How to Unlock Your Creativity and Feel Inspired Every Day

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Welcome to the Dream NationBreakfast Club.
I'm your host, Josh Valentine.
And for those of you who aretuning in for the very first
time, welcome, welcome.
This is where we gather togetherevery single Tuesday at 7:00 AM
Eastern Standard Time, and wegather with our community from
all around the world.
This week we are going to becovering how to unlock your

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creativity and feel inspiredevery day.
Now we all can use a little bitof that, no matter if you're a
creative or identify as acreative or not, we all have the
ability to be creative.
And creativity can help with somany different things in life,
especially when it comes toproblem solving and just
navigating through certainchallenges that you're dealing

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with.
Sometimes it's those creativeideas that are really what get
you through those difficultmoments.
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So all in all, really happy tobe here with you all.
And with that being said, let'sjump right into it.
Now, if you're new, typicallywithin the first 20 to 30
minutes, we may cover differentlife hacks, fun facts.
It depends on the week.
So I have a few shares for you,and these are personal

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development shares.
One is from the book, giantSteps, and the other is from The
Seven Habits of Highly EffectivePeople, which I absolutely love.
And welcome.
Welcome everyone.
All right, so the very firstshare that I have is the
importance of understandinghuman behavior is best shown
with a metaphor.
Imagine someone standing on ariverbank.

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Suddenly he hears a cry for helpand sees a man drowning, so he
leaps in and rescues him.
As he's catching his breath, hehears more screams and again,
jumps into the river.
This time rescuing two peoplebefore he even has a chance to
recover.
He hears four more peoplecalling for help.
The rest of his day is spentpulling a person after person

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from the raging waters.
If only he had walked a shortdistance upriver, he could have
discovered who was throwing allthose people in the water in the
first place.
What efforts could you saveyourself by addressing problems
at their cause instead of theireffect?
So really, really powerfulshare.

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And I, I believe in the idea ofthe best time to kill a monster
is before it grows, right?
And we all have those thingsthat are festering in our lives
that unfortunately for mostpeople, we, we tend to wait
until it's, it's too big, or tothe point where it's too painful
to the point where now you'reforced to make a change.

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So what, what things that you'recurrently navigating through in,
in your personal life that youcould very well just stop from,
you know, essentially bleedingout, uh, because.
Uh, that's, that's the case.
Oftentimes when you, when yousee people who are navigating
through their finances, forexample, you may be navigating
through your finances and, um,as you're navigating through

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your finances, you find yourselfin a space where, you know, uh,
it's, it's just too late.
Like you're too deep into debt.
You're too deep into justruining your credit score or
being behind in your taxes.
And if you don't address itearly enough, you know,
especially the root cause.
Because sometimes the greatestthreat to our, to our wealth is,

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is just us.
It's like the old Africanproverb that I oftentimes share
that if there's no enemy within,the enemy, outside can do us no
harm.
So really the, the root causefor, for most of these issues,
uh, many times it's just us,right?
Working out our, our mindset.
Because as you guys know, whenit comes to just success in
life, 80% is mindset.

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20% is skillset.
So it really does fall on yourmindset.
So next we have a share from theseven habits of Highly Effective
People.
And that is achieve the dailyprivate victory.
Write your own routine for dailyrenewal where you can improve
block out time for renewal inyour next weekly planning.

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So this is major.
Now, many of you who follow mywork, you know, I oftentimes
share that on Sundays I prettymuch shut everything down.
I don't work on Sundays.
And sometimes it's, it'sdifficult as an entrepreneur
just taking the, the day, theday off, and especially in my
world.
So the, the line of work thatI'm in, a lot of people, uh, for
the most part work on onSundays.

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Because, uh, there are a lot ofpeople who are off of work on
Sundays.
So, you know, many people preferto do business on the weekends,
uh, because that's where they'remost likely to reach out to
their, you know, customers or,or be able to, you know, touch
base with people.
So the reason why I bring thatup is because, um, I had went
like over a decade just grindingit out, working every single day

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of the week, like no boundarieswhatsoever.
When it came to when I can and,and or when I could and couldn't
work.
I, I would even tell peoplelike, Hey, you know, if it's
two, three in the morning, like,hit me up either way.
Right?
And I had no boundaries.
And the reason why.
That was the case.
I, I was running a globalbusiness, so we'd have people in

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different time zones andeverything like that.
So, um, at some point in timethough, I realized that, oh,
this isn't healthy, right?
This isn't necessarily a, a goodthing me grinding.
And, you know, sometimes youthink that as an entrepreneur
that, uh, rest and relaxationmeans laziness.
It means that you're not puttingin work.
And we live in such a hustleculture that we're, we're sort

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of.
Indoctrinated into this, this,this mentality of always putting
in work, right?
Or not getting any sleep.
It's almost like a badge ofhonor if you're like getting
five hours of sleep.
But I've seen this time and timeagain where people burn out.
You know, they burn out or theyend up on a one-way ticket to
the hospital, and now they'reforced to take a break.

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So don't let that be you.
It doesn't have to be the case.
Oftentimes, rest and relaxationis actually what can lead to
more productivity.
So on the second part of this,it says, ask yourself, am I
spending time each day renewingmy body, mind, heart, and
spirit?
The daily private victory, timespent each day in a routine way,

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renewing body, mind, heart, andspirit is the key to developing
all of the seven habits.
And he's referring to the sevenhabits of highly effective
people.
So taking that time to justreally relax, catch yourself.
For me, I, I love hitting thesauna.
My, my gym has a sauna so manytimes.
I'll just go in there.

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And just sweat it out and taketime to relax or take time for
meditation, take time for justwalking outside, but really,
really being intentional aboutyour, your r and r, your rest
and relaxation and all thatstuff.
Now here's a really great, greatquote by Stephen Covey, and that
is there's no other way you canspend an hour that would begin

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to compare with the dailyprivate victory.
It will affect every decision,every relationship.
It will greatly improve thequality, the effectiveness of
every other hour of the day.
So my great mentor, Mr.
Tony Robbins always talks abouthis hour of power and really his
hour of power is priming himselfup for the day with all kinds of

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breathing exercises, gratitude,things like that, um, that can
get.
Himself in a peak state.
And I definitely recommend, um,for, for all of you, whether
it's a, a meditation, prayer,reading, scripture, breathing,
yoga, whatever it is, whatever'syour thing, uh, but taking some
time for yourself every singleday.

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Especially for those of you whoare, uh, single moms, you know,
a lot of single moms are justreally stressed out.
It's a, it's a lot for a womanto manage.
You know, sometimes two, threejobs to, to be able to make ends
meet, and you find yourselfgetting burnt out.
But remember, you can't fillfrom an empty cup, so you always
have to make sure that you arefilling your cup.

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For those of you who have beenfollowing my work for many years
now, you know, I oftentimes talkabout the five F's, you know,
which are faith, fitness,family, fortune, fun.
And I talk about them in thatspecific order because I believe
that, for example, uh, faithcomes first because faith is the
glue that keeps everythingtogether, right?

