Motivation Articles

A satirical article was published that listed symptoms such as the following: unusually short height, limited cognitive abilities, and impaired social skills. The diagnosis was childhood. We quickly see the humor in the article because the “symptoms” turn out to be perfectly normal for the developmental level of a child. Kids break things, kids struggle to form coherent sentences, kids make some pretty outrageous judgment calls -- all that is perfectly normal. No one argu

Reason #2 God Gave Us Humor: Humor is Better tha Exercise! By Ron Ross You may have read the meme, “Rabbits jump, and they live eight years. Dogs run, and they live 15 years, turtles do nothing, and they live for 150 years. Lesson learned.” Or how about this one: “A balanced diet is having a cupcake in each hand.” OK, one more: “I signed up for an exercise class and was told to wear loose-fitting clothing. If I HAD any loose-fitting clothing, I wouldn’t have signed up in the first place.” Are you laughing yet? I hope so because laughter is better than exercise.

Where did the idea come from that laughter is the best medicine? King Solomon, considered one of the wisest men who ever lived, may be the source. He didn’t say that laughter was the “best” medicine, but he did say, “A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.” Proverbs 17: 22 Doctors doubt that laughter heals like a properly dispensed anti-biotic, but they agree it does improve your health. Psychologists have also long believed that the practice of positive thinking and an abundance of laughter brings pleasure and facilitates good health.

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Change can be difficult at best. You try to do things differently and before you know it you give up. Whether you’re trying to lose those 20 lbs. or maybe you’re looking to save more money, either way you can wind up scratching your head wondering what went wrong. But what if you knew that you could access something within yourself in order to make it easier? Well, you can…and that’s what I call motivation. I know, not everyone has a lot of motivation, but everyone ha

With so many variables concerning your Internet business, many people assume poor results indicate a problem with the program instead of their approach. Most Internet marketers fail because they try a few quick promotion methods, see little results, then abandon that program and move on to the next hot “sure thing.” The only sure thing is that we get the same results from the same actions. The cycle repeats, your significant other starts complaining about the money you’

One position that has not been impacted by the economy is sales. Ask any CEO and you will hear that one of their biggest issues is finding and retaining good salespeople. Something happened on the way to a sour economy: Too many companies learned the hard way that their salespeople didn't know how to sell. Instead, their salespeople were good at taking orders and providing customer service. There is nothing wrong with this approach, as long as the marketplace is always going

"It'll-do-ism" is the belief that good enough is good enough. It is the opposite of perfectionism (Bad Belief System #5). The day I turned 16-years old, I already knew how to drive, so I got my driver's license. I wasn't a very good driver (though I thought I was), but I was good enough. When I was 19-years old, I married the cutest, sweetest little Colorado girl you ever saw. I was good enough to win her love and convince her to marry me, but neither of us was good enough on our wedding day to guarantee a happy marriage, though we were married for over 52 years.

Education has been treated as one of the constant goods in this world. A trip down Hollywood memory lane of many youth-oriented movies and series has shown more than a dozen lost teenagers finally finding a better future for themselves by deciding to go through with college or any of its post-graduate and undergraduate equivalents. There used to be nothing wrong with getting further education, until now. Before pro-education advocates get their spears out, there’s an explan

Moyers: “Do you ever have this sense when you are following your bliss, as I have at moments, of being helped by hidden hands?”nn Campbell: “All the time. It is miraculous. I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming all the time--namely, that if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When

Aside from compliments and praises, (plus, some additional incentives like bonus doesn't hurt either) what are some of the ideas when it comes to motivational rewards to commend some people in recognizing their work? Well, there are other ways of motivating individuals aside from the typical ones we know. For one, you can give some gift certificates to acknowledge other people's hard work and contribution. These kinds of motivational rewards are really useful especially if yo

A speaker is someone who talks to control, entertain and educate the audience. In a deliberate and organised way, they chat. Everyone is a speaker but a professional speaker is one who plays a crucial role in person’s life in motivating him and becoming a role model for him. Motivational speakers can help you to boost the morale and energy level of your staff. They can help by stimulating new ideas and provide specific knowledge. Hopefully, they are the most important gift-

The entire world is currently facing a crisis of unprecedented level. The looming threat of a pandemic continues to push the economies and health care systems of several countries to the brink of collapse. Almost everywhere in the world, there are people who are going jobless, homeless, hungry, and dying. All of these negative things that are happening at once can affect the physical, emotional, and mental health of many people. During tough times, there is indeed a tendency

Humans are extremely reactive to our environment. Our emotional memories hold a lot of power over us. These memories are formed by experiences, often without our awareness. A simple example is when you touch something hot. You accidentally touch a stove. Ow, this stove hurts my hand! And then you learn not to touch a hot stove. This process gets more complicated when your experiences become habitualized. For example, after a long day, you come home and lie down on the couch.

