Prayer may or may not be your thing.
The below may still be insightful.
One morning in prayer, I came to understand something.
I am not to hold onto my ideas.
I am not supposed to say “Maybe I can get this published in a better place.”
I am not supposed to say “Maybe there is a better day in the future for this to be done.”
In my life, I am to be an open, ready, outlet.
Since the age of around 15, this has been my norm: an idea comes to mind, I jot that idea down on a piece of paper. The next idea that comes, I jot that down.
Poems were written that way. Entire books of poems even.
Business plans were written that way. Businesses were launched that way.
Essays were written that way. Entire books, many published books have been written by me that way.
This email was written by me that way. I did not know where I was going to end up when I started writing it.
I just wrote the first sentence obediently.
And then the second sentence obediently.
We can debate all day long about where inspiration comes from.
But I have known this since about the age of 15 and have had to re-learn it the hard way a number of times — when inspiration hits, if I obediently write that sentence or thought or word down, the next thought will come. If I obediently write that down, more will come, until there is a sense of completion.
And if I don’t write it down: nothing more comes. I get stopped up. The idea fades into the background. I may even totally forget it. Even if I don’t forget it, at the very least I do forget the original tenor, phrasing, and intent of the idea.
I have about 30 seconds to get an idea down before it is too late.
If I show up too late too much, the ideas stop flowing.
I get stuck.
If I avoid publishing the completed idea too much, I get stuck. The ideas stop flowing.
You have ideas.
You have dreams.
If you are not already in this mindset of being an open ready outlet for those ideas and dreams, I wish to help you get in the mindset of being exactly that.
I want to help you take your most pressing dream and make it into a reality, a reality that can benefit others.
That’s what I will be doing with a group of folks from June 29 onward for ten weeks and I would like to invite you to be part of that.
Tap here to join -- https://realstevo.com/business
Allan Stevo is a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur based in San Francisco, California.
I so appreciate that you shared this Allan. This is my writing M.O. as well, though I'm not nearly as prolific as you are. I was frequently frustrated while raising twins, that I could not immediately get my ideas written down or recorded. I wouldn't trade my twins for anything. They are more important that getting every idea down. Nonetheless it was a highly frustrating and long period for this writer and researcher!