I have written about the benefits of keeping a journal before.
To find inspiration in your life, you have to find out what the sources are that inspire you. The best way to do that, is by having a journal with you at all times, and write down what lifts you up, what gives you goosebumps, what propels you to do better than you were doing. Over time, you will realize a pattern.
But this article The Benefits of Keeping a Private Journal in Dosh Dosh is a much more extensive and worth a good read.
There are several great insights in this article. Here is one:
The key point to note is not the therapeutic effects of writing in a journal but rather the fact that regular journal keeping will influence the way you think or feel about an specific topic. If you’re an entrepreneur, blogger or marketer, reflection via a private journal will give you a fountain of ideas and initiatives to pursue.
Steve Farber writes about a special kind of journal called a WUP or a Wake-Up Pad. He writes about it in his second book The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World. You may know that I love his books. The idea of the WUP is simply to keep being very alert about the world around you. Work like an anthropologist and look around you. What is going on? Ask yourself that question over and over again. Then think about what it means and then, talk about it with others. These are simple but extremely powerful ideas that will give you insights in the market, your business, your personal life, that you cannot have any other way.
Here is the key:
- Be very open minded about the world
- Write about whatever you see
- Then think about what you saw, heard, read
- Talk about it with others.
I prefer the hand written paper journal by far. I am not always behind the computer and like to do some reflective thinking away from it. Don’t get a cheap solution for a journal, I beg you. Get something that feels good. I have several journals. A large one stands right besides my desk and I use if for longer reflections. And I also keep a small notebook with me where ever I go. Ideas strike at odd times and I never have to regret loosing them.
And now go read Steve Farber’s books Steve Farber’s books, The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership and The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World. You will thank me for it.
[tags]journal, leadership, anthropology, business, market[/tags]