Are you motivated? nnRight now, I'm motivated to write some articles on what it is to be motivated. It's part of a whole series of articles I'm doing today. Now a part of my brain says, "wouldn't you rather just sit in a comfortable chair and watch television?" And the honest answer would be "Yes, I would rather forget about it. I'm tired." But the other side of my brain says, "you won't achieve very much in life without putting in the effort, so stick with it." But even more

“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” - Marcel ProustnnI ran into an old acquaintance of mine awhile back and in the course of our conversation we got around to asking what each of us was doing. When I told him about SuccessNet, he said, “Oh, you’re in the motivation business.” nnI acknowledged that motivation was part of what we did, even though that’s not quite the way I would have

Two extremes can invade your thought process and cause you to lose your battle with self and others. One says, “I don’t care,” and the other says, “It’s not my fault.” Aloof-ism is a word I created that refers to the mental and emotional escape route for any personal responsibility revealed by the pronouncement, “I just don’t care.” When you are aloof, you are insensitive and self-absorbed with a cold-fish kind of personality. If you care not one whit what happens to the person next door or in the next neighborhood, or the people in the next country, you’re an aloof-ism practitioner.

As people realize we like them and respect their opinions, they share information about themselves that can be helpful in analyzing whether they can use our products or services. So says Canadian businessman Michael J. Hughes, who is known as "THE Networking Guru." Hughes runs a highly successful Ottawa, Ontario-based consulting business that works with Fortune 500 companies and international associations across North America. The most interesting thing about Hughes' business

What is intrinsic motivation—it has been thoroughly studied by researchers in the sphere of education ever since the beginning of the 1970s and their results and conclusion have been that whenever students are motivated intrinsically to do better in school, they have a tendency to have higher grades, thus they perform better, and they also have the propensity to enjoy the lessons they’re learning. Intrinsic motivation is when a person is being motivated by the internal ca

Survivor or Casuality? Do You Have What it Takes? nThese are challenging and demanding times for anyone trying to navigate the business and economic jungle. Attrition which is usually 10-20 %, could be 30-50% now, as foreclosures and going out of business keeps rising. It's not just the small business anymore, it's the big guys who are affected also. Even Starbuck's has closed over 100 locations domestially, as that $4 latte just doesn't seem important when that can translate

The best way to deal with anger (discussed in Part 1) is to learn how to effectively SPEAK OUT your anger without shouting, cursing, complaining, hiding, punching, seething, or running. Here’s how: S-P-E-A-K; it’s an acrostic for the appropriate expression of anger. S—SUPERVISE YOURSELF FIRST. In every tension-filled encounter, someone needs to be the grown-up, let that person be you. Take control of your emotions, your body, and your tongue.

Rude Pets and Rude Pet Owners By Ron Ross My wife used to share her ice cream cone with our dachshund. The neighbor girl wasn’t impressed, however, when he took a lick of her cone. What is socially acceptable to a dog or to a dog owner is not necessarily acceptable to humans. Sniffing, jumping, licking, and biting are just a few examples. We might giggle when a dog sniffs someone in an inappropriate place or licks its master in the mouth, but it’s not so funny when an unruly mutt does it to us. Here are a few guidelines for safe and friendly dog interaction.

What to do about a cell phone addict By Ron Ross Rudeness happens when you are with someone who is obsessed with his/her high-tech device such as a cell phone or tablet. How loudly can I say this: CONSTANTLY CHECKING YOUR CELL PHONE FOR TEXT MESSAGES WHILE VISITING WITH SOMEONE IS RUDE!

