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Instigator Blog: 5 Inspirational To-Dos You Can Do Every Day

  • nakedjonny · 2 years ago
    I've had the "Free Hugs" vid on my iriver for a few months now since finding it through dig. Great to keep on you and watch when you need that lift. Reminds you there is alot of good people out there.Definately a great pick up.
  • Scott · 2 years ago
    I love the puddle analogy.

    We have a 2 1/2 year old as well. When we go out for family trips, like to the Zoo, we basically follow his lead. He has an unerring instinct for the most interesting and fun things to do.

    Also, jumping up and down and shouting is cool and everything, but for a REAL release, put on "Shake Your Sillies Out" by Raffi and dance to that. Preferably with your kid, or people might talk... ;)
  • heri · 2 years ago
    It's simple. I take a pause and do something different from what I have been doing. Like have a walk. Try going to the top of Mont Royal by foot.

    Another good way is meeting people with another mindset. Like seeing creative, artistic people. They always seem to take another new approach at things

    cheers
  • Francis · 2 years ago
    My Free Hugs alternative is CuteOverload.com. You have to be a psychopath to not be tickled by that site :P.
  • Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago
    CuteOverload.com is very funny, but a little scary too. Cats in sinks? My wife things that's hysterical...
  • Todd · 2 years ago
    Nice post. I especially relate to the 'think like a kid.' Of course, having a two year old hanging off you all day provides plenty of inspiration.

    Todd
    www.scrapscene.com
  • Dave · 2 years ago
    I like the idea of jumping up and down and yelling Yes!. It brings back some old memories about winning or even anything which made me say it. There's nothing more mood changing than remembering how it was when we won somthing.
  • Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago
    Todd -- Of course kids aren't always terribly inspirational, there's that whole crying and whining thing, but we can take what we need selectively from them in terms of their emotions + spirit to get inspired! *smile*

    Dave -- Let me know if jumping up and down works for you! I can just see a bunch of inspirational YouTube videos cropping up of people getting motivated by shouting and jumping...could be a movement! *grin*
  • Marie · 2 years ago
    Watching funny videos works for me. The only problem is that it's not accessible anytime. I was thinking of pictures but it's not as expressive as the ones in a video.
  • Dawud Miracle · 2 years ago
    One thing I try to do every single day is look up at the sky for a few minutes. Whether I watch a sunrise or sunset, stare at the clouds or watch birds high up in a tree, it always seems to give me perspective.
  • Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago
    Dawud - that sounds very nice, but where I live you'd be spending your time wiping snow, hail, sleet or rain out of your eyes for about 8 months out of the year.

    Why do I live hear again?

    My next business will be in Hawaii...
  • David Airey :: Creative Design · 2 years ago
    Hawaii you say?

    Let's create a partnership. Right after I go jump in a puddle.
  • Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago
    David - Works for me ... I'll see you in Hawaii!
  • Dawud Miracle · 2 years ago
    Ben, I live in Michigan. Our weather isn't that much different than yours in Montreal. Maybe a little shorter winter. I definitely ask myself the same question all the time. I miss California. Hawaii would be fine but since my business is 100% portable, I could think of some other places I'd rather be - summers high in Montana's mountains - winters in the Carribean.
  • mitchjoel · 2 years ago
    Some great insights Ben. I was with Mike Lipkin again this week. Man, is he full of strategy :)
  • Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago
    Dawud - Michigan is pretty cold and unpleasant in the winter, but you got nothing on Montreal. Not that I'm bragging. *laugh*

    California is beautiful...I've never been to Hawaii but it's on the old to-do list.
  • Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago
    Mitch - it's very cool that you get a chance to meet with someone like Mike Lipkin in-person, and I'm sure he is full of strategy.
  • Dawud Miracle · 2 years ago
    I know Montreal's in another realm of cold weather. I was just trying to make you feel better. Though with our weather here the past few months, I have little hope that we're going to see spring this year.
  • Federal Watch · 1 year ago
    These are so true Ben..can't argue more on this one..^^..but I personally love #4 Think like a Kid..^^..but I'm not saying that you should act like one...what I mean is you just have to see things in a child's perspective...simple and uncomplicated. ^^
  • Alex · 1 year ago
    Ben, these are great inspiration. I like the one you mention about think like a kid. To get inspiried it is important that you think in different ways as you think normally. Thinking like a kid is one good way of doing so, since ine can always relate to how he used to think then.
  • bavads · 6 months ago
    Inspiration comes with confidence. Believe in yourself and dream like never before. Work hard and more harder. Aim for the sky... start simple though, one step at a time...