Implement This: Don't Waste Your Inspiration.


Feeling jazzed after a connection call? Mastermind meeting? Really good podcast episode?

Instead of immediately doing the thing that your brain PROBABLY tells you to do - IE. Get MORE inspiration (start on that new idea, call that friend that always energizes you, try that new complex recipe you found on Pinterest) - try this first.

As a life coach once told me, pair inspiration with motivation.

USE that energy you just got to knock something you've been putting off on your to-do list.

Something that requires energy and brainpower.

THEN if you still have momentum after you do the hard thing, sure go make that Gnocchi with pumpkin and whipped ricotta.

Feeling inspired? Knock something off your to-do list right now instead of checking another email. ;)

Cheers,
Summer

PS. This is exactly how I typed out and scheduled over a month of emails in less than an hour after attending a meet up in Jamie Bright's (free) new community! WOOP!

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