Brian Johnson shares Picasso's line: inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. He walks through his morning routine, a coaching call with Phil Stutz, and why showing up matters more than waiting for the muse to strike.
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"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."
Every morning at 9:00 ("9:00 o'clock sharp").
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plus one. Every morning I do my thing. Of course, my day started the night before with a solid shutdown complete and the office is closed routine. Check out those plus ones. Then I did the dishes and cleaned the house as acts of love for my wife. Then I played and read with the kids while mommy got some time doing her thing. Heroic Target. Swipe. City there, folks. Swipe. Swipe. Swipe. Fun fact. After working through some Scooby Doo mysteries, the kids and I enjoyed some five minute ninjago stories last night. Now, that protocol led to a 96 aura sleep score and preceded the morning meditation and heroic strategic vision crafting more targets. Hit. Swipe. Swipe. Swipe. Then I reread my notes from the coaching session I did with Phil Stutz the day before. Which leads us to today's plus one. Yesterday, Phil and I were chatting about the power of showing up and putting in what he calls endless effort. Most people work hard for a day or three, or month or three, hit a goal they set, then want to take a vacation. Phil literally laughs at those people. They and of course we all at times want to be exonerated from any and all future hard work. But again, that's not going to happen now. Phil quoted Picasso to make the point about the power of consistently showing up and doing the work. Picasso once said, inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. That's brilliant inspiration. Yeah, it exists and it better find you working. Which reminds me of some wisdom Steve Pressfield shares in the War of Art. He tells us, and I quote him, someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. He said, I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes every morning at 9:00 clock sharp. Yeah, that's what we're talking about. And that's today's plus one. You want to get inspired. Awesome. Get to work.
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