Ways To Expand Where You Find Your Inspiration

You are wanting to essentially gather as much data from different places as possible. Because what's happening is you're about to speak to people who have experiences from all walks of life. And the more that you can pull in these different ideas, concepts, and experiences, the more that you are going to take them on an emotional journey. Hey, everyone, welcome back to the show. It's time for another quickie because there's always time to fit in inspiration. And this podcast is now a very proud part of the Growth Day Podcast network. And I also get to teach in the Growth Day app once a month. So go in the show notes and check it out where you can find me. I would love to have you join me there. I cannot wait to see you. And you guys. I want to give a shout out to the review of the week. It is Molly Klein, and she says, I'm in the process of opening my own practice in a few months. And I've been devouring your podcast. I appreciate all the shifts in mindset that you spark in me and also the real life, tangible advice. Molly, thank you so much for that because I'm telling you, I am so happy I could help you a little bit with your business because you just totally helped with my podcast. When you leave a review and you rate it, you guys, that's how your podcast gets out there even more. So thank you so much for that, Molly. And if you guys would rate and review, that would be amazing. So I can shout you out too.

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I was thinking on my walk this evening, I was thinking about where inspiration comes from, because at the particular moment, I have been listening to Ed Mylett's book the Power of One More, which, if you guys haven't heard it yet, he was on the podcast a couple of months ago and it was so freaking good. It's definitely in my top 10 podcasts that I've interviewed of all of the years of podcasting, I was like, literally in tears for the last half of it because I was so incredibly inspired and moved and going back to the book and just hearing some of the things that he had talked about, I thought, you know, in my life, I've gotten inspiration from a lot of different places and I typically am not feeling inspired in my life if I'm not seeking it. So the very first thing that I thought is, inspiration has to be intentional. You have to seek it out. It's kind of like the beginning intro of this podcast, right? Always time for inspiration. And by you guys just tuning into this podcast, that is getting intentional. You're attempting to spot it for the day, you're seeking it. So your RAs, your reticular activating system, is going to look for inspiration instead of for bs, right? So I was thinking about inspiration in terms of not just coming from the typical places that you think it's going to come from. Because for me, when I first got into just self development, personal development development, I really stayed in these genres to get inspired. I looked to different thought leaders, I looked to different authors. And then I started to realize that I get really inspired by music, by dancing, by poets, by poetry, by movies. Okay? And this is a big one. This is a huge one for me. I get so inspired and learn so much much when I watch really good comedians. Like, I kind of like really, really observe how they're delivering and just the artistry and mastery of the delivery. And for me, it helps me in my everyday life with communication. It helps me write better, it helps me do better posts on social media. It helps me with my relationships. And the biggest thing is it helps me be a better speaker speaker on stage. So I wanted to bring this up because if you're feeling a little bit uninspired, I know that for me, before I did the Bliss Project event, which if you guys didn't know for, I think for like eight years, I did this event called the bliss project, where 500 women from all over the globe came and it was a three day personal development event. I loved it. I was obsessed with it. The only reason I stopped doing it is because I'm in new territory and new ventures right now and it's requiring all that I have to give. It was just time to move on from that particular thing at that time. Maybe I'll do another event. We'll see. But what would happen before these events is I would go on these inspiration binges and I would just be in the personal development world so much. I'd be listening to books, I'd be listening to podcasts, I'd be listening to personal development speakers. And by the time the event got there, I was just like, oh my God, I'm so burnt out. I have nothing to give after this. I don't want to listen to another personal development anything. And I would have to like, switch gears. I'd have to go. I would feel so uninspired sometimes afterward, because it's like you just emptied all you had. You emptied the tanks, right? And it's almost like eating the same food over and over again. You just like, need a break. You're like, I can never eat chicken and asparagus again. And if you're like what are you talking about? To anyone who's ever competed in the fitness world, like you may actually not ever be able to eat chicken and asparagus ever again afterwards. And