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Your spirituality, yourconnection with your creator.
Secondly is fitness.
And sometimes people hear like,well, how, why is it that
fitness comes before family?
And it's the idea of the oxygenmask on the airplanes, right?
When they instruct you to, in anemergency landing, uh, they,
they instruct you to put on yourmask before you put on anyone

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else's mask.
So if you're with a toddler, youwould think.
First reaction is to let me takecare of the toddler.
But they specifically instructyou to take care of yourself
first.
Put the mask on yourself,because at least if you have
oxygen, you're not in that fightor flight state, right?
You're not in that sympatheticnervous state where, uh, you're

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freaking out and now you can'thelp anyone.
So you always have to make surethat you are taking care of your
body, mind, and soul, so thatyou have a capacity to be able
to take care of yourrelationships, your family, your
friends, things like that.
So that's a big, big part of theprocess.
So it's faith, fitness, and whenwe talk about fitness, we're
talking, you know, mind, body,soul, all of that, mental and

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emotional fitness, and thenfamily, then fortune, then fun,
right?
So a big, big, big part of theprocess Now.
And when it comes to, uh,today's topic, how to unlock
creativity and feel inspiredevery day.
So I, I absolutely love thistopic because I'm big on

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inspiration and I, I love thesaying that the word inspired,
it has the words in spirit init.
So when you are feelinginspired, it is, it is divine.
It is something that is comingfrom.
Right, like from, from spirit.
And, and I believe in thatwholeheartedly.
Like whenever you resonate withsomeone that, that truly

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inspires you or, or deep, deepinspiration, whether it's
creativity or, or you'rewatching someone perform or you,
you're, you're just moves bysomething inspirational.
Maybe it's it's nature, maybeit's art, whatever that is,
right?
Inspiration.
It feels amazing to be inspired.
And how many of us can use alittle inspiration like when

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life starts life and sometimesit's difficult to feel inspired
or sometimes you just feelblocked where you have no
inspiration whatsoever.
And I know for me, I, I wouldn'tsay that I necessarily identify
as a, as a creative per se, butone thing that I can, I can tell
you is that some of my greatestbusiness challenges have been
solved through this process ofcreativity, just feeling

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inspired, getting ideassometimes when you have to get
resourceful.
Sometimes when you have to getinnovative, these things require
some degree of, of creativity orinspiration, uh, to solve your
greatest challenges.
So sometimes even inrelationships, it helps being a
little creative.
Ladies, how many of you cangenuinely appreciate when a man

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is being thoughtful and alittle, little creative, right?
Like it does, it does go a longway, especially if there's an
effort put into it.
So a big, big part of theprocess when it comes to just,
let's say relationships or itcomes to business or just
anything, right?
Creativity can go a long way.

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Now, when was the last time youfelt truly inspired?
Think about that for a second.
I had to reflect on that as Iwas going through my notes
earlier this morning.
I was just reflecting on thatlike, man, when was the last
time I felt truly inspired?
Like ideas were flowingeffortlessly.
They were just coming in.
And there's certain, there'scertain things that trigger

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that.
There's certain things that canenhance that.
And I'm going to be coveringthat, uh, here today.
So make sure you take notes.
I always recommend taking notes,and I was just at a speaking
event that I was doing, and Ialways share the, the cliche
saying that note takers arehistory makers.
The weakest thing is strongerthan the strongest memory.
And I have to constantly repeatthis because it's, it's

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unfortunate that people stilldon't realize that over 90% of
the information that you aretaking in, you're probably gonna
forget it.
You're not gonna remember all ofthose details.
So it really does help to takenotes, and you just never know
when you're gonna have to usethose notes to deliver a
workshop.
Today I'm driving out.
To Orlando to do a corporatetraining.

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And a lot of the, the stuff thatI'm going to be teaching on came
from notes from some somethingthat I learned in the past.
So it really, really does help.
And you're never, you, you neverknow when you're gonna be in a
situation where you have to dosome kind of a training or
teaching.
So again, take some notes todaybecause I'm gonna be sharing a
lot of great information.
Next, okay.

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You, you have to remember, uh,when, why create creativity
matters.
Creativity matters because whenit's all said and done,
creativity is not just forartists.
Creativity is problem solving.
It is innovation, like Imentioned, and self-expression.
It's how you express yourself inthe world.
Okay?
And remember, the mostsuccessful people are also some

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of the most creative thinkers inthe world.
You think of like a StephenJobs, or you think of an Elon
Musk or, or anyone.
It can be an Oprah Winfrey or,or Tiger Woods or some of the
greats, right?
The, the, what made them greatis, yeah, they, they, many of
them have analytical minds, butthey also have this creative
element to them, uh, that hasproduced really, really great

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works, and that the people thatwe find the most inspirational,
you'll find this underlyingcreativity for a lot of them.
Okay?
So super important to remembernow.
I can tell you right now, uh,there have been moments in my
life where I had to really,really dig deep.
Like I remember when I, when Ilaunched my company, dream

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Nation Media, and I had toreally come up with a business
plan and I didn't really knowwhat the next step was, uh,
during that time.
And one of the things thatreally helped me, um, I play
chess from time to time, and Ihave a chess board here in my
man cave.
And the chess really, reallyhelps stimulate my mind in a lot
of ways.
And sometimes it, it's acombination of things that

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unlock that creativity.
For me, it was just taking sometime to meditate and just wait
for God to kind of like bring methose downloads, if you will.
And, and see what he's trying totell me.
Um, and sometimes just engagingin something that's stimulating
to the mind, like, like a chessor going out for walks in
nature, that's one of the thingsthat helps, uh, as well.

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And some of my biggestbreakthroughs in business
literally have came from justthose meditations because the,
what meditation does is itrelaxes you.
And when you're relaxed, yousort of like open up your heart
as well.
Your, your, your mind and yourheart.
And it does help to sort of haveboth open in a sense.

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There's a saying that thelongest journey you'll ever take
in your life is the journey fromthe head to the heart.
And it's so true.
And sometimes when we're infight or flight mode, when we're
in survival, it's very difficultto be creative.
We're like shut out from thatdivine inspiration.
So it is helpful to just getyourself relaxed.

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And one of my mantras when I'min a meditation is show me the
way.
Show me the way, show me the wayor how may I serve.
And repeating this mantra overand over and over really helps
with receiving those ideas.
And with my company, I, Ireceived the exact instruction
on who to reach out to, how togo about the business plan,

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literally from tapping into thatcreativity.
So I'm speaking from personalexperience.
It really, really does.
Help.
And another suggestion is tohave daily habits that inspire
new ideas.
Things that you can do everysingle day that, that open up,
that channel of, of creativityor inspiration.

