I never really thought about the role of inspiration in getting a job done. As long as you know what you should do, and as long as you have your reasons for doing what you are about to do, you can do it. Of course, this comes with the assumption that the task is doable in terms of one's capacity. There is no problem with the "Can you?" You are very much able.
When it comes to a person's motivation to perform an act, I had not seen how task identification, task justification, and capability would still serve inadequate to produce this willingness - until recently. I have always seen willingness as something that just follows, after one determines the importance of doing a certain action. You name the task, provide the rationale for it, and then want to do it.
What now are inspirations for?
They become needed when will is lacking, which happens when previous justifications for actions won't suffice anymore, which happens when the previous setup where the previous justifications used to be based on no longer holds, which happens when the previous factors causing the being of the previous setup either have gone or have become insignificant, which happens when a different set of factors replaces the previous. There is a demand for an inspiration because you have exhausted all the old whys. An inspiration serves as a new reason for doing. This then becomes your new justification. As one can infer, it is a cycle of replacing justifications to suit the then-current setup, depending on what the then-important matters of consideration are.
One is led to ask whether it is ever possible to have a permanent Why.
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