Motivation Spirit

by Denise Vogel

How long does it take to make a decision? A moment, hours, days, years? Well the answer to that is any of the foregoing! It takes as long as you want it to take.
It is possible to make a decision at the snap of your fingers. Make the decision and go with it. What have you got to lose? There are many exercises for this and you can procrastinate as much as you want. The real decision is to take that decision and to do what you really want to do.
Ask yourself, how much longer do you need to be bullied by someone? How much longer can you stay in a job you hate? How about a relationship you hate? There are many scenarios that you can conjure up and only you know how and what you want to do about it.
You can be pushed into a decision you don’t want to do. How do you know that you have been pushed, because you won’t work hard enough for it.
If you want to do something badly enough, hate something badly enough, you can snap your fingers and change.
Decisions can be large or small. Even deciding what shopping you need is a decision. All decisions have some sort of ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’. I want to buy a new car but only if I have enough money.
First you need to decide what it is you want. Is there a decision you want to make? Ask yourself ‘what is it I want?’ ‘how will I get it?’ ‘what do I need to do to get it?’
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by Rich MacKenzie

Procrastination is a problem that usually affects students, but it can be found in the working world, as well. For many students, getting an assignment that is due in two months is a great thing. They have two months to slowly work on the assignment, making necessary improvements all along the way. That is how it is supposed to be done. Other students plan to get to work on that assignment, but they never get around to it. Then, the due date rolls around and that student is left pulling an all-nighter so that he or she can barely make the deadline the next morning. Does that sound familiar? If it does, then you probably have a problem with procrastination.
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by Sjef Van De Laak

Quiet often when you ask people how they are doing, they don’t dare to say frankly that they are doing very well. A lot of people are afraid to react or talk to positive, because they think that by talking about prosperity might end this state of well being. But one who really believes that he is doing and feeling very well, who can say this without any undertone of disbelieve and can say this from within his inner being does not have to be afraid for any negativism. By being clear about positive thoughts or feelings and talking about them will create more positive situations in your life. Because thru your thoughts, feelings, conviction and the way you look you attract exactly the same. If you are not happy with the situation of your daily life, it is the trick to create what you really would like.
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by Craig Harper

One of the only negatives of owning a reasonably successful business is that I get inundated with phone calls from people that I don’t know, who generously want to help me grow my business. The answer to all my professional problems. How nice.
People who have never met me, know nothing about me, have never set foot in my business and apparently have some deep-seated, burning, selfless, desire to help little-old me be all that I can. Giddyup.
Fortunately for me, Kim my PA is well trained in the art of deflection and evasion. If people can get through the twenty-five question phone interrogation then she may, or may not, put their call through to me. One person who survived such a grilling is a bloke named John Hopkins.
I spoke to him for sixty seconds, told him I was too busy to see him but to call me back one day in the future; knowing that he probably wouldn’t.
He did. A lot.
Bugger.
After a month or so of dogged persistence, I succumbed and ‘graciously’ agreed to a fifteen minute meeting (such a giver). Apparently he wanted to talk to me about web-site stuff (not a passion of mine), something called podcasting (who cares?) and some other mumbo-jumbo, cyber-tech crap that I didn’t really understand.
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by Matt Ryan

We all know how easy it is to put something off, and how hard it is to start the things that you continue to put off. Just like the old saying "He who waits, waits forever." The issue behind this is the fact that procrastinating is giving into negative or reinforce a negative habit which prolongs the positive habit and actions. So procrastination is simply taking two steps back instead of taking one step forward. With this idea in mind, the longer you put something off or procrastinate the more likely you are wasting time and continue to take two more steps farther back or in the opposite direction of the actual activity.
Though we are wanting to help educate and share practical information on how to conquer procrastination. Before getting completely started, you need to acknowledge that your thinking and habits are in need of serious adjusting and changes. You must accept a new idea of taking action over and replacing the old idea of putting things off. When this kind of thinking is repeated it will soon become as natural as it was to put things off from the beginning, but this time around it’s a great positive in a new start of success in your life.
These next 3 tips of how to conquer procrastination could change your life forever. This could be your first step into conquering procrastination, but please give these 3 simple tips a try and see if you can stop making excuses and start making a difference.
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by Dwayne Gilbert

