Introduction: The Importance of Waking Inspired

Waking up inspired is not just a desire but a necessity for those committed to conscious leadership. The way we begin our day is intricately linked to how we lived the day before. The fifth level of conscious leadership focuses on adding value to the world, which begins with how we treat ourselves and manage our daily lives. If we fail to wake inspired, we undermine our ability to contribute meaningfully to the world. This blog post explores the principles behind waking inspired and offers practical guidance on how to align your life with this powerful state of being.

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1. Yesterday Matters: The Foundation of Inspiration

To wake up inspired, you must have lived a good day yesterday. This doesn’t mean your day had to be extraordinary, but it had to be meaningful. Spending the entire day on mundane tasks like looking after children, mowing the lawn, or running errands is easy. While these activities are essential, they often leave us feeling like we’ve served our immediate family but not the broader world. Therefore, it’s crucial to engage in activities that connect you to your greater purpose and make a difference on a larger scale.

This connection to purpose can take many forms. It could be as simple as recording a podcast, writing a page for a book, donating to charity, or sharing something valuable on social media. The key is to value your day and recognise your life as an asset to the world. When you treat your life as a gift to the planet, you naturally wake up inspired and ready to contribute more.

2. Holistic Self-Care: The Core of Conscious Leadership

The way you treat yourself also plays a critical role in waking inspired. The Back on Track™ process is a holistic approach to human development, focusing on the interconnectedness of mind, body, and environment. Unlike other popular self-help seminars and workshops that focus on isolated aspects of personal development, the Back on Track™ process is comprehensive, addressing all facets of life.

3. Balance Your Mind: The First Step to Staying Alive

Balancing your mind is the first step in the Back on Track™ process. Every time your mind becomes unbalanced, it triggers emotions that can steer you away from your purpose. These emotions, whether they are anger, greed, or hate, create internal conflict and distance you from nature’s laws. While emotions are a natural part of life, they are essentially stories we tell ourselves—stories that are often untrue.

Recognising that all emotions are lies allows you to enjoy them without taking them too seriously. By balancing your mind, you avoid arguments with nature and align yourself with the natural order of life. This alignment is essential for waking inspired and maintaining a state of conscious leadership.

4. Challenge Your Body: Keep the Engine Running

Much like a car, your body needs regular use to function optimally. If left idle, it begins to deteriorate. Modern lifestyles often involve long periods of sitting, which can lead to aches and pains—signals that the body is not being used as nature intended. To keep your body healthy, it’s important to challenge it daily through exercise.

Different bodies, like different cars, require different levels of intensity. Some people may thrive on high-intensity workouts, while others may need gentler forms of exercise. The key is to find what works best for your body and regularly push it to its optimal zone. For some, this might mean engaging in aerobic activities that increase the heart rate, while for others, it might involve slower, more controlled movements. Regardless of the method, challenging your body is a crucial part of staying alive and waking inspired.

5. The Environment: Shaping Your Mind Space

One of the most underestimated aspects of waking inspired is the environment. Your surroundings play a significant role in shaping your mental state. Whether you are dealing with mental health issues, socio-economic challenges, or simply the stresses of daily life, your environment has a profound impact on your well-being.

Creating a positive, supportive environment is essential for maintaining a balanced mind and, ultimately, for waking inspired. This environment includes not just your physical space but also the people you surround yourself with. Ensuring that your environment aligns with your values and goals is crucial for sustaining inspiration and contributing positively to the world.

6. The Impact of Environment: Creating a Space for Inspiration

Your environment plays a crucial role in determining how you feel and perform each day. If you want to wake up inspired, creating an environment that nurtures your well-being and aligns with your goals is essential. Whether at work or home, the space around you can either contribute to your sense of purpose or drain your energy.

For instance, if you work from home two days a week, take control of your environment during those days. Are you working in a space that inspires you? Do you surround yourself with reminders of your genius and potential, or are you stuck in a cluttered room that reflects chaos? The environment you create influences your immediate mood and your long-term ability to stay inspired and productive.

Moreover, connecting with nature is non-negotiable. Whether through a walk in the park, a view of the sky, or simply plants in your workspace, nature’s influence is vital. Anything that disconnects you from nature—like spending all day indoors in artificial lighting—will ultimately diminish your vitality. The message is clear: to live a long and inspired life, you must make nature a fundamental part of your daily experience.

7. The Fourth Level: Aligning with Your Values

The fourth level in the Back on Track™ process is about understanding and living by your core values. Your values are the essence of who you are, and they dictate your priorities and actions. Whether consciously or unconsciously, every decision you make is rooted in your value system. This alignment is critical because when you act in ways that contradict your values, you begin to sabotage your own efforts.

People often find themselves adopting values from external sources, such as religions or societal norms. While this can provide structure, it’s important to identify your own intrinsic values—those that resonate deeply within you. When you align with these values, everything in your life, from mundane tasks to significant decisions, becomes purposeful and fulfilling.