THE DONKEY rnOne day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to e

Tips On Talking To Women Think of what to stay before you approach In this article you are going to lean If you found this article useful then check out my blog which has lots more tips on talking to women as well as lots of information about day game pick up... thanks Ben Webb.. A good exerciser to do to help you to talk to women is to spend a day walking about the streets and shopping malls and thinking each time you see a women you want to approach “what can I say to her

Workplace motivation is the key to a successful, happy, comfortable working environment. Achieving that is not as easy as it may seem. Workplace motivation is hard to achieve for many different reasons. Some people tend to take a job that they do not particularly want, just for the money. When people do this, they can be resentful at the workplace. Another issue is that maybe the pay doesn't seem worthy when compared to the work responsibilities. Some people resent the mana

Your 'Default' setting creates doubt instead of hope for a successful future. So when it comes to a *Decisive* stage in your life and you step out in faith, you must understand that you are challenging your default. How do you change this? Just like you change a computer to make it more suitable to your own purposes and dreams, you have to 'install and save' your own software in which you change your default settings and reboot. How do you do this? Eastern cultures unders

We as a whole prefer to go to intriguing goals and we travel for a wide range of reasons. Every one of these reasons is normally great. Nonetheless, we like to go in our favored way. The related expenses fluctuate enormously with each style. Know that esteem can be accomplished in all styles of movement with the correct chances and a proactive travel operator. It isn't unordinary for voyagers to pick interchange styles of movement for various encounters. You are a traveler an

An Indian mountaineer, hailing from Hisar, Haryana, Shivangi Pathak is India's youngest mountaineer to have climbed Mt. Everest from the Nepal side. The year 2018 had seen two of the bravest feats of this young girl, making her a very famous sports personality of India. In May 2018, she climbed the world's highest peak, Mt. Everest from the Nepal side. The same year in September she climbed Mt. Elbrus, the highest peak in Russia. A year later, at the age of 17, Pathak success

Tom came to our coaching call with the questions I hear a lot lately: "How can I keep myself motivated when there's so much bad news? And with such a bad economy, who wants to buy what I'm selling?" (Or for employees: how do I hang on to my job when everyone else is getting laid off?) Tom and I talked about several solutions, such as how he could shift his focus from what he can't control (the economy) to what he CAN control (his own actions and choices) and how to maintain h

Today, I'll talk about what everybody's interested in: getting ahead, making money, having a good life. Being productive, being contributive, having the things you want, travel, schools for your children, you name it. It goes by 1,001 faces, and it is different and unique in each case. nnBut it all comes by default or design. See, one of the big things—and again, this is a theme you see me speaking and writing about so often—is that so many people think the world is desig

In today’s, break neck speed world, where so much needs to be done, in so little time, we all at some point or other face up to feeling overwhelmed. The stressful daily tasks, projects, chores, emails and phone calls can lay heavy upon us causing us much stress, worry and anxiety. Feeling overwhelmed is an emotion that we often have when we feel things are getting out of our control and are getting too much for us. Becoming overwhelmed is usually the result of two factors i

The door was closed. He tried hard to get in but could not. The door just would not open. He started banging the door. Five minutes later the owner of the house opened the door and slapped him hard on his face. He fainted. He did not dare to push the door again. He never returned back... Ten years later he met the owner of the house on the street. The owner slapped him again... nnnWe think we own our body and mind. But the reality is we are thrown out of our own house. Try ge

As we go through life wondering “What’s in it for us?” Perhaps a better question becomes: What’s in it for THEM? Interesting, isn’t it? This kind of question makes you think outside the box and prompts you to look at your products and services from a completely different angle. When selling a service or product, think in terms of: a) What problems are you solving? b) What needs are you fulfilling? c) How are your clients “benefiting” by having YOU and your produ

Quickly, off the top of your head, make a list of up to 20 things about life that are really important to you. Here are some examples to get you started: professional credibility, physical fitness, conscious parenting, community service, marriage, personal integrity, nature, compassion, friendship, academic achievement. Take a break for a few minutes, and come back to the list, adding anything that might be missing. Strike out any items that you feel should be important to yo

There are times when gloom or darkness causes us to momentarily lose sight of the light. Although it is at these times when the thought of the sun can help us. Its warm, glowing rays brighten even our thoughts, and it's good to remember that despite appearances the sun is shining right now. We may not be able to see it at this very moment, but if clouds block our view, they are only filtering the sun's light temporarily. If darkness has fallen, we know that the sun is still s

Recently, I spoke with a young lady who had a story that was so important that I just had to share it with you. Here's what she had to say: nnWhat happens if you know exactly what you want, you've got a burning desire, you're enthusiastic, and things start to happen—and then they slip away? For instance, in my situation, Oprah's people had asked me to do a radio show with them and for them. And it was exciting; I mean, it was incredible. The General Manager and the Program

Definitely one of the greatest problems that a student is bound to experience when learning to master a guitar instrument is working with the frustrating emotions that usually appear every now and then. Frequently we feel disappointed by our lack of success, our lack of ability to arrive at long lasting objectives, unnecessary life pressures, and common emotions of disenchantment with the attempt that it takes to create real success. There is no doubt that learning any skill

