Motivated People Make Things Happen While Everyone Else is Watching
Posted in “The team was sitting around the coach as he was
trying to get them motivated. The coach ask the team
members, ‘Did Michael Jordan ever quit’, they
responded, ‘no’. What about the Wight Brothers’,
the team hollered back, ‘no’. ‘Did Muhammad Ali
ever quit’, again they respond, ‘no’. ‘Did Elmer
McAllister ever quit’, and there was silence.
Finally one player was bold enough to ask,
‘who’s Elmer McAllister, we never heard of him’,
Coach snaps back, ‘of course you never hear of him,
he quit’.”
Quote from book, Defining Moments, by Dan Schaefer.
Today I would like to talk about 3 key factors
to motivation
1. Discipline
2. Determination
3. Drive
These where actually part of a list put together by
Scott Anderson and Chip Kurrle.
How are you doing as far as motivation is concerned?
Did you know that according to numerous studies
motivation may be the prescription for a healthy
life. That motivated patients recover faster
following surgery, have more successful rehabilitations
and show a 40-75 percent reduction in healthcare
cost compared to less motivated patients?
(Source, Get Motivated by Tamore Lowe)
I would say that is enough information for us to
believe motivation is important and for us to try
and understand these 3 attributes and apply them
in our lives.
First Discipline.
One of the great de-motivators in life is not getting
things done, having so many things hanging around
that you just don’t feel like doing anything. Get
things done and watch what happens to your motivation.
“If we put things off that need to be done now,
that does not prevent them from needing to be
done? It only adds today’s duties to tomorrow
and day after day, things pile up and soon life
is so confusing, frustrating and overwhelming,
we get depressed and discouraged”. - Joyce Meyer.
Remember what Elbert Hubbard said, “Self-discipline
is the ability to make yourself do what you
should do, when you should do it, whether
you feel like it or not.
How about that one - can you do it.
So the first step in motivation is discipline.
Get stuff done, today, now.
Second attribute is determination
You need to focus on getting the thing you are
working on right now done. Not the 100 other
things you might think about, but you need to
concentrate on what you are doing right now
and get it done right. It is amazing how
motivated you will get.
Just put everything out of your mind except the
dream, the goal you want to accomplish. When
I was in Marine Corp training I had a very simple
determination. There was no way I was going to
fail. Plain and simply, I was going to make it.
The third one is drive.
What is driving you to move forward today.
If it is nothing, guess what? That is why you
are not getting anywhere. If you have nothing
that is driving you, you will simply stand still.
The driver in your life will have a great effect
on motivation
What is your drive. I can remember going
through college and getting up every morning,
knowing I had to go to school full-time, then
work a full-time job, then handle a wife and
child. The drive was very strong, I need to
finish so I could have some more time for
my family. That was the motivation factor
that got me up at 6AM every day and keep
me going until 10PM. What is driving you.
If nothing then it is no wonder you are
standing still.
So if you want to be more motivated today,
tomorrow and moving forward remember
this simple formula.
Get disciplined to get things done.
Be determined to make it happen and that
nothing is going to stand in your way.
And then drive yourself forward refusing
to stop.
Just think what will happen in your life if
you get the things done that you need
to, that you are total determined not to let
anything stand in your way, and that you drive
yourself forward. Amazing what will happen in