I used to think success breeds more inspiration unequivocally. As a small child I would look at the greatest artists and think about how their monumental work must – it just must!- fuel them forward. It must be that every great work sets the stage for the next. I saw it in my mind like a great big snowball of greatness.
But, then, as I grew up a bit and started to actually know lots of artists and live more closely to the art world itself I noticed that many artists on the rise poured so much passion and motivation into making their mark and getting their work to the world and becoming recognized and financially established that once that acclaim came, that big payday and the huge recognition, they sort of flamed out.
The art stopped flowing, the breakthroughs stopped breaking through…
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I didn’t get why or how this happened until, years later, I started to witness the same phenemonon in so many ways in so many different areas of life.
Part of that “loss of motivation” I’ve heard from many who’ve been there is that they were no longer as hungry and no longer trying to prove themselves, so the game of breaking through was over. Now… what would be the reason to challenge yourself so rigorously?
Of course, that’s one exceptional scenario of how motivation can flow out of life.
Considering that not all of us are famous artists affected by fame and huge success, yet many of us still have blank-minded days or weeks of no motivation… there is a bigger picture.
But the same scenario still applies.
That artist who lost motivation lacked a reason to create that was compelling enough to keep the momentum going after the success arrived.
Do you have a compelling reason- a why- a mission- to keep on creating?
That’s the first question as we kick off some deep motivation that has nothing to do with whipping yourself into a frenzy and everything to do with creating a life that is grounded in peace and power! Continue Reading…
July 22, 2017 • 1 comment