Developing the Crucial Keys to Your Success

I wanted to expound more upon my writings from earlier this week, Real People Inspire. I prefer to write with a stream of consciousness and believe I left some loose ends. Let me give you some background as to what lead to my unusual train of thought.

Discovering the Hunger Within.

I am officially hungry to find outlets for my creativity, for a long time I have been debating, sketching ideas, and developing a plan to launch my own personal consulting firm for communications. However, one of the key components missing was a firm foundation of understanding the roots of my future aspirations.

Last night, I climbed out of bed, approached my stack of communication books, and pulled one of my most beloved pr books. I told myself, you cannot consult for pr if you do not really understand the basic history and founding fathers of pr. I decided I needed to pick a target. I was going to find the father of public relations and study him like the back of my hand. I then came across who I wanted to study, Edward L. Bernays.

Ground Yourself by Understanding the Past.

As I read through my book about the works of the founding father of public relations, I could not help but feel excitement within me. We had covered the basics of this within my previous classes. Yet, I lacked a true connection and appreciation for this iconic historic figure.

How was I supposed to stand on my own to feet and defend myself, let alone my knowledge for what I'm trying to do if I had not taken the time to learn the simple basics of my field.

Within our educations systems we use many formulas, theories, case studies, etc. How often do we take the time to genuinely study people? I can't speak on behalf of every educational system in America, but I am displeased with the lack of appreciation for the masterminds behind the formulas, theories, and case studies.. why did their names become forgotten?

Imagine how much more we could learn and develop as people if we set aside the time to learn from each other. Before you can progress forward it's important to understand the history that has lead to where you are today.

Identify Your Inspirational Influencers.

Now, this principle can apply to anyone. Each day I challenge you to seek out your own inspirational influencers. You can identify them by one of two ways. 1. Meditate and identify iconic leaders that you respect, connect, and look up to. 2. List out qualities of yourself that you either possess or seek to possess, then research iconic figures who are known for those qualities.

Inspiration is Contagious.

I wish I could map out a genealogy-like-chart to trace back the line of inspirational influencers through the past centuries. If you take the time to study out your inspirational influencers, I guarantee you will discover that they too were impacted by inspirational influencers.

Explore your key influencers of your inspirations, learn of them, study them out, and share that knowledge with others. Stay strong and continue to develop that inspiration within you to contribute to your success. Others are aware of your good doings, you might just become someone else inspiration to help them move forward.

As people learn how to inspire one another other, society progresses forward.