that's kind of how I feel sometimes after preparing for different large events that I used to do. Hey, as you probably know, running a business is not for the faint of heart. And if you want to get to the next level in your business, you usually need to take your self care to the next level. Which for me one of the biggest things on my self care list is sleep. So it's critical in order to wake up feeling refreshed and productive. And Soul CBD helps me do that with their CBD gummies and their bath bombs. One of my favorite pre sleep rituals is to throw a CBD bath bomb in the tub, light a candle and take two gummies. By the time I get out of the tub, I've caught a certified sleep vibe you guys. All of Soul CBD's products are 99% hemp derived, non toxic, organic and sustainably sourced. Basically this means that it's quality stuff and I'm totally pumped that Soul CBD is sponsoring Earn your happy because I am obsessed with it. Like it's my sleepy time. 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I am obsessed with watching comedians. I am obsessed with watching dancers and dancing. Right? I actually took ballroom lessons for four years and competed in three different ballroom competitions with my husband and that inspired such a huge portion of my life that leaked over into personal development, allowing me to use all of the examples and stories and all of the things. And so if we're just in one lane, you might be feeling a little bit uninspired. You might be feeling like you don't have a ton of things to talk about. And you might just be, like, trapped in that one area where if you would go out and start looking at, you know, listening to more music and really allowing yourself to get inspired by the lyrics. I know for me, I'm just going to be so honest. Like, Eminem has inspired me so much around just I did spoken word for a little while. And his just the way that he is able to, whether you like him or not, the way that he is able to put thoughts together and truly move people in a different direction is, like, inspiring to me. So when I'm lacking inspiration, I have these go to places that I go to, right? Sometimes I'll watch a documentary on. It's typically always on a singer, always on a performer. And after I watch those, I am like, next level inspired by just their drive to want to find new ways to push themselves, to entertain and take it to the next level. And we can take all of these things and we can put it into what we're doing. So now, instead of just like, staying in the lane of the thing that I'm doing, like, if I'm about to speak on a stage in a month, and it's a really big stage, I'm not just gonna watch speakers at all. I'm gonna watch performers, I am going to watch comedians, I am going to watch singers, I am going to watch different movies that really inspire me. And you are wanting to essentially gather as much data from different places as possible. Because what's happening is you're about to speak to people who have experiences from all walks of life. And the more that you can pull in these different ideas, concepts, and experiences, the more that you are going to take them on an emotional journey. So whenever I find myself in a podcast, like, telling you what to do, or when I'm writing my book or this new book, and when I was writing my last book, if I find myself just telling you what to do instead of inviting you along in a story that has either happened to me or someone else telling a story and really painting some details on there, that's when I realized, like, okay, I need to gather some more info and I need to gather some other stories out in the world so that I can bring you with instead of tell you, right? So that I can bring you into that story and give it detail and color and have you experience what it's like in that moment rather than just tell you what to do.

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So if you're feeling a little bit dry in the inspiration area, I want you just to like, play, go out in the world and dabble and go and look at what other people who are great in whatever genre or field they're in are doing. Like, go and watch that documentary, go and get that album and listen to the lyrics. Like, pull the lyrics up while you're listening to the music and just let it move you. People in inspiration, meaning when you're listening to that album, when you are watching them perform at their best, right when you're watching the Olympics, when people are in inspiration, no matter what they're doing, there is inspiration to be had for you. So don't just stay in your lane. Go in all of the lanes, collect all the data, and I promise you it's going to make get everything you do so much richer. Okay, you guys, I want to hear what you're gonna go and study. Like what you're gonna go do, what.

You'Re gonna go watch.

I want to know if there's been something that you're like, I kind of want to watch that Beyonce or Taylor Swift documentary, which I watched both. They were both great and they both gave me so much inspo or I don't know, maybe you're gonna go. Maybe you're gonna go get an old Eminem album. I'm not sure.

Sure.

Don't really know you guys. All right, until next time, earn your happy. Bye, everyone.