"You architect inspiration through action."

When you really get down to the basics, the only thing that matters is taking action. Actions shift the current design of the world and in doing so, reshape reality. Improving habits, beliefs, identity, and environment - all of it contributes to taking higher quality actions to produce higher quality results.

So unsurprisingly, the same thing goes for the level of inspiration we feel. Ben Nemtin, one of the world’s most prolific keynote speakers who encourages people to follow their dreams, says “You architect inspiration through action.”

We cannot wait to feel inspired to benefit from the fulfillment and purpose that inspired living gives us. If we rely on motivated moments to work up the courage to live at the level we know we’re capable of, we’ll never reach the critical mass of consistency required to actually make moves. 

Our natural response is to wait to be in a certain mood to take a certain action, but it’s the opposite that’s true - Mood follows action. And if we want to feel more energized, focused, or inspired, it starts by taking energizing, focused and inspired action.

Ben’s core message is to get your inspiration in motion. You can kickstart feelings with just small steps. Actions compound and the more you take them, the more disproportionate the benefits you get from them over time.

So now thinking through how you can be the architect who intentionally builds inspiration through action, what can you do? Here are a few ideas. You can tackle that one task you’ve been avoiding to liberate the energy that has been blocked by it. You can visualize your goals and connect your actions today with your future reality. You can play a game where you take on an alter ego for 15 minutes and show up as the big, bold, inspired person you know you can be. Whatever it is, the goal is to invite inspiration into your life through action and let it take over.

We are not at the mercy of everything around us. At any given moment we can cultivate the awareness, courage, discipline, and inspiration to take action. And like a fire that needs a match, the inspiration will burn long after you ignite it.