![]() In the popular imagination, ‘aha!’ moments are stumbled upon accidentally. Then, something unexpected-an insight from a book, a lyric in a song, a passing comment from a friend, an observation on a walk etc.-careens into our consciousness at just the right time, in just the right way, activating our synapses and helping us draw connections that create newfound clarity for how we live, lead, relate to other people, and make sense of a senseless universe. Often, an ‘aha!’ moment follows a period of confusion or murkiness, when we’ve been stuck or wrestling with a problem. On a globe rife with turbulence and disarray, any taste of clarity is a welcome treat. These eurekas, while sometimes elusive, are such a delight because they help us understand both ourselves and the world better. Celebrities such as musical artist Will.i.am, and actors Rashida Jones, Jada Pinkett Smith, Isabella Rossellini, Glen Close and Greg Kinnear (you can click their names to see their stories).Have you ever experienced the elation of an ‘aha!’ moment? An ‘aha!’ moment is a miraculous little pocket of discovery when seemingly disparate things in life finally gel together in a way that just makes sense. Oprah has a cool page that shows the Aha! moments that a lot of celebrities had at a point in their lives. If you did, tell me what made the difference for you. ![]() If you didn’t have any Aha! moments, tell me. They may seem microscopic at first, but when you realize the power that they have, you will understand.īookmark this page and come back to it in a week. Write down the Aha! moments that you have every day. Take notes because it will help with you being more conscious throughout the day. Ask questions, pay attention and look for the answers. Have that be your mantra for the week (no less than a week), and see what happens. Ask questions, pay attention and look for the answers. I say “actually” because a lot of times people ask questions like, “why is he doing this to me?” or “why does my boss make me stay late?” as more of a victim-role type of thing, rather than actually wanting an answer.Īsk questions, pay attention and look for the answers. Once you purposefully ask those questions with the idea in mind that you actually want the answer to come, it will find you faster and faster the more often you practice. Call it a natural law, or whatever you want, but it works. When you consciously place your energy on looking for the answers, they will come to you faster. Question: “I’m not happy with my career, I’m not motivated, what should I do? Please give me a sign!” When you have a big Aha! moment, it’s usually from something that you’ve been asking for a long time.Īha! moment: “oh, THAT is what I should do as a career!” It will happen more often the more you practice. I’m saying that it will happen naturally and that you just need to stay aware of your surroundings. I’m not saying that you should eaves drop on everyones conversations, so don’t go out and do that! Lol. They may come from the person you ask, or they may come from a conversation you overhear at the table next to you at a coffee shop (this happens to me all the time). They may come instantly, or they may come in a week. Step two was going to be labeled “Listen for Answers” but it goes far beyond that. Ask spiritual questions (“what’s my purpose?”), ask relationship questions (“why do I get upset when (s)he does that?”), ask personal questions (“why do I react that way and get defensive?”), ask questions about your job (“how can I land this contract I’ve been working on, what’s it going to take?”) and whatever else you want to ask. Ask these questions to other people, ask them to yourself and ask them to your higher power if you believe in that. Here’s the simple process of how to have an Aha! moment every day:Īsk A LOT of questions. Like anything else in life, it’s a process that will take some time to build up, and if you start today you’ll be that much closer to making it happen. It seems as if there’s a simple process for creating them, but the challenge is recognizing them. I’ve been practicing with these daily Aha! moments, testing them out and figuring out why I have them and why I don’t. This article isn’t talking about having one of those every day, but rather a (seemingly) mini version of one of those. You know, those moments that cause someone to completely change the course of their life. There are those few times throughout one’s life that they experience an enormous Aha! moment.
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