Motivation Spirit

by Tim Connor

One of the biggest factors that prevents people from achieving their dreams is their willingness to give in to self-imposed limitations that have been nurtured over the years. Some of the causes of these self-inflicted beliefs are:
- A lack of belief in ones abilities and possibilities.
- The fear of failure.
- The fear of criticism or rejection from others.
- A fear of success.
- A lack of desire.
- Giving in to the expectations and rules of others.
- A desire to conform.
- A lack of clear goals.
- Inadequate passion.
No wonder so few people realize their dreams in life. There seems to be an unlimited number of factors that can sabotage our willingness to stretch out and reach for more as we move through the days of our lives and march to an unknown drummer. I am one of the fortunate ones. I have seldom given in to what can not be done but what is possible. Oh yes, there is more I could have done if I had had:
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by Pushpa Pal Singh

So what is your excuse for not being what you always wanted to be in life? Most of us have thousands of reasons for not achieving what we wanted in life. These are road blocks created by us within ourselves. Most people hate to admit to this but it’s a fact that the biggest road blocks to success are the people themselves. Read on to find out what these roadblocks are and why most people hate to admit to them.
Luck never goes my way- Ya right! This is one of the lamest excuses most people make when they are not able to achieve their goals in life. Who created luck according to you? Well if you were to ask this exact question to successful people they would always tell you that there is nothing such as luck. It’s just an excuse people make when they don’t have things going their way. And have you ever tried to realize when things do not go your way it’s mainly due to your own fault and not someone else’s?
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by Tim Connor

Many decisions feel right when we are making them because we make them from our heart. Some decisions that are made from the intellect can also can feel right because we justify them based on our personal blind spots, preferences, desires, experience or arrogance.
Just because a decision feels right doesn’t make it right for either the short or long term. Just because a choice feels wrong doesn’t make it wrong again for the long or short term.
Many decisions that feel right that are based purely on our emotions may not take into consideration all of the present or future potential ramifications or consequences. I don’t mean to imply that these are bad or wrong just that we may tend to avoid or ignore them in the present due to some other stronger circumstances or conditions.
Take for example the decision to change jobs that requires a relocation to a different state or maybe even country. The allure of these new opportunities, experiences and benefits may over shadow the discomfort of making new friends, getting to know your new environment and leaving the security of known circumstances behind.
I can tell you that as a kid I was in eighteen schools in twelve years in five different states. Moving when you are nine years old after you have finally gotten settled can be a difficult experience at best. My older brother was in four different high schools in four years. I was only in two.
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by Honman Chan

The Biology researcher had ever done an interesting experiment. They put some fleas in a glass cup and observed the fleas. The fleas easily jumped out of it. The experiment was repeated several times and gave the same result. Fleas were found to be able to jump up to a height of 100 times its own height according to previous tests. They are thus the animal world’s champion in high jump. Next the researcher put the fleas into the glass cup again but this time, a glass cover was placed immediately over the top of the cup. This time the fleas bumped hard on the cover as they jumped up. After many bumps, the fleas grew cleverer. They adjusted their jumping height according to the height of where the glass cover was at the top. After some time, they no longer bumped on the glass cover but were able to jump freely in the cup under the cover.
The researcher next lightly removed the glass cover and observed again. The fleas were found to be still jumping at the adjusted height. The researcher then placed an alcohol lamp under the glass cup and lighted it up. The base of the glass cup got hotter and all the fleas started to show the natural instinct to escape from the life-threatening situation. They all managed to jump out of the glass cup in response to that.
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by Harold J. Duarte-Bernhardt

Nobel Prize-winning Indian poet Rabinranath Tagore said:
“I slept and dreamt that life was Joy.
I woke and saw that life was Duty.
I acted, and behold, Duty was Joy.”
Very well said!
We all have dreamt with the JOYS and the pleasure of life since our childhood years. “When I grow up, I will drive,” we say. “When I grow up I will travel around the world.” “When I grow up I will do whatever I want.” Even adults keep having dreams about the JOYS and the pleasures they fantasize about. “When I get married, I will be happy.” “When I get my degree then I will have more time.” “When I get a real job I will have more money.” “When I have more money I will visit resorts around the world and relax.” “When my kids grow up I will pay attention to my spouse.” “When I get a divorce and marry a good girl, then I will be happy.” It seems like the dreams and fantasies of some future JOY and happiness keep us on our toes looking forward to the fulfillment of something that will tell us we have arrived.
Very often, though, we instead wake up to the reality of DUTY. And DUTY in the mind of the immature person means unhappiness and the constant enduring of unpleasant experiences. DUTY makes “dreamers” depressed! People, who live with the illusion of some future happiness, taste the moments of JOY as insignificant and fall back into depression and darkness because DUTY is all they can see. “DUTY” driven people are not able to enjoy the moment for what it is; they are not grateful for the good experiences; their eyes are fixated in some future JOY. “DUTY” driven people live from DUTY, to momentary pleasure (which they don’t really appreciate or call JOY) and back to DUTY. Nothing says it better than, “T.G.I.F." (Thank God, it’s Friday!–Time for a break and some fun) and “Doing well for a Monday!” (Back to DUTY)
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by Craig Harper

