Six ways to get inspired

November 22nd, 2009 |

By James Oh

Staying inspired is a tough job for most people, if not all. Even entrepreneur may sometimes find it difficult to stay inspired because he may also be caught in the circumstances that are unfavourable. As such, knowing that life is getting tough and the tough get going. Therefore, he has to continuously find somethings to inspire himself.

Take this blog for an example, no doubts I like to share and exchange my thoughts, experiences, skills and ideas with other. However, it is not easy to put all these in writing, worse still in a precise manner as I wish. Luckily, I know and apply the success formula to stay in this course.

Here, I share some of the things I do so as to keep myself inspired and in high spirits.

1. HAVE FAITH IN IT

Whatever you do, you must always have faith in it. Otherwise it will lead you no where. I am lucky to say that I have gone through numerous trials till it has ingrained in me that I do not have much difficulty in having faith in whatever I pursue. No doubts, sometimes I may side track for a while. I somehow manage to bounce back to a level higher than when I began to fall.

2. CONSTANTLY FEEDING OUR MINDS WITH POSITIVE STUFF

I would say that reading great articles, books, bible and magazines are the main contributors to keep me inspired and in high spirits. As a result, I am able to stay focused and not get influence by surrounding negative events.

In this connection, cautious steps must be taken to ensure that positive materials are fed into our minds. Our minds need all these positive and healthy materials to strengthen them just like our muscles need vitamins.

3. CONSTANTLY STAYING WITH POSITIVE MINDED PEOPLE

I hope everyone has a group of either family members or friends he can lean on. It is important to have a good conversation with someone who has the same belief like you as he can really lift your spirits, especially someone you admire.

Thankfully I am blessed with a number of successful people and friends who are sincere about my success and always give me courage to do what I desire.

4. USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO FAN YOUR DESIRE

Similarly, you need more than daydreams and wishful wishes to get the juice flowing. This is important to keep you moving ahead towards your goals. I can’t find any better way than this and I can’t see anyone can help me if I don’t do so.
To me this is the main ingredient of the magic formula which will assist you to overcome whatsoever obstacles you are facing. This is the internal power that lie inside you which is more important that what lies ahead of you.

5. POSITIVE WORDS, ACTION AND APPROACH

Whether you like it or not. the law of nature states that positive words will attract positive thoughts and actions. Similarly, negative words will attract negative thoughts and actions. So, I do not need to elaborate any further and assume you will know what to do if you want to stay inspired.

6. LISTENING TO INSPIRING MUSICS OR TAPES

This may seem obvious and workable to some of you. So why not let inspiring music or tapes get your creative juices flowing out? If you have not try it, I encourage you to take this challenge. I have tried them out and am satisfied with the results.

Please feel free to share your experience or thoughts through the comments or email to me at jamesoh2003@yahoo.co.uk. Thank you in advance.

Stay tuned again and look forward to hearing from you,

James Oh

Other articles by James Oh:

>> How to get faster results

>> How to retire gracefully

>> Steps to overcome major obstacles of staying healthy (Part 2)

About the Author:

James Oh is an accountant by profession and he works as a Financial Controller for more than 10 years with several companies in Singapore and Malaysia. He is a full member of the Singapore Institute of Director and he also obtained a LLB (Law degree) from the University of London in 2003. He is happily married with 3 loving kids.

James blog at http://liftyouup.blogspot.com