Motivation is something you need to see when you look in the mirror. The person staring back at you should be the reason to get excited EVERY TIME you see that person. You can always do better and be better than that person. That should be your goal, to be better than you were YESTERDAY!
What's in a word, and or phase. We go around searching for someones' quote to make us feel inspired. Lets take a look at the 10 most popular phase..
1."Just do it." This has to be the most motivating phrase ever. Nike certainly knew what they were talking about when they coined this phrase. It's simple, it's easy, it works. Instead of thinking about it anymore, or trying to understand why the bad thing happened, just get up and do it. Just go for a run, just clean up the house, just start applying for new jobs. JUST MAKE A LIFE CHANGE..
2."If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." I don't know who this phrase was written by, or first stated by, but it's been a popular one for a long time. I remember my dad telling me this. What this phrase means to me is that you should never give up, because if you keep trying, you will make it. I would be willing to imagine that hardly anyone does what they want the first time.
3."All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." This is a quote by Walt Disney. What this means, is that even if you are afraid to try something, go ahead and try it. If you have a dream, you have to go after it. If you want a great new lifestyle, you have to go after it. If you want a spouse, you have to go out and date people. Whatever your dream, do something working towards it, so you can make it happen.
4. "If we did all we were capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves," by Thomas Edison. How I see it, if we really put our minds to it, and sometimes our bodies, we really can accomplish our goal. You may think that 25 mile marathon is out of the question. But, if you really train for it, if you really take the time and effort to build up to it, you will surprise yourself and end up being able to run that 25 miles.
5. "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great," by Mark Twain. He really pinpointed it. If someone else is making you feel down, then ignore it. Realize within yourself that you can do whatever you set out to achieve. Just because the ex boyfriend didn't believe in you, or your jealous boss fired you, that doesn't mean you are worthless. It means they had their own problems. Now, take care of yours.
6. "Happiness depends upon ourselves," stated by Aristotle. So, you actually have to take responsibility from this point forward for making your own happiness. you can't blame your state of mind on someone else. If this isn't enough to get you motivated, I don't know what is!
7. "Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance" (Samuel Johnson). In other words, keep going after your goal. Keep trying for that new career. Eventually, you will get somewhere. Sometimes, it can take an author submitting her book 100 places before she gets published and becomes a best seller. If that author had given up after one submission, where would she be today?
8. "When you shoot for the moon and you come up short, you still end up among the stars," (Les Brown, author and motivational speaker.) So, always shoot past your goals, and then when you almost reach them, you will find you in fact did reach them.
9. "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." (John F. Kennedy) If you're really down, stop thinking about yourself and go do something for someone else. It will end up making you feel better as well. This quote also means to me that it isn't always about you. If you go help others, the world will become a better place in general.
10. "What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve," by Napoleon Hill, author of "Think and Grow Rich." If you come up with it and believe in it, you will be able to do it. If no one had ever had the idea to travel into space, and believe that it was possible, no one would ever have set to achieve this goal. Think about it.
Now why can other people motivate you and you are unable to motivate yourself. This is why WE ARE, ARE OWN WORST ENEMY.
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