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"The most important forces that kill off new ideas are our own limitations." - Scott Belsky. 'A Story On Motivation' is all about creating awareness on why we do not act, but merely undergo. It is about inspiring you to take action. Please share your thoughts and how you have overcome the obstacles that so many of us face.
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The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. - Charles Kettering
Than why do so many people assume permission to start comes from being validated by someone else?
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any – Alice Walker
Pick me-attitude acknowledges the power of the system and passes responsibility to someone else to initiate.
Going with the flow is a euphemism for failing
If your dreams, visions and ideas don't make others uncomfortable you've missed the mark
Tiësto - DJ
Your brain is for having ideas not holding them!
You see things and you say Why? But I dream things and I say Why not?
Don’t ever think your voice is too small to make a difference.
The problem with putting it all on the line ...is that it might not work out.
The problem with NOT putting it all on the line is that it will never change things for the better.
F E A R
ALSE VIDENCE PPEARING EAL
why should I care ?
Old age is the biggest surprise in man's life
We can sell our time, but we can’t buy it back again.
The concrete impact of our lives and our work is the mark you make on others.
Yet …
the greatest waste in life is the gap between what you are and what you could become.
Most of us need competition to tell us how fast to go
You won against 100 million sperm cells… WHY STOP NOW?
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road… They get run over!
It's very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better
Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself
It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we are
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone
..change happens today. And it happens because of you
it's not too late, just later than it was
Don’t like change? ..you're going to like irrelevancy even less!
OK, how to do this ?
No one ever won a race looking sideways
You must manage yourself before you can lead anyone else
Tony Robbins Awesome guy!
Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction
4 things successful people do differently:
1 Set goals, and be as specific as possible.
2 Seize the moment to act on your goals.
Have grit! (the willingness to commit to long-term goals, and to
persist in the face of difficulty)
Build your willpower muscle! (when you find yourself
wanting to give in or give up, don't)
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4 blogs.hbr.org To read:
ACTION: 1. Make a list of what you should have,
could have, would have done "if only" 2. Choose one thing you could start today
Success is not a destination, it's a journey
Opportunity Preparation SUCCESS
Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration
If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive.
Move from “I'm no good at this” to “Let's get good at this”
Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
St. Francis of Assisi
Only settle for WORLD DOMINATION
Let him that would move the world first move himself - Plato
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new - Einstein
Make failure your teacher
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. - Scott Adams
I haven't failed, I've found 10.000 ways that don't work
- Einstein
Success usually lies just beyond failure
Embrache the fact you can change
When it is obvious the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. - Confucius
what’s next ?
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... it's about learning how to dance in the rain!
- Vivian Greene
..it is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving - Einstein
We are what we repeatedly do… EXCELLENCE, than, is not an act but a habit
Even more: Excellence is a mindset
When you go after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf
The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle, you should smile and say, “Here's my chance to grow”.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
ramblings of a (m)adman?
... I just want you to change your game plan