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Sometimes just even listening toreally great audios or podcasts,
it goes a long way as well.
Okay.
So knowing what you have to dopersonally and is different for
everyone, right?
But we all have those creativeblocks from time to time.
And finding out what works foryou can go a long way.
For some of you, it may be doingsomething physical like dance.
Some of you, it may be listeningto some music.

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I know for me, if I'm drinkingsome coffee, listening to some,
some hip hop, like I love, Ilove rap music.
Like I grew up listening to hiphop and you know, growing up in,
in New York was a big part ofour culture and I, I can tell
you like whenever I need a tapinto that motivation, it does
help having those songs that canjust get you going.

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So, uh, finding out what worksfor you, whether it's a cup of
coffee or going out for a walkor reading scripture or just
getting a, a really greatworkout and dancing, whatever,
painting, all of that.
But try a little bit ofeverything and see what works
for you.
And sometimes certain thingswork in different seasons

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depending on where you are, butmy suggestion is just try
everything and see what sticks.
So next we have understandingcreativity.
Creativity first and foremost,isn't something you have or
don't have.
You know, creativity is like amuscle.
Some people think that when itcomes to creativity, they're
like, oh, well I'm not acreative person.

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No, we're all by our verynature, we're creative.
We're, we're, we're source,right?
We're you're not.
You don't have a soul.
You are a soul.
And your soul is, is tappedinto, right?
If you acknowledge this, it's,it's tapped into the divine.
It's, it's.
It's connect.
You are a child of God in asense, right?
So when you understand that, youalso understand that, hey,

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creativity is my divine right?
I, I am, I'm, I'm born withcreativity.
We're all born with creativity.
It's just some people are alittle bit more, more, more
sensitive to the creativitywhere, where they're just, they
use it a lot more.
They have an ability to use it alot more.
Or maybe they found their, theirchannel.

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So you may not necessarilyresonate with painting, but you
may be creative in, let's justsay, uh, creating poetry.
Or you may be creative when itcomes to solving different
business challenges or problems.
So we all have the capacity forcreativity.
So you have to understand thatbecause some people feel like,

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oh, I'm just not creative.
You, you're looking at peoplewho can draw really, really nice
and you're like, oh, that's notme.
But you forget that.
That's just one form ofcreativity.
Okay, so remember, everyone isborn creative, but life routine,
sometimes fear suppress it.
It suppresses the creativity orjust lack of awareness that you

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even have it in the first place.
So I'm gonna share a formula forcreativity.
A really great formula I foundonline.
And that formula is this.
Courage plus curiosity, plusconsistency equals creative
flow.
So for those of you who everfollow the, the flow state, for

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example, the flow state, thereare certain things that trigger
people to, to get into that flowstate.
You ever, you ever, have youever been in a, in a state where
time just melts away, you'redoing something you love or
passionate about, and maybeyou're having a bunch of fun and
time just melts away.
It goes by so fast, right?
And that's the flow state.
Or when you're working andyou're just locked in, you're in

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your zone.
That's the flow state.
And there are certain thingsthat, that trigger that.
And these are a few, right?
So you have courage sometimesdoing things that are a little
bit challenging, that push you alittle bit, but you also have
this curiosity.
So you're a, a childlikeenthusiasm to just learn
something and then you haveconsistency.

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And then that's what equalscreative flow.
Okay?
So if you want to consistentlybe creative, having these three
things go a long way.
Now remember, creativity is astate of openness, not effort.
You can't force creativity.
It just doesn't work that way.
It's just opening yourself up,opening up those, those energy

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centers or whatever you wannarefer to it as, whether it's
your mind, your heart, all ofthat.
But you, you have to open upyourself so that you can have
that, that creativity flowthrough you.
Now, when you're relaxed,curious, and emotionally free,
that's when inspiration flowsnaturally.
So the idea is to be relaxed,curious, and emotionally free.

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You can't expect to be creativeand you're stressed the hell
out.
You can't expect to be creative,and you're just all up in your
mind and letting the, your, yourthoughts consume you.
So that's a big, big part of theprocess.
Now, the next part that we'regonna cover are the enemies of
creativity.

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The enemies of creativity.
Here we go.
The first one is perfectionism.
How many of you struggle withperfectionism?
Drop a y in the comments.
If you're one of those peoplethat just always do your best to
be perfect with everything, andsometimes you have paralysis of
over analysis, you'reoverthinking it.
I know I've been there, right?

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So if that's, if that's you,drop a Y in the comments for all
of you perfectionists who are onthe breakfast club, I most
certainly have been there with,with so many things.
And the thing about it isperfectionism can become the
enemy to execution.
Never forget that.
Perfectionism oftentimes is theenemy to execution.

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So a lot of people, they wannaget everything lined up before
they finally just pull thetrigger on whatever it is that
they're working on.
Like I remember when I washaving my first kid, like.
I was, I was just so freakedout.
I didn't feel ready.
I'm not sure how many of youcould relate to that, but when
our first child was coming, my,my son ZI was 25 years old, and

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I'm just like, I called up my,my stepdad and I'm just like,
Hey, you know, how do I do this?
I, I, I had no idea what to do.
And, you know, I, the, my first,my first thing to do was like,
like, do I just go in a book andread a book?
Right.
But all in all, I, I realizedthat with parenting, oftentimes

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it's just something you gotta,you just gotta go and you gotta
get in it.
You gotta be a practitioner ofit.
It's like social media.
If you wanna get good at socialmedia, use it, play around with
it, tinker with it Now with,with parenting, right?
You just, it's, it comes naturalto us as human beings.
We've been parenting since thebeginning of time, so it, it was
just really going into it and.

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You know, seeing what works,seeing what didn't work.
And the second child, we were alot better.
And the third one, we were evenbetter, right?
But it was just something thatwe had to just go into and not
get caught up in this idea ofperfectionism, because let's be
honest, imagine if we all wantedto be perfectionist when it came
to our parenting.
There's just no way.
You don't even have the luxuryof perfectionism.

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You, it's just something youhave to jump in and, and you've,
you've gotta get it done.
So sometimes when it comes tosome of your, your goals, right?
It just helps to just jump, jumpin that there's a saying that
sometimes in life when it comesto success, you have to jump and
grow your wings on the way down.
That's the idea.
Don't sit there just thinkingabout it, right?

