Are you suffering an inspiration drought?

This post is part of the Making it Rain Inspiration series. You can read all the posts if you’ve missed any.

You’re as tired as I am of all this talk about the economy and what it means to small businesses, no doubt. And I bet you’ve rolled your eyes at that 60% of Americans think a depression is likely statistic that’s been bandied about (and more or less made up/misquoted).

But that doesn’t change this fact: you might be mired in your own inspiration drought. I was. And many of my clients are. So, know that if you’ve been feeling a lack of inspiration and enthusiasm in your business, know you’re not alone.

The economy is hugely different today than it was in 1929. And these days, inspiration matters far more than it did back then. Face it, when people worked in factories, they didn’t exactly have to be inspired to do their jobs each day. But, as more and more of us work in creative jobs, inspiration becomes a key commodity.

Now I’m not saying there’s not a lot of substance to the advice that genius is 99% perspiration or that there aren’t days when you do simply need to get the work done whether or not you feel like it.

But, if you’ve been existing in a steady gloom of doldrums about your work and your writing for more than a month; if you’ve been procrastinating on your blogging and newsletter writing; if you’ve been avoiding creative work and finding yourself choosing to watch the news (or, in my case, Firefly on DVD) instead of basking in the work you used to enjoy… There’s a way out.

And I’m going to share it with you right here on this shiny new blog. But first I’m going to go hang out with Izzy for a bit. After all, it’s 10 p.m. and I’ve been working all day.

(By the way, that factors into the tips I’ll share… Stay tuned to find out precisely how.)

Parts so far: Part One: Get Busy | Part Two: Be Honest | Part Three: Kill Perfection | Part Four: Turn Off the Forecast