Inspiration Starts with Changing Your Words

There is tremendous power in words, and in our speech. We use words every day to communicate, to express our thoughts and feelings, and yet we often forget how powerful they can be and how important it is that we choose them with care.

In a previous blog, What is Your Verb?, I stated that my verb is inspire. I want to inspire people.

I want to inspire people – who inspire people. I want someone to look at you and say, “Because of you, I didn’t give up. Because of you, I have learned so much more. Because of you, I am a better leader. Because of you, I am a success today.”
I want you to inspire people. I want you to inspire people to be… “their better selves.”  I want you to inspire people to help others. I want you to inspire people – who inspire other people.

Inspired people not only motivate themselves, they also spur on others to perform at their highest potential. Inspired people encourage others to contribute, sharing their energy and excitement through their words and their actions. They are motivated by personal and professional rewards that they are eager to share with others, and they sincerely want to motivate others to succeed.

To set your network in motion toward helping your business, I recommend that you make it your goal to become an inspirational person. Think of your network as a row of standing dominoes. Each domino will remain standing until you are inspired to act upon the first one. To motivate change, you must tap the first domino to see the chain reaction of tumbling dominoes. Similarly, your business network is standing in place, waiting for you to inspire the people in it to inspire others. Become inspirational and start the chain reaction.

Change your Words, Inspire your World

Inspiration starts with changing your words. Words are how we communicate, and it is through our communication that we inspire others to motivate themselves. Throughout human history, great leaders have used the inspirational power of words to inspire others to begin making a difference in the world.

Words matter. What you say about your own experience helps determine the world that you live in. It also influences the people you attract into your world or into your networking group. What you put in your head shows up in your world. Whether you are talking about an abundance mentality versus a scarcity mentality, the law of attraction, or the glass being half full, words matter.

The most common example of this from my own life involves “being busy”. I talk to so many people who say, “Oh, you must be so busy, Ivan.” Well, I no longer say yes to that question.

I say, “I have a full life.” I believe that you can be busy, or you can have a full life. Almost everyone says that their life is busy. However, I don’t think that ‘busy’ should be a goal worth pursuing. If being busy was everyone’s goal, then most individuals would be happy and that is not what I see with most people. Having a “full life” is a goal worth pursuing and having a “full life” brings me joy.

Words truly matter. Our words can impact our own lives. Our words can also inspire others. Inspired people are motivated to help others, to be active in their communities, and to make a difference in the world.

I think this video is an inspirational example of the impact of our words.