It was not much of a job, yet, everyday she was there. The little bake-shop always seemed to be open and she would greet me, whenever I went in, with a sad smile. Then one day, I moved to another part of the country and quickly forgot the bake-shop and the woman with the sad smile.nnBeginnings always lead to endings just as each ending gives birth to a new beginning. Many years later, fate would have it that a business trip would take me through this same town of long ago. I

Tomorrow-ism and procrastinationitis are two words I've created to refer to the habit of putting off until tomorrow that which can (should) be done today. You suffer from procrastinationitis if you think, "Tomorrow I'll spend more time with my children" or "Tomorrow I'll work on being a better husband, wife, father, mother, or person." When you live this way, you often miss out on some of the greatest moments of life because life is not lived in tomorrow – it's lived in today. And most of life is about the little things that happen each day.

The energy of all poppies is one of standing tall and confident in your own brilliance. And, the color yellow adds an energy of "I can do it!" to the mix -- the perfect combination! What a great way to wind down the year and prepare to start a whole new one – with the energy of being able to do it “your way”! A colleague of mine, the talented hand analyst, Baeth Davis, uses the story of tall poppies in her work, citing a story that warned people against being a “tall

Gujranwala HSSC Part 1 (First Year Results 2019 GRW Board) will be announced on October 9, 2019. Results of 1st year 2019 Gujranwala Board : Examination process is not only difficult for the students but it also requires a great deal of effort from the Intermediate and Secondary Education Board Gujranwala. Currently, students in Gujranwala and adjoining areas are expecting their first year results for the 2019 Gujranwala Board. A few months ago, the annual exams were administ

This is one of the most frequent triggers of the requests for coaching that we receive. Someone is promoted because they do an excellent job at one level, but their performance at the next is judged inadequate. Here are five key aspects to consider if you suspect over-promotion. It’s really important to consider the first two in order.nn1. This first key can save a lot of trouble. What's the evidence for under-performance? Have you observed it yourself? If all you have

Motivation is define as “the general desire or willingness of someone to do something.” It’s in our nature to like to get things done, to accomplish things, to grow and develop; the issue we run into is actually wanting to do it because either we get put off by all the work that’s involved or we give into the fear of “what if something goes wrong”. And so here’s where motivation comes in, it gives us that boost to overcome these things, and for the most part it

All of us have had an experience were we attended a seminar or training course or church service and you were so inspired and motivated that you wanted to start immediately to change your circumstances. But by the next morning all your good intentions have gone and you just carry on on your old track, in the same old comfort zone. You know you have to start but something inside you wants to put it off till later. All people sometimes find themselves not wanting to do the thin

We’ve been talking about the idea of “Finding Your Passion.” And while I agree that you want to spend the majority of your time doing something that moves you, engages you, and is using your talents to their fullest purpose… Sometimes, it’s all about FUN! Do you remember what you used to do as a little girl? For me, I loved to run down to the park (half a block away) and sit under the trees, swing in a swing or just “run around.” I loved to be active, connect wi

I'd like to share some tips on livin' the good life even in a bad economy. 1. Instead of Take Out...Take In There's this great outdoor café in Santa Monica called Urth Café. It's kind of pricey so on Tuesdays and Fridays (when I'm in town), I'll pack a lunch and enjoy it in Urth Café's sun-drenched patio. That way I get all the atmosphere without needing to pay. This is something that anyone can do in their favorite restaurant with outdoor seating. I do recommend being awa

In this throat cutting competitive world, an individual is required to possess some unique and advance skill sets to make a place. Though there are a number of skills which can be learned but certain skill sets are already equipped by human beings and if utilized properly they can make a great difference. The life of an individual with improved memory power highly focused and defined goals and motivation can be easily differentiated with one who lacks it. Making better and ef

The air conditioned briefing room felt as cold as ice as I waited for the arrival of my instructor. I was a bundle of nerves. One more ‘busted’ check ride would put me one flight away from washing out of Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT). My dream of becoming a fighter pilot hung by a thread. I began to doubt myself. What if I mess up again? What if I forget to call ‘gear down’ on final approach or fail to apply the proper spin recovery procedures? I repeatedly chair

Everyday at 9.45 pm in the night my son comes to me holding his favourite storybook. He is six years old. Invariably, i am busy during that time doing something important.... " You go to bed i will be with you in five minutes..." I say. He keeps persisting... I then raise my voice and say " Go to bed i told you i will come in five minutes..." and so my little one wraps his favourite story book around his arms and walks to the bedroom. It is interesting to note what happens af