Have you ever wondered why men can run into burning buildings to save their buddies from certain death, give them mouth to mouth and donate a kidney… but in a different situation and at a different time, not even be able to give the same bloke a hug?
If it’s a life or death situation, we men will all-but kill ourselves to prove our friendship, loyalty and love… but to give a casual hug as a display of affection; don’t be ridiculous.
Other than life and death situations, the ‘I-really-care-about-you’ signal usually comes in the form of a flick of the testicles with a wet towel, a headlock, or a punch on the arm. All male code for; ‘I love you, but I’m too dysfunctional to show it.’ ‘So here.. have a bruise or a dislocation.’
I have to admit, there was a stage in my alpha-male evolution when I wasn’t so comfortable with the whole man-on-man, embrace. Even if it was my best friend. Not that he would try.
In testosterone land (where most blokes live), an unwelcome approach from a well-intending male hugger, can result in violence and significant injury. Best friends will rarely hug unless alcohol is involved.. and then they’ll do nothing but hug. While falling all over, and expressing their un-dying love and loyalty to each other.
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by Dwayne Gilbert

Dr. Martin Luther King was surely one of the greatest men of the 20th century. What he stood for and what he accomplished will be forever imbedded in american history. We should all strive to accomplish such great feats, or at least commit ourselves to something so grand. He is quoted as saying: "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
Many people beleive that there are jobs that are below them or jobs that are not worthy of their time and effort. First of all, no job would exist if it were not necessary. Even garbage men are needed to help us maintain the kind of life we live. Even the lowliest of jobs is necessary. Second of all, it’s not about what one does that matters, but the amount of attention they put into. Most people, no matter how glamorous their job may be, never do their job to their full ability. Most people would not truly want to sign their name to the job they do and have people parade through and look at it. I have met men who clean bathrooms who are more worthy of praise for the energy they put into doing it, and I have met me of high status who are not worth a moments time for how poorly they do their job.
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by Vladimir Murray

Life is of such that there will come a time when we find ourselves stuck in a rut. Things will happen that we have no control over and it doesn’t matter whether you are highly motivated, have lots of courage, rich, poor, spiritual or not it’s just the way life is.
You will know your life’s in rut and you are stuck when you find that you no long feel excited about your life, you no longer dream and you just accept things as they are, you stop trying, you are suddenly undecided, no energy, nothing seems to matter, you are gaining weight and not in good health, just to name a few symptoms.
Without warning you can find your life stuck and you may not know what to do to get yourself out of it. Here are ten things to do to help you get unstuck:
1. Take responsibility for your life. Take stock each day of your feelings, all your accomplishments both big and small, and how well aligned your actions are with what your inner purpose and desire is. Look inward and understand that you possess everything you need to have great success today, it’s just that you are relying mainly on external factors for your success. By taking responsibility for changing your situation you empower yourself to break free of your rut.
2. Be aware of your feelings. Always be aware of your feelings and what they mean to you. How do you handle these feelings, what do you do when things are good, what do you do when you are under pressure or overwhelmed. When you can identify your behaviors quickly you will better be able to control them and avoid your life getting stuck.
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by Matt Ryan

So many people fall into the trap of procrastination and so many continue to call this behavior a bad habit that needs to be kicked. Though, we are going to be looking into the term procrastination and whether it really is a bad habit or now recently it’s being addressed as a disorder.
Looking further into procrastination, let’s first define the word procrastinate. The true definition of procrastinate is to put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. While this definition suggests that procrastination is a carelessness habit, others are debating this, that procrastination is a disorder.
After researching this question of whether procrastination is a habit or disorder? The results for yes, procrastination is a habit and yes procrastination is a disorder, were found. Let’s just look a little deeper into both suggested ideas.
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by Theresa Williams

Is success scary? Fear is sometimes a fantasy of our own making.
There are things we should be fearful about, such as having a traffic accident, falling from a great height or certain illnesses.
There are things we are fearful about in our everyday lives like talking to strangers. Because of this fear we put up a wall to protect ourselves. From what? Being rejected?
As children we are taught, and rightly so, not to talk to strangers and there are very good reasons for this. But as an adult what is the problem. Very few of us ate going to be taken away with a piece of candy.
The fear of rejection by another is only that, rejection. Some will say yes and others no. We do not die when this happens; the sun rises and the birds will sing. There are ways to learn how to approach people that will minimize rejection.
That type of fear we need to put them away with our childhood games and toys; it need to be banished with Santa.
Fear cannot stop us from accomplishing what we want to do, we that for ourselves and very successfully. The only thing to do with fear is to go through it.
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