Richard CanfieldPodcast Host and IBC Advisor, Ascendant Financial · Authorized Infinite Banking Practitioner | Author of 4 Books

This is when your genius actually shows up #innovation #creativity #ideas

19 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Short monologue arguing that strong business ideas often arise during low-pressure, routine activities (showers, treadmill, dog walks, listening to music). The speaker emphasizes presence, unstructured pauses, and reframing these ordinary moments as opportunities for creativity rather than wasted time.

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I get some of my best business ideas in the shower, on the treadmill, on a walk with my dog, right? It's in those moments where, like, the pressure's not on you or like you feel like there's something expected of you. It's in those moments of random pauses where you're just in this right in yourself that that's where the magic is, right? That's where life lives for you, right? And seeing it as opportunities instead of I think a lot of people see those moments as like, oh, wasting time or like I could be doing something else or, you know, how much time do I have left before I have to get on a conference call, right? It's, you know, it's in those moments where you are just in it. You're present and you're in your body or you're in your music where that's where the magic happens, right?