However, if you ignore your highest values or fail to incorporate them into your daily life, you’ll feel frustrated and discontented. This misalignment often leads to self-sabotage, where your actions work against your true desires. Your highest value is your life’s purpose, and when you connect with it, you tap into a powerful source of inspiration that drives you forward.

8. The Shift from Giving to Getting: A Midlife Awakening

Many people spend their lives giving to others in hopes of receiving something in return—whether it’s love, respect, or recognition. This approach often leads to frustration, particularly during a midlife crisis when you realise that giving to get is a flawed strategy. The realisation that you’ve been giving without receiving enough in return can lead to depression and a sense of emptiness.

The solution to this crisis is a shift in focus: from giving to getting, to filling yourself up first. Instead of expecting others to reciprocate your kindness or generosity, you start by giving those things to yourself. When you’re full and meet your own needs, you can give to others unconditionally without expecting anything in return. This shift is crucial for long-term well-being and for waking up inspired each day.

9. The Power of Vision: Charting Your Path Forward

The fifth level of conscious leadership is vision. Your vision is what attracts others to you—whether in personal relationships or professional settings. It’s not just about having a goal but about being deeply committed to where you’re going in life. Vision provides direction and purpose, and it’s what keeps you inspired.

People often struggle with vision because they live day to day, focusing only on immediate survival. They hope that if everything goes well—if they get a promotion if they meet the right person—they will eventually achieve happiness. However, this approach is fraught with dependency on external factors. True vision is independent of circumstances. It’s about knowing where you’re going, regardless of what life throws at you.

You won’t wake up inspired if you don’t focus on your vision. Vision must be a daily practice, something you remind yourself of every day. This is not just about writing a vision statement and forgetting it; it’s about living, breathing, and letting it guide your every action. Without this focus, your life becomes reactive rather than proactive, and inspiration becomes elusive.

10. The Importance of Vision: Expanding the Now into the Future

Vision is the cornerstone of living an inspired life. It is the driving force behind every successful person, and it’s what attracts others to you, whether in your personal or professional life. Vision is not just about setting goals; it’s about creating a compelling picture of the future that pulls you forward. It’s about burning away the past and focusing on what’s to come, just as many indigenous cultures around the world do through vision quests and rituals.

Your environment plays a crucial role in supporting or killing your vision. If you’re surrounded by negativity or chaos, it becomes challenging to hold on to your vision. Conversely, an environment that reminds you of your dreams and aspirations will naturally propel you toward them. This is why it’s essential to surround yourself with reminders of your vision—whether through a dream board, inspirational images, or simply a space that feels conducive to creativity and forward-thinking.

Living in the now has its merits, but true quality of life comes from expanding the now into the future. This means constantly envisioning where you’re headed and taking steps every day to move closer to that future. If you’ve ever woken up feeling uninspired or disconnected from your purpose, it’s likely because you didn’t focus on your vision the day before. Vision requires daily attention, and it’s your responsibility to keep it alive.

11. The Power of Self-Talk: Tapping into Your Genius

The final component of waking inspired is mastering your self-talk. Throughout this journey, it’s essential to remember that you are a genius. This is not just a motivational statement but a fundamental truth underpinning the entire Back on Track™ process. However, this genius can only manifest if you cultivate the right mindset and self-talk.

Your self-talk can either elevate you to the highest levels of consciousness or drag you down into the lower, more primal levels where emotions like anger, fear, and desire dominate. At the top of the consciousness cone is your genius—your capacity for creativity, love, and profound insight. This is where you want to be, especially when you first wake up.

When you wake inspired, your genius is immediately accessible. But if you allow yourself to get caught up in the mundane—checking your phone, worrying about the day’s tasks—you start descending the consciousness cone, making it much harder to tap into that genius later. Instead, take a few moments in the morning to sit with yourself, preferably with a notepad, and let your thoughts flow. Whether it’s in the shower or with a cup of coffee, this quiet time is when some of your best ideas will emerge.

It’s crucial to write these ideas down because if you don’t use your inspiration, you lose it. Keeping a notepad handy allows you to capture those fleeting moments of genius that can shape your day and contribute to your long-term vision.

12. Contribution: The Ultimate Measure of Success

The final step in the process of waking inspired is making a contribution. Every day, you can give something back to the world. Whether it’s through your work, your interactions with others, or simply by being your best self, your contribution is what makes your life meaningful.

Feeling capable of contributing is essential to living an inspired life. It’s not just about what you do but how you feel about it. When you wake up inspired and in touch with your vision and genius, you naturally feel more capable of contributing positively to the world. This sense of capability and purpose sustains you and keeps you moving forward.

Conclusion: The Path to Waking Inspired

Waking inspired is not an accident; it’s the result of intentional living. By focusing on your environment, aligning with your values, nurturing your vision, mastering your self-talk, and making meaningful contributions, you create a life that is not only successful but deeply fulfilling. Each day becomes an opportunity to live at your highest potential, and in doing so, you inspire others and make a lasting impact on the world.

This is Chris, wishing you a beautiful day. Stay inspired and keep making a difference.