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And planning the entire time andnever actually executing.
Okay, so next we have anotherenemy to, creativity is
overthinking.
So too much logic, blocks,intuition and imagination.
And remember, imagination is thegreatest nation in the world.
Imagination.
It is, it is definitely what isgoing to help you Time and time

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again throughout your journey,especially for those of you who
are entrepreneurs, you've gottahave a, a, a big imagination.
And it's very difficult to tapinto that when you're just all
caught up in your logic.
Remember, you have two parts ofyour brain.
So you have your left brain,which is responsible for logic

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and reasoning and all of that,and it's the analytical part of
your brain, but then you havethe right part of your brain,
which is creativity, it'simagination, it's, it's more
emotion, right?
So you have to exercise bothaspects of your brain.
And oftentimes what happened iswe're very all up in our, in our

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prefrontal cortex, which isresponsible for logic and
rational thinking, and we're notopening up those creative
channels.
So it does help sometimesliterally to.
Like shut your brain off in asense where you're not
overthinking these things.
And, and I struggle with thatbecause I, I'm a someone who's
very, very analytical and it, itis very challenging at times to

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just shut your brain off andopen up your heart, but it's one
of the best things that youcould do on your journey.
Next we have fear of judgment.
Fear of judgment.
This is a big one.
So you start creating forapproval and not expression, and
this is a big, big mistake youstart creating to just because
you want to just get all the,the claps and, and the accolades

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and, and it's all about therecognition and all of that, as
opposed to just creating for thesake of creating.
Rick Rubin, who is like a musicicon and has been responsible
for helping so many hit songsjust come into existence.
He, he always talks about that,right?

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Just creating for the sake ofcreating with no ulterior motive
to receive just approval fromother people, right?
Just bringing what's inside ofyou to life and that's what
creates the very best art.
So that's a, that's a big, biga, uh, aspect of it because so
many people and get caught up injust, what are people going to

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think about me?
You see, one thing I learned isthat people don't necessarily
fear failure.
They fear being judged by otherpeople.
Like what are other people goingto think if they know that I
failed?
That's really where the, wherethe fear lies.
They say the two great fears inlife are, are.
The fear of social judgment andthen death.

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Right?
But it's crazy how there's somany studies that show how
people fear public speaking morethan they do death.
Why is that?
Because it's not the act ofpublic speaking.
It's what are they thinking?
It's, it's looking foolish infront of people.
And this is something thatobviously is a survival
mechanism that goes back many,many years, but you have to get

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control over it because it willsabotage your success.
It'll sabotage your entire lifeif you're always caught up in
what other people are going tothink.
I remember a great mentor ofmine would oftentimes say that
in order to be in, in, in orderto be admired by thousands, you
have to be willing to takeridicule from a few dozen
ignorant ones.

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And it's so true if you, if youwant thousands and thousands of
people around the world toadmire you for your work and
your contribution.
You have to be okay with the fewignorant ones that are not going
to be so fond of you or yourwork.
Listen, you're not gonna beeverybody's cup of coffee, and
that is okay.
Don't get caught up in trying toplease everyone because when

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it's all said and done, you haveno control over what other
people think about you.
You have no control.
You can sit there and you candwell on it, and you can allow
it to affect you.
Or you can just say, you knowwhat?
People are gonna think whateverit is that they're gonna think.
And you know, people, peoplehate on everything, right?
I mean, people hate on Jesus.
And the dude was like, you know,a saint.

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I mean, just like a child of Godwho came here to bless other
people and create miracles.
And it's like, if, if he washated on what makes you an
exception, what makes you thinkthat you're gonna be exempt
from, from being hated on,right?
So, uh, you, you've got peoplelike Mother Teresa or Dr.
Martin Luther King.
They were, they were also hatedon, right?
Like people who genuinely did alot of.

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Good for the world who werehated on, right?
Some became martyrs.
Be that because they, they werejust so hated on, but they did
so much good for the world.
And when it's all said and done,you are no exception.
None of us are, we're gonna gothrough that process.
But the, the quicker you can letgo of the fear of judgment, the
faster you can get to where youwanna be.

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Next one.
Next one is busyness.
Busyness is also an enemy tocreativity.
So constant activity leaves nospace for creativity to breathe.
So sometimes it really does helpto just slow down and not do
anything.
Not do anything.
Just take time to really processyour thoughts.

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Take time to really catchyourself.
And I know this happens to meall the time.
I get so caught up in busynessand just realize, I get to a
point where I'm like, yeah, thisbusyness is not really
productivity, just mejustifying.
Like, oh, okay.
Well I'm, I'm busy thinking tomyself or like really telling
myself that I'm beingproductive, productive, but

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oftentimes busyness doesn'tequate to productivity.
So you have to be mindful ofthat, and it does help at times
to just slow down and not doanything and catch yourself.
Another thing, uh, when it comesto an enemy for of creativity is
comparison.
So comparison disconnects youfrom your own unique voice
comparison will have you beingsomething that you're not.

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Right.
You start to put on this personaand persona.
The Latin word for a personameans mask.
A, a persona is the mask you puton to sort of like fit into the
world.
And there are times where we getcaught up in comparison and you
end up putting out work that'snot authentic to who you are.

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So that's a big, big part of.
This, this whole equation herewhen it comes to creativity is,
again, not getting caught up inperfectionism, overthinking,
fear of judgment, busyness, andcomparison.
Because comparison killscreativity faster than failure
ever will.
So being mindful of all of thesedifferent enemies can definitely

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go a long way.
Ask yourself, which of theseenemies have been blocking my
creativity lately?
Has it been perfectionism?
Right?
I, I can tell you tons ofseasons where that has been the
case for me.
Has it been overthinking?
And I've also navigated throughthat fear of judgment for me
probably was the number onething.

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The number one thing fromslowing down my business.
Like what are they gonna think?
Like, and not reaching out topeople who could have.
Really change things for me andmy business.
They would've been made greatbusiness partners, but I allowed
the the fear to cripple me alongthe way, and eventually I got to
a point where I just be, becamenumb to the opinion of other
people.
If there's anything that canhelp you on your journey is

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becoming numb to whatever peoplethink about you, honestly, when
you get to that place, you'regoing to be able to just be so
much more effective.
And then comparison, right?
Comparison.
Sometimes you feel less thanbecause you see other people
winning, other people thriving,but you should never compare
your chapter five to someone'schapter 50.

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You don't know what they had todo to get to where they are,
right?
There's so much that probablyhas happened behind the scenes
and you can't get upset with theresults that you got for the
work that you didn't do, andthen you also don't know what
these people had to sacrifice.
Some of them have sa madesacrifices that you never in a

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million years would dare takeon.
Right.
So I, I oftentimes share that ifI knew, if I know, like if
someone had told me how long itwas going to take, when it came
to my success, how, how, what Ihad to actually sacrifice and
what I was going to have to gothrough, and the years of

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sacrificing.
If I knew that, I probably wouldnot have even pressed forward
because I would've just beenlike, no, there's no way in hell
it's gonna take that long.
I gotta do all of that.
Right.
And it is probably a good thingthat I was oblivious and a
little bit naive to basicallylike the whole process of what

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it was going to take.
And now, I mean, looking at theother side of things where I
ended up, it's like, yeah, I'mhappy that I embarked on it.
Sometimes ignorance really isbliss on this journey.
You don't wanna get caught up inall the things that you actually
have to do.
Again, you take that leap offaith and you grow your wings on
the way down.

