Inspiration Is Perishable
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Inspiration is perishable
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
Inspiration is perishable
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
This happens to me a lot with my tweetstorm
I've actually come up with a whole bunch of additional tweetstorms besides the ones that are already out there but sometimes I just hesitate or I just pause and then it just dies
And what I've learned is if I'm inspired to write a blog post or to publish a tweetstorm, I should probably do it right away
Otherwise it's not gonna get out thеre
I won't come back to it
[Chorus]
Inspiration is perishablе
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
Inspiration is perishable
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
Do it right then and there, do it right then and there
Do it right then and there, do it right then and there
Inspiration is perishable
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
Inspiration is a beautiful and powerful thing
And when you have it, just seize it
Inspiration is a beautiful and powerful thing
And when you have it, just seize it
Impatience with actions and patience with the results
That's actually a good philosophy for life
Anything you have to do, just get it done
Why wait? You're not getting any younger, your life is slipping away, you don't wanna spend it waiting in line traveling back and forth doing things that you know ultimately aren't part of your mission
When you do them, you want to do them as quickly as you can while you do them well with your full attention
But then you just have to give up on the results
You have to be patient with the results because you're dealing with complex systems, you're dealing with lots of people
It takes a long time for markets to adopt products
It takes time for people to get comfortable working with each other
It takes time for great products to emerge
Polish away, polish away, polish away
Polish away, polish away, polish away
Polish away, polish away, polish away
[Chorus]
Inspiration is perishables
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
Inspiration is perishable
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
Do it right then and there, do it right then and there
Do it right then and there, do it right then and there
Inspiration is perishable
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
If I have a problem that I discover in one of my businesses that needs to be solved, I basically won't sleep until at least the resolution is in motion
And this is just a personal feeling, but if I'm on the board of a company, I'll call the CEO
If I'm running the company, I'll call my reports
If I'm responsible, I'll get on there right then and there and solve it
If I don't solve a problem the moment it happens or I don't start moving towards solving it when it happens, I have no peace
I have no rest
I have no happiness until that problem is solved
So solve it as quickly as possible
I literally won't sleep until it's solved
So solve it as quickly as possible
I literally won't sleep until it's solved
[Chorus]
Inspiration is perishables
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
Inspiration is perishable
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
Do it right then and there, do it right then and there
Do it right then and there, do it right then and there
Inspiration is perishable
When you have your inspiration, do it right then and there
Maybe that's a personal characteristic but it's worked out well in business