Most of my "great ideas"* are derivative, ie. * “Forgive me this long letter, I hadn't the time to write a shorter one.” Have something inspirational on in the background every day, while driving, doing the dishes etc.
Most people's environment isn't very uplifting, but you can create one artificially through inspirational audio. This comment got way too long * and I forgot to mention the important thing: most people's attitude will tend towards negative, or at most bland, without constant external "uplifting". Truly my range of thought is severely limited by the constraints of my own self-concept-it's good to let go of it from time to time and see what else comes up. It might sound silly but I'm always amazed at the fresh perspectives I'm able to obtain when I ask "someone smarter" for advice in my imagination. In this way you use your "hardware" (brain) to run different OS (mind) using an "emulator" (imagination). I later learned a technique from Napoleon Hill where you have a big meeting in your imagination with folks whose wisdom and character you admire. (I later overcame my fear of math "myself" thanks to meditation: I realized trying harder didn't work because it only made me tired faster, I had to learn to truly relax-then study became effortless for me.) I got to work on my math homework, worked with effortless joy for the next hour, and was so weirded out by the experiment that I never repeated it. "Wow," I thought, "I frigging love learning!!" I had a bit of experience with acting, so I adopted his body language, movement patterns, and mindset. He was quite autistic, moved his face and body in unusual ways, but he loved learning and always read the books before term even started. I tried to put myself in the shoes of the best student I knew. One day I got fed up with that huge pressure / inability to move and said, "Damn, how is this so easy for Anne, or Josh!!! How do they do it?" Then suddenly, "wait. I was behind in every single class and the stress created a vicious cycle where it became harder and harder to study due to the paralyzing anxiety. When I was a teenager, I had incredible difficulties getting myself to study. I can attest to the power of "acting" even in private. The book "The Alter Ego Effect" by Todd Herman goes into this further, but my favorite material on this is "Impro" by Keith Johnstone. These are YouTubers, Streamers, Conference Speakers, and really anything where there's a concept of a "stage". I believe many people adopt an alter ego without knowing it today. Another common thing I would teach is that you can alter your characters in scenes easily by adopting one of those personas of the character you're portraying. I do believe we also have an alter ego in three different situations such as work, home, and play. This helped so many different people such as accountants, pre-k teachers, stay-at-home moms, and even university professors get out of their shells, prevent their stage fright, and to be more energetic on-stage when their normal persona is calm, cool, and collected. One tip I would give new performers is to adopt an alter ego for the stage (a fun fake name and/or personality) and to choose a totem (an object) that they wear to do just that such as shoes, a shirt, watch, etc.
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