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That's the idea.
So the mindset for creativity,this is a, a really, really
great segment.
Now, when it comes to themindset, you have to adopt a
beginner's mind and approacheverything as if it's your very
first time.
It's like when people just getinto poker, right?
And they have this, they, theycall it beginner's luck.

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And oftentimes with beginner'sluck.
What's happening is the beginneris not so caught up in what
other people think becausethey're a beginner.
It's like, oh yeah, like I'm, Ican screw up.
And people are gonna just say,Hey, he's a beginner, or she's a
beginner.
Of course they're gonna screwup.
And they get this beginner'sluck because they're just open.

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They have this childlikeenthusiasm where you are, you're
able to just create or performand you have no attachment to
the approval of anyone, and youare just experimenting for the
sake of experimenting.
And you get this beginner'sluck.
You're open, right?
And it does help to have thatbeginner's mind when it comes to

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whatever it is that you'redoing, treating things like it's
your very first time.
Because when you think about it,when something is your very
first time, many times you'realso very attentive.
To what it is that you'reengaging, and you're a lot more
present in the moment becauseit's your very first time.
Whereas sometimes we get alittle bit comfortable.
We've been doing something for awhile, and you don't really have

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that same level of enthusiasm orattentiveness that you would've
had as a beginner.
So adopting that beginner's minddefinitely goes a long way.
Also, learn to play again.
Learn to play again.
Creativity thrives in play, notpressure.
So that, that, again, thatchildlike nature where you're

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just engaging and you're playingand you're having fun.
That's the biggest thing.
Having fun.
Oftentimes in my businesscommunity, uh, one of the things
that's that's shared a lot is,uh, to remember the number one
rule is to have fun, not getcaught up, because going through
rejection can be daunting.

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For a lot of people.
And when you get caught up inthe rejection part of it, it's,
it's, it's gonna affect yourability to produce.
But when you're just, whenyou're, you're fluid, right?
And you're, you, you, yourelease that tension.
You're just having fun.
You're playing, you're, you'regonna have much better results.
You ever look at like a StephCurry, for example.

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Steph Curry, when you watch himplay basketball, he looks like a
little kid that's just out thereplaying in his backyard and, you
know, he like lobbing the ballup and shooting these crazy
shots from sometimes he'll justplay around, even in the
bleachers and he's just havingfun, right?
He, he'll have his littlemouthpiece and he is like
chewing up his mouthpiece whileplaying the game and, and, and,

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and dribbling the ball.
And he just looks like a kidwho's out there just having a
blast.
And that's the idea, not beingso rigid with how you go about
your work and genuinely playing.
Next is accept mistakes.
Remember, it's never a failure,it's feedback, right?

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Mistakes are a big part of theprocess, and they're ultimately
fuel for innovation.
You actually have to fail yourway forward when it comes to
innovation, it's like if ThomasEdison, if he did not fail, you
know, over 999 times, then hewould not have got the light

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bulb a thousand time, right?
And it probably wasn't exactlyon the thousand time, but moral
of the story as he's, he wentthrough a lot of trial and error
to eventually come up with alight bulb.
So you have to accept mistakes,and you have to embrace it and
lean into it.
And remember it's actually aprerequisite to get to where you

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wanna be making mistakes.
Next is practice presence.
Practice presence.
The most creative ideas comewhen you are here, not in your
head when you are here, not inyour head.
So embracing the present moment,immersing yourself in the
present moment.
That's how you get into thatflow state, because when it's

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all said and done, that's all wehave is the here and now.
But sometimes we get so caughtup in thinking about the past or
reflecting on the future, and wehave overwhelm, overwhelm,
guilt, shame, anxiety, all ofthese different things.
Whereas if you really, reallyjust got good at living in the
present moment, all of thatstuff goes away.

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Next we have gratitude andcuriosity.
Expand your perspective and keepideas flowing, gratitude and
curiosity.
The beautiful thing aboutgratitude is that it's sort of
like a, a mental hack.
For quieting the noise, becausewe oftentimes get caught up in

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just thinking about all thenegative things that are
happening in our lives, or thethings that we're not so happy
about or not excited about.
And you're so focused on that,that you get more of that what
you focus on expands.
What you focus on the longestgrows the strongest in your
life.
So you have to be very mindfulat all of these different

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aspects of, um, just your, yourcreativity.
It's, it's all about what you'refocusing on in the moment.
Because if you're focusing on,for example, the bills that you
have to pay for the month, howdo you expect to be creative?
If you're, you're, you're juststressed out, how do you expect
to really unlock that, thatcreativity, if you're so caught

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up in your relationships and,and what's not right about them
and all of this, this stuff.
So you have to put yourself in astate of gratitude in a sense,
because.
Two thoughts cannot occupy themind simultaneously.
So when you're in a state ofgratitude, it's almost
impossible to think negativethoughts when you're thinking

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positive thoughts withgratitude, right?
If you're reflecting on all thatyou're grateful for, there's no
room for fear and insecuritiesand doubt and overwhelm because
you're so caught up in being insuch a state of gratitude.
Okay?
And it's the same with beinggenuinely curious.
If you're just opening yourselfup to curiosity, like being,

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being genuinely fascinated, youhave to turn your frustration
into fascination.
Like, wow, I remember Jim Rowanwould always say that he, he'd
say, you know, you turn yourfrustration into fascination
discipline, your disappointmentschannel that focus into getting
fascinated with life, gettingfascinated with whatever unfolds

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before you.
And really reflecting on justhow you can solve that problem
ahead, right?
The fact that life evenpresented it to you.
What can you learn in thatmoment?
So definitely super helpful tounderstand that.
Now, the next part we're gonnacover it are practical habits to
unlock creativity.

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So this is gonna be super, supervaluable for you, especially if
you're working on anything rightnow.
These, these rituals, if youwill, can help you be a lot more
creative throughout the month.
Okay?
So the first thing we have ismorning inspiration rituals.
So that morning inspirationalritual can be starting your day,
for example, with something thatexpands your mind.

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So it can be music, it can bejournaling, it can be nature, it
can be prayer.
For me, I, I do a combination ofall of those.
I have this deep focus playlistthat has have these really,
really amazing soundtracks thathave these frequencies that help
you get into a creative state ora resourceful state.
So music can definitely help.

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Journaling sometimes for me,getting my, my thoughts on a
pad, uh, whether it's paper orjust taking notes on my phone,
it absolutely helps.
Getting out in nature absolutelyhelps all of it.
And the beautiful thing aboutgetting outside is when you go
for a walk and you're gettingsunlight, sunlight produces
serotonin in your body, andserotonin is a mood stabilizer.

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It, it, it is.
Why you feel those, those good.
Warm feelings, right?
It's a happy chemical in yourbody.
So understanding what triggersthose happy chemicals also help.
And when it comes to getting outin nature, journaling, all of
that stuff definitely helps.
Whether it's your dopamine oryour endorphins after a great

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run, having those endorphinsflowing through your body, that
runner's high, if you will.
Having, having an understandingof the habits that lead to those
good feelings and just doing alot more of that, it is
absolutely gonna help youthroughout your life.
Next, we have create Before youconsume.

