How to do without waiting for inspiration

Tastes could not be discussed. Especially in music. But The Beatles - the best team in history. And before you write a comment grumbling, a few facts:

• The Beatles - the best-selling artist in the world. It bought more than a billion units of media content associated with the group.
• The Beatles tops the list of the greatest singers of all time according to the magazine Rolling Stone. In the list of the 500 greatest songs of all time at the "Fab Four" most compositions - 23.
• Traffic on crossroads London Abbey Road near the eponymous studio periodically paralyzed: fans taking pictures, trying to reproduce the cover of the last studio album The Beatles - Abbey Road. Paralyzed so that the authorities thinking a traffic controller.

Analyzing this, involuntarily ask a question: who are these people? As they reached a level of musical skill and such resounding success? Canadian journalist and pop sociologist Malcolm Gladwell in his book "Geniuses and outsiders» (Outliers: The Story of Success, 2008) brings The Beatles as one of the examples proving

Rule 10 000 hours. According to Gladwell, anyone who works hard in a particular area more than 10 000 hours to become an expert in it, and if at the same time he has a natural talent - a genius.

Inspiration, combined with the work, gives the truly phenomenal. So it was with Paul McCartney when he wrote one of the world's most popular compositions.

The song was called "Scrambled talker» (Scrambled Eggs). Here is how Paul recalls the story of its creation:

I woke up, and the melody sounded in my head. I thought, "Great! I wonder, what is it? ". Near the window, to the right of my bed was a piano. I got out of bed and sat down at the piano, found the salt found in F-sharp minor. This led me to the B and A minor, and finally back to the middle. Everything went itself. I really liked the melody, but I could not dream that he wrote it. I was thinking, "It can not be, because nothing like I had not written." But I already had this magical melody.

Some time McCartney was sure that somewhere heard that tune before. But not finding the author realized that composed it himself. In the first version of the text the following words:

Fried batter, oh, my dear, how I love your legs ...
Scrambled eggs, Oh, my baby how I love your legs ...

According to the memoirs of John Lennon, the song remained unfinished for a long time and surfaced whenever the band worked on new material. Today the whole world knows this track like Yesterday. She has won numerous awards and was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the rehash - more than 3,000 covers.

The origins of inspiration

If it has always been like this: woke up this morning, and in my head sounds great music. However, such a spark of insight you can wait for years ...

Inspiration is not the will of the case. This is something that can be synthesized, what you do not need to wait.

There is a psychological study that proves it.

In 2003, the University of Rochester psychologists Todd Thrush (Todd Thrash) and Andrew Elliot (Andrew Elliot) had a fundamental study the psychological nature of inspiration. It consisted of seven parts have been tested dozens of hypotheses performed amazing experiments and lay the groundwork for further research. As a result, we achieved two important results:

• developed psychological scale measuring the level of inspiration;
• I compiled a list of over 30 personality traits that shape it.

In fact, Thrush and Elliot gave a scientific substantiation of the phenomenon of inspiration. Inspiration - is not foresight, not kiss the muse. It is a combination of personal qualities and habits.

What? As already mentioned, scientists have compiled a list of more than 30 features. Among them are three main: openness to new, self-esteem and creativity.

The bad news is that it is not necessary to wait for inspiration, while standing in the checkout at the supermarket. It will not come. Inspiration - the part of you, your personality. But there is good news: you can change, develop the traits that will help you do better than McCartney.

Three main features

On each of these features are written hundreds of articles. You can examine them and find a suitable method for you. But some initial advice we give now. You will also learn about the applications that will help to change habits.

Technology - an excellent tool for personal transformation.

openness to new

In the conclusions to its study Thrush and Elliot wrote:

The results show that inspiration promotes sensuous receptivity.

Openness to new - a trait that is not easy to develop. It is difficult to give up the usual routine, because it gives us a sense of comfort and security. Many daily commute to work by the same route. It is more convenient and faster. But this monotony, alas, is not conducive to inspiration.

A simple solution to become more open to new knowledge and experience - constantly make unusual things for you. Travel routes that will never go, turn the radio, which had never listened to the restaurant to order a dish that is never eaten. Blow up routine!

Help you with this service Lift. It's designed for people who want to change and learn something new. You will be able to put an unusual goal for you (to learn to play tennis, bake a cake), and the service will remind them and demonstrate progress. In addition, you will be able to get the approval of other users - extra incentive to move forward.

SELF-EVALUATION

Inspiration comes to people with high self-esteem. If you think that your skills are mediocre, and constantly look at the opinions of others, it is unlikely to reach the enthusiasm.

Problems with self-esteem can have deep psychological roots. Perhaps even necessary to see a specialist, but the easiest way to increase the value of their own "I" - not compare yourself with others. It's pointless.

There is always someone smarter, prettier, richer than you. You can not be the best, always and everywhere.

Rather than dwell on it, list what you're proud of, what are grateful.

Daily stimulate self-esteem will help Grateful application. Concept, clothed in a pleasant interface, is simple: you need every day to create a card with gratitude. "Today I am grateful for being healthy and had a wonderful exercise," "Today, I am grateful that I have a good job and I finished an important project." Gradually accumulate a collection of your strengths and achievements. It can flip through whenever self-esteem gets a punch in the stomach.

CREATIVITY

The development of creativity is associated with openness to the new. It is necessary to go beyond the ordinary to find a way to express themselves. And once again put spokes in the wheel of habit. Imagine you are standing in line. The busy your brain? It is unlikely that you write a poem, or think through a scenario video that want to stay for a long time. Most likely, you're just flipping through the tape in his smartphone.

In the XXI century, people forget that sometimes the mind and imagination - all you need for entertainment. We lost so that they are ready to receive light electric shocks, but would not be bored alone with his thoughts. At least, it showed experiments University of Virginia.

Psychology professor Timothy Wilson (Timothy Wilson) and his colleagues tested both young and older adults (80 years), and found that people find it difficult to endure even a few minutes alone with him, when nothing (no smart phones, no laptops, no TV, no other people) does not distract them Attention.

... our members have consistently demonstrated that they would prefer not to be in a situation where there is nothing but their thoughts, even a short time.

Timothy Wilson

The proposal to use the mobile app to be less distracted on the phone, it may seem counter-intuitive. But Mobile Flow helps to get rid of annoying alerts, and focus on solving creative problems. The more you let go of the thoughts in flight and concentration to develop their ideas, the more creative they will be.

Other Max Oglesa advice on the acquisition of the good and eliminating the bad habits with the help of a variety of applications can be found in his book. Now it is available is free in the embodiment of Kindle-Amazon.