Many people will often over look an idea or never take action on something because they don’t believe that they can make a difference. I often hear people ask how one person, how they, can truly make a difference in the over all scheme of things. First of all, it’s not about whether or not you make a difference. Of course we should try to, I’m not saying otherwise, but ultimately it’s about us trying regardless of whether or not we can make a difference. Second of all, one person absolutely can make a difference, and a very significant one at that.
Consider a few examples in history of how one person made all the difference. Let’s take Henry Ford for example. Henry Ford is the founder of Ford Motor Company and was way ahead of his time. He not only put the entire car industry in motion and developed the modern standards for cars, but developed an empire that has been a mamoth of a beast to compete with for nearly a century. Henry Ford is also personally responsible for completely revolutionizing the way that factories produced their goods. He is noted as being the inventor of the modern day production line. He invented the idea of breaking down different jobs in any process and piecing the entire product together as the product moves down and assembly line. That’s making a difference if you ask me.
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by Honman Chan

Two friends met in a hospital only to find that they had the same problem - unwell at their nose. While waiting for the laboratory test results, Pierre said, ‘I’ll go for a tour immediately if it is a cancer’. James then said the same thing. The results were out, Pierre’s was a cancer whereas James’ was just a benign lump.
Pierre started planning immediately. He wrote down a list of things to complete before the end of his life and then left the hospital. James stayed to receive treatment. Pierre’s plan included touring around the world, reading all of Shakespeare’s works, writing a book, etc, 27 items in total. He wrote this at the back of the list, ‘I’ve got many dreams in my life. Some came true but some did not for some reasons. Now that my life time is coming to an end, I will make full use of the last few years of my life to realize the remaining 27 dreams. I can then leave this world without regrets.’
That same year, Pierre resigned from his job and started his tour around the world. At the same time, he self-learned French within a short time with his amazing drive and determination. Next, he began to work on his dream of writing a book……
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by Ian Crossley

During my talks in New Zealand I had some thoughts that may help you, it is amazing how plane journeys focus your mind. I tend to go into hibernation mode and let the world go by. This of course is the best time to think.
I keep getting asked about CMI or goals or visions, this appears to be a major stumbling block.
Most people have a problem with formulating a really good vision, because their subconcious keeps saying,"Hold on a minute, Who do you think you are? You are only so and so from wherever and you do not have the ability or knowledge to create such a dream" We have all been there! It is at this point that everything goes in the too hard basket and we say its all a load of old toffee and I am going to go back to my real life of stress and strain where I feel safe.
I am going to go against all the teachings I know here, but I think there may be some value in this idea.
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by Honman Chan

An old lady with a big basket full of fruits stopped before a long flight of staircase. She suddenly realized that she had forgotten to get back her change from the cashier. She saw a man coming her way and asked if he could be kind enough to help her get the basket up the stairs and wait for her to come back from getting the change. The man was kind to agree to help.
The basket full of fruits was indeed very heavy. But since he had agreed to help, he walked his way up the stairs with the heavy load. Soon the old lady returned and saw the young man still half-way up the stairs. The man smiled back to her forcefully. Finally, the man managed to reach the top of the stairs but to his surprise, the old lady was already up there waiting for him. “I thought you knew that there was a lift over there. Thank you anyway” said the old lady smiling. The man felt embarrassed and stupid. He smiled back and took the lift down.
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by Honman Chan

Break free from your rigid mind and you can be highly creative if you have flexible and adaptive minds. Creative people can make change easily and whereas not creative people learn by regular practice.
You must admit that you are wrong when you are wrong. Many people are so concerned with being right that all their mental energy is consumed by bluffing, blaming and denying. If you are wrong, simply admit it and get on to find the solution to resolve it.
You must face up to your mistakes. Not creative people think that it is a sign of weakness to say, "I made a mistake." But in real case, it is on the contrary, it is actually a sign of mental maturity, personal strength and individual character. Please remember, no one is perfect and everybody makes mistakes every single day.
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