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Create before you consume.
So don't grab your phone firstthing in the morning.
If you know my work.
You know, that's one of thethings that I preach more than
anything is the first, at leasthalf hour of the day, last half
hour of the day, at a minimum.
If you can do an hour, it willabsolutely help you in so many
ways.
Unplug from social media, unplugfrom being online, the, the

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first and last hour of the dayand, and just ease into your
day.
Don't, don't give away all ofyour dopamine to your newsfeed.
So many people like, what theytend to do is the moment they
wake up, they're going on theirnewsfeed and it becomes a
distraction.
It becomes something that isgrabbing your attention,
grabbing your dopamine, and youwonder why you don't have any

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motivation throughout the daybecause you've given it all to
social media.
Okay?
So again, you don't want to justconsume the moment you wake up.
All right.
Now you can write, brainstorm,visualize so many things that
you can do instead of justjumping straight into your
phone.
Big, big part of it.

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Next, we have move your body.
So exercise, walking, dancing.
I, I don't know about y'all, butI know like whenever I dance,
like I just even do like somegoofy dance, like all by myself,
you just always feel betterafter a good old dance.
There's something about movingthe body in that way and just
getting yourself relaxed.
That, that absolutely altersyour mood.

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Now, physical movement activatesmental creativity, so whatever
you have to do to just getyourself dancing.
All right, next up we havechange your environment.
So new scenery equals newperspective.
And it, like for me, forexample, whenever I, I, you
know, want to work in, in acoffee shop, I'll be very

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intentional about switching thecoffee shop that I'm working at.
Because you wanna positionyourself in a winner's world,
you wanna engineer yourenvironment so that it's most
conducive for your results.
So that always, always helps, isjust getting a new scenery,
right?
Trying out different places,different work, um,
environments.
So you can work from a coffeeshop, it can be a park, it can

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be even just a short tripsomewhere.
All of it helps.
The other day I took a two and ahalf hour road trip up to the
woods last week, and, uh, it wasincredible.
I was out doing yoga in thewoods and, uh, learning, you
know, learning some newinformation and it was, it was
just a great escape to again,open up that creativity.

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Right.
So does help doing or justhaving unique experiences,
different environments and allof that.
Next we have journal Daily.
Journal daily.
Let your thoughts flow freely.
Don't edit, just release.
So don't journal for the sake ofsomeone reading your journal,
just journal because you areexpressing whatever is on your

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mind, right?
This is not, journaling is notlike doing an assignment.
It's not like you're, you'regetting graded on it, right?
Don't treat, you don't have toworry about your grammar.
You don't have to worry aboutwriting all neat, or even
putting commas and periods andall this different stuff.
Just journal.
Let it flow.
Like, treat it like creativewriting.

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Let the ideas flow.
You, you don't have to worryabout capitalizing your letters
or anything like that.
Uh, just whatever it is that'son your mind.
Release it and let those ideasflow and it'll be one of the
best things that you could everimplement into your life.
Next, we have.
Mind dump before bed.
Now, what is mind dumping?

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Basically it's writing ideas,lessons, or reflections before
sleeping to clear your mind.
So sometimes we get a littleoverwhelmed and it's difficult
to sleep because we have so muchon our minds, and it really does
help to just.
Release, whatever is on yourmind, whatever's worrying you.
Sometimes I even have to remindmyself so that I'm not waking up

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through the night having anxietylike, Josh, you're good.
This is what you got going on inyour life and I have to tell
myself tonight, you're gonnarelax right tomorrow will take
care of itself and relax.
Let go of whatever it is that'sthat's bothering you, and just
to be able to calm my nervoussystem before going to sleep.

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If you've never done done that,I would definitely recommend it.
Sometimes you have to set yourintentions for how you want your
sleep to be, and you have toremind yourself that you are
safe.
You know, just relax is it ain'tthat deep, and do that mind dump
before you go to bed.
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Next.
We have.
Set creative office hours, setcreative office hours.
So block time for creating even30 minutes of uninterrupted
focus can change everything.

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So being intentional aboutscheduling in those creative
hours.
So for example, if you strugglewith, uh, let's just say, uh,
social media, I was talking to aclient yesterday who just, it's
been tough, uh, he's beenprocrastinating with, with
social media and I, I can relatesocial media.
How many of you guys can relateto procrastinating when it comes

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to social media?
It's just one of those thingswhere it's sometimes it's like
pulling out eyelashes.
You, you don't really wanna doit, and it, it really does help
to just say, you know what, letme schedule one day out of the
week where it's just content bbatching, for example, or
creative batching where you postup all, or you create all of

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your social media for the.
In that one hour or that one dayof the week and just get it out
the way.
But being intentional aboutscheduling it in, if you know
that for example, you'recreative during certain hours of
the day, then schedule in yourcreative hours during that time
of the day.
Some of you may be better atcreative in the night.

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Some of you may be better atcreating first thing in the
morning, but whatever thattimeframe is for you, schedule
your day around it.
It really does help.
I, I remember that for me, oneof the things that helped when,
when I had to do prospecting,for example, in my business,
whenever I would be done with myworkout, I noticed that I had a,
this rush of energy after myworkouts.

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So I would go, I would sit atthis table, um, at my gym and
just immediately startprospecting right after my
workout, before going back home.
I would just take like 15 to 20minutes to send out a few
messages, and that was a veryeffective way to go about it.
Another thing is sometimes weget a little overwhelmed with
our inboxes.

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We have so many messages that wehave to respond to so many
emails or, or you have torespond to messages, having an
hour of the day where you justdedicate to clearing out your
inbox.
That this will be one of thebest things that you could ever
implement in your day-to-dayschedule.
Have one hour of the day.
I, I would actually set areminder.
It was right, right around, um,11:00 AM I would make a goal to

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clear out my entire inbox bynoon.
That was my goal.
So I had to respond to all of mymessages, all of my emails,
knock all of that stuff outbefore noon.
And this will help you when itcomes to just getting
overwhelmed, because sometimesyou have all these emails that
you have to get back to, allthese messages you have to get,
and you get overwhelmed and youend up having paralysis of over

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analysis where you end up notdoing anything.
Sometimes when it comes tosurvival, it's not just fight or
flight, it's fight, flight, orfreeze.
Some people just do nothing andyou don't wanna get debilitated
to the point where.
You're not doing what you needto do.
So being aware of that, right,that fight, flight, or freeze

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and saying, you know what, letme just schedule it in.
This is gonna be my hour.
And it does help.
Remember, if you fail to plan,you plan to fail.
It, it, it really does help tojust be, uh, aware in advance
and set your intention at thebeginning of the day, of the
hours of the day where you haveto get certain things done.
Okay, so as we get ready tobring it in for a landing, I got

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a few more.
We have, the last one we wentover was mind dumping.
We had set creative hours, andnext we have limit input.
So too much social mediaclutters your mental space, so
protect your imagination.
When was the last time youthought about your mind and your
imagination as something you hadto protect?

