?

Your beliefs dictate how inspired you feel and how often you recognize inspiration when it’s there. Actually, your thoughts and the beliefs they create become the results you see in your life.

And what can you do to create new more positive thoughts that lead to more empowering beliefs?

Well, I believe there are sources of inspiration constantly around us in many forms if we are open to recognizing them. And I’m not just talking about personal growth programs, although they are a primary source of inspiration.

I’m asking you to broaden your sources of inspiration and ask yourself in everyday life situations, “What do I find inspiring about this?”

For instance, dare I say it…I love reality shows that showcase people’s talent.

They really inspire me and spark my own creativity. I love to watch people going for their dreams and taking risks and growing and changing as they are put through various challenges with their talent. I can feel it open my heart and fill me with joy as I see people grow and expand in their expression of their passion and life purpose.

A couple days ago I was watching HGTV’s Design Star and 9 designers had a challenge of starting with white cubicles with a few basic pieces of furniture. They all had the same blank slate and they all had the same money and time.

What they didn’t have equally was inspiration and talent. Can inspiration trump talent?

I believe so. There are many talented people who shrink at a challenge and their lack of inspiration makes them go bland instead of going bold, and on reality TV, that means going home.

And it works exactly the same way in life, except if it’s your business you go broke instead of just being sent packing.

It was such a clear demonstration of inspiration and lack of it that I could teach a 9 week course dissecting the psychology of each person’s degree of inspiration and how that influenced them to take a risk and play full out or play it safe and have very poor results.

This had much, much more to do with inspiration than talent. All 9 are talented, but only 3 were inspired. That fact that “the color expert” was sent home for not making good color choices speaks volumes.

I would encourage you to go online and find that episode and watch it in light of this topic. I think it will be clear to you that inspiration is always available to you when you see that they were given an hour in a grocery store to get everything they were going to use to do their room and the amazing results 3 people achieved.

All 9 people where in the same store with the same resources, but what they chose reflected their level of belief in themselves, their self-esteem and that directly correlates to their level of risk taking.

Isn’t it a shame that inspiration can be all around you, and for many people, you can’t see it or don’t trust yourself enough to act on it?

How can you shift this and be open to inspiration?

Let me ask you, what books are you currently reading? What audios are you listening to?   What kind of movies or TV shows are you watching?

One of the quickest ways to master anything is to read books, listen to audios and watch videos on the subject.  If you only read novels or just listen to music in your car, you’re missing out on a major key to success.

People who have achieved a high level of abundance in their lives generally read 2-3 inspirational books a week.   They aren’t parked in front of the TV all night, every night.

You are probably thinking that you barely have the time to do the things in your life now, and how could you possibly add anything else.  But, that’s exactly the point.  We all have the same 24 hours in each day.  Since you can’t add hours, it’s up to you to decide how to spend the ones you have.

With today’s technology you have many choices of how to best receive information that will inspire you. Not having time is no longer an excuse.

Look at this partial list of delivery methods for getting inspirational information to you anywhere at anytime:

*    Listen to audio or watch streaming video online
*    Download audio or video to your iPod

*    Download text, audio or video to your cell phone or PDA
*    Print out a PDF to take with you in a folder
*    Read an actual book
*    Listen to CDs or watch DVDs – in your car, on a plane, on your TV or computer
*    Read online or listen to PDFs online–software can read text to you!
*     Watch movies and TV shows

To create the life of your dreams, means making some new choices in how you spend your time.  If it were possible for you to achieve your goals by doing what you’re doing now, you would already have everything you want.  Tony Robbins once said, “Don’t let a groove become a grave.” You can’t create a new life with the habits that created the life you have now.

With a plan for creating your future, you can get excited about what you need to learn to make it happen.  The more real your plan or blueprint is, the quicker you’ll want to get through every book or program that can aid you in the achievement of your goals.

Just as when you were a child and books magically took you to places you had never traveled to before, inspirational material will guide you to becoming the person you want to be.  More often than not, we don’t grow up with unlimited funds, love, and guidance.  So it becomes your responsibility to improve your life.  If you don’t currently find the inspiration you would like to have in your life, you can find it all around you if you look.

Until next week, I’d love to hear your thoughts.  Just comment on this post on my blog at http://www.LynnPierce.com

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don’t have to do it all yourself, all things are possible for you.  Commit today to go for your dream 100%.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Empowered Women’s Business  Summit“. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the 1st 5 lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System” at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com