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Uh, I, I love sharing, I thinkit was Jim Roh or Zig Ziglar.
It might have been Jim Rohn.
He says, you have to stand likea guard at the doorway of your
mind, protecting it from all thenegativity of the world.
Limit your input.
I'm not big on consuming all ofthe news of the week.
Like there's always going to benegativity on the news, and you
can sit there and allow that toflood your mind.

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Remember garbage in, garbageout.
Or you can be very intentionalabout limiting your, the amount
of input.
I'm the same with social media.
I delete my apps multiple timesthroughout the day and whenever
I need it for work, I redownloadmy Facebook, my Instagram, all
of that literally.
So, um, that's a, that's a big,big help when it comes to me

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and, and my, my productivity.
Last but not least, when itcomes to just habits that you
can put in place to unlockcreativity, we have surround
yourself with inspiration.
Surround yourself withinspiration.
That can be people.
Books, art, podcasts, yourenvironment fuels your energy.

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Remember that.
So you have to, again, engineeryour environment so that it is
conducive for creativity.
So just to kind of recap the,the, the daily rituals, if you
will, or just rituals that youcan take on throughout the
month.
It's, uh, number one was morninginspiration ritual, right?
It.
Number two was create before youconsume.

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Number three is move your body.
Number four was change yourenvironment.
Number five, journal daily.
Number six, mind dump beforebed.
Number seven, set creativeoffice hours.
I love that.
Number eight, limit input.
And number nine, surroundyourself with inspiration.

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Okay.
Now, when it comes to findinginspiration daily, just gonna
give you guys a few tips.
The first is inspiration.
Remember, comes fromobservation.
Not just information comes fromobservation, not just
information.
Just taking some time to go outthere and observe.
Observe.

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And that's why nature is soincredible, because just the
process of observing nature andbeing around it.
I love my kids.
They'll run around our courtyardand we have this, this, uh,
really cool fountain, uh, andyou know, a lot of trees and
stuff like that.
And it's, it's really cool tojust see them play with even
something like a branch and usetheir imagination.

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I see them turning like branchesand leaves and all this into
like swords and shields and, andit's, it's really cool to see
them interact with, with natureand use their imagination.
And we forget that as we getolder.
Like, we forget how muchimagination we had as kids.

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And it's unfortunate, right?
Like why do we suppress theimagination?
We can learn a lot from childrenbecause children can just go out
there and observe.
I, I'll see my, my son.
I'm like, that creepy dad.
That's just like looking at hiskids and just observing them,
right?
Like, I love just watching mykids interact with each other,
play around, and it's, it'samazing to see them just kind of

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like hang around and interactwith the world and observation
can really, really open up thatinspiration.
Okay, next we have practicenoticing small things, uh,
practice noticing small things.
So sounds, colors, people,feelings.

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It's sometimes it's not aboutthe thoughts, it's, it's, it's
the feelings.
Right.
Using all of your senses toreally interact with the world,
this is another great way toopen up that inspiration.
Okay.
How do you feel in that moment?
Ask yourself daily.
What inspired me today?
So, uh, that this is somethinglike when I was reflecting on

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this question, I was like, man,what did, what happened
throughout the day that really,really inspired?
I mean, what if you canimplement things into your day?
Like what if you wereintentional about doing things
that, you know, without a shadowof a doubt would bring you
inspiration.
Like it could be listening tothat inspirational video.
It could be going out to an artgallery or something like that.

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Or getting out in natureintentionally just to be
inspired.
Okay.
Another thing is to keep in aninspiration list, and that list
could be in your phone or youcan journal a list and you wanna
add to that list often.
So I know, for example, wheneverI need to get motivated.
I know I gotta get my bodymoving.
I have to change whatever it isthat I'm focusing on in that

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moment.
So I'll tune into some kind ofmotivational YouTube video,
right?
And I have to implementself-talk, I have to talk myself
into being motivated, and thatdefinitely helps as well.
So having that inspiration list,sometimes it's, it's meditation.
Sometimes I don't have theenergy to meditate, right?
So it, it just, it just depends.

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Um, and it kind of soundscounterintuitive, right?
It's like having the energy tomeditate, but sometimes, like,
I'm just not in that mood tojust sit there with my thoughts.
Like, I need to physically justget myself like walking or
something.
Okay.
Next is create a dream file.
A dream file is essentiallyideas, quotes, right?

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You can have, I, I have likepictures of some of the most
inspirational people that I,that I know of, right?
But having a, a dream file ofall of these different things
that make you feel alive.
And it, it can be those quotesthat are those subtle reminders
to keep pushing forward.
Okay.
Another thing is to collaboratewith other people.

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So creativity multiplies incommunity.
I'll say that again for those ofyou in the back.
Creativity multiplies incommunity, and I know like
yesterday, I got around my boyJay.
My boy Jay.
He's been on fire lately withjust being productive and
sometimes just being around thatenergy you have to get around

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the campfire.
If you're too distant, you'renot gonna have that, that
motivation, that inspiration,that creativity.
So getting around people who areon fire.
There's a saying that you lightyourself on fire and people will
fly from miles away to watch youburn.
There's just something aboutgetting around people who are on

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fire, who are passionate, whoare excited.
It definitely rubs off on you.
So find some excited, motivatedpeople to be around and
remember.
You don't find inspiration.
You allow it, you allow it, youopen yourself up to inspiration.
It's already there.
You are source energy, right?

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You, you are a, again, a souland, and you, you're not a,
you're not a, a human beinghaving a spiritual experience.
You're a spiritual being, havinga human experience.
So you, you have creativityinside of you at all times of
the day.
It's about unlocking it andopening yourself up to that.
Alright, so as we get ready towind down, I wanted to share a

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few tips on overcoming creativeblocks because sometimes you
just, you don't have it in youto create, you don't have it in
you to be innovative.
You feel like you're just sostressed out that you don't even
have the capacity for it.
And this is something that I've.
Had challenges with over theyears, and it does help, again,
to have an understanding of howto navigate through those

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creative blocks.
I love what Rick Rubin does iswhenever he's working with an
artist and they're having acreative block or writer's
block, oftentimes what he wouldrecommend for them is to go home
for the day.
You tell him, shut it all down.
Go home for the day and justwrite one word.
Write one word.
And oftentimes what he noticedis that if they go and they

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write that one word, it, it willlead them to now unblocking that
creative flow and, and beingable to write a lot more than
just one word.
So sometimes it's just startingsmall.
It's, it's that small.
It's the process of even justsitting with the work that you
have to overcome.
There's a really great book thatI wanna recommend.

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It's one of my favorite reads.
It's The War of Art by StephenPressfield, not The Art of War
by Sun Tzu.
I'm talking about.
Uh, or, or lasu, uh, whateverhis name is.
But I'm talking about the War ofArt by Stephen Pressfield, and
it's all about unlocking that,that creativity and navigating

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through this, this energy ofresistance that is leading to
procrastination, right?
Or paralysis of analysis.
So really great read, and it'sone of, actually recommended it
yesterday, and it's not one ofthose books you have to read
from front to back.
It's a really great, it's asmall read, and I, I recommend
it for everybody because we allnavigate through resistance at

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some point in time or creativeblocks that we we're challenged
with.
Now when it comes to overcomingthese creative blocks, another
thing is step away from yourwork.
Take a walk, meditate, dosomething fun, just get away
from it.
Einstein was known for playingthe violin.
He would oftentimes just stepaway from all of these theories

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and formulas, and he would justgo and, and play the violin and,
and that was what helped himunlock his imagination.
Okay?
So find something that you cando to just get away from the
work.
Next is switch mediums.
Switch mediums.
So if you write, try sketchingor even voice recording ideas,

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that can also help.
I remember when I was incollege.
For whatever reason, it, it, itdidn't help.
Like I had to, I had to listento the professor.
I know some people can listen toa professor and they grasp the
information right away.
That wasn't the case for me.
I had to write out really,really fast, whatever he was
saying, not really pay attentionin that moment, just write it

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out.
And then I would also, uh, Iwould record the, you never knew
I had a Blackberry at the time.
You know, I'm kind of likedating myself.
But we, we had theseblackberries in college and I, I
would record my professor, youknow, and it helped me be able
to just process the informationbecause after the class was

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done.
I would listen and then I wouldlook at the notes that I was
taking and that process oflistening to my professor while
I would be walking from class toclass and also looking at the
notes that I just scribbled outreally, really fast.
That's what helped me processthe the information a lot
better.
And I excelled academicallybecause of that.

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So definitely something elsethat you can do.
Switch mediums.
Another is revisit your why.
Revisit your why.
So reconnect to the reason youstarted creating in the first
place, or the reason youembarked on whatever endeavor
you're on.
You have to center yourself backon the why, because there are

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gonna be moments where you justdon't feel like doing it.
Remember, most of success iseasy to do, but it's easier not
to do.
It's so much easier not to dothe things that you need to be
doing.
So how do you set up thoseguardrails for yourself to keep
you on track?
Next we have simplify, like Imentioned with Rick, Rick Rubin.

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It was just write one word.
I remember when I used to haveto write these, these college
papers, these, these hugeassignments, you know, it'll be
like a 20 page paper.
And the process of having toeven do it, it was so daunting
that I'd wait till likeliterally the last few hours and
I'd always get it done, but Iwould always wait till the last
minute.
It's called Parkinson's Effect,where if you're given an

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allotted amount of time, wetypically wait till the very
last minute, especially if it'ssomething we don't wanna do.
So one of the things that I, I,I realized though, is that if I
just sat down and wrote out theheading.
The title of the paper.
That process alone of justsitting down with the paper and
writing out the heading isoftentimes all I needed to just

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get myself in motion.
Remember, it's like a freighttrain.
A runaway train doesn't startoff like a runaway train.
It has to build momentum.
And sometimes the process ofjust getting those wheels
turning a little bit is all youneed to get some momentum to
push forward.
So remember, you can't thinkyour way into inspiration.

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You have to feel your way intoit.
So as we wrap up here.
And once again, if you got valuefrom today's session, definitely
drop a comment.
I read through all the comments.
By the way, appreciate the loveas always.
And, um, I forgot to mention,uh, there are tons of people who
reach out to me all the timeabout how they can get into

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coaching, consulting, speaking,podcasting, how they can
monetize their mission, monetizetheir message, all of that
stuff.
And it's a big, big part of mywork.
And, um, I have people reach outto me all the time.
And what I do is I open up acomplimentary coaching sessions
to our community.
Maybe you're just someone who'snavigating through just, you

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know, accomplishing your, yourgoals, but you've been, you
know, at a roadblock.
Maybe you haven't really had theability to be creative or
resourceful, even just.
Do the work that you need to do,and you have a block, you're in
a season of your life where youjust can't get yourself going.
Hit me up.
DM me the word coach, and I'llbe more than happy to send you
my Calendly link.
I open up a few slots everysingle week to our community,

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and I'd be more than happy tojust offer a complimentary
coaching session for you guyswhere we can jump on one-on-one
and I can just give you whateverinformation you could ask,
whatever questions.
And, uh, this has been my way ofjust thanking you guys and, uh,
my gift to the community everysingle week.
So, uh, I don't always have theavailability, but um, when I do,

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you know, I always like to justopen it up for you guys, so feel
free to take advantage of that,um, if you'd like.
Now, uh, as we close out,remember, creativity is not, um,
creativity is a skill.
It is not a gift.
Creativity is a skill.
It is not a gift.
It's not like some people wereborn creative and some were not.

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We're all creative.
It's just you have to learn howto unlock that creativity.
Next, you need space, curiosity,and consistency.
You need space, curiosity, andconsistency if you really,
really wanna live in, in, inthis way where you always are
open to, you know, all kinds ofcreative ideas.

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Remember, inspiration is alwaysaround you.
You just have to tune in.
That's really the big thing.
It's always, always around you.
Now, uh, do one creative thingtoday.
What's one creative thing thatyou can do today?
Right, that comes to mind andjust implement one thing and
whatever, whatever that is.

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And it could be just somethingthat you journal about, coming
up with a creative idea in yourbusiness, maybe it's drawing or
painting or whatever.
Write writing a poem.
But one creative thing that youcan do today.
And also what you can do isjournal about what inspires you
the most.
Think about moments of your lifewhere you're just really, really

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inspired and write out ajournal.
It can be bullet points of allthe things that inspire you the
most, or moments where you feltinspired because there are
certain patterns, right?
And if you just go back to thepatterns of what actually
inspires you, you can alwaysjust implement those things into
your day-to-day routine and findthat inspiration that you're

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looking for.
Okay.
Or I should say unlock thatinspiration because it's not
something again that you have tofind.
So I'll end with this quote.
The desire to create is one ofthe deepest yearnings of the
human soul.
Dieter, FY, Dorf, I believe ishow you pronounce his name,
pardon to Dieter if I'mpronouncing his name wrong.

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But really great quote, thedesire to create is one of the
deepest yearnings of the humansoul.
So ladies and gentlemen, go outthere, create something
beautiful, build that business,go after your dreams.
That's what it's all about.
And I appreciate you guys alwayscoming onto the Breakfast Club.
For those of you who like,comment, share, tag, subscribe,
all of that good stuff.

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For those of you who leavereviews, it's always greatly
appreciated and I look forwardto seeing you guys next week.
Take care.
God bless.
Breakfast is served.
See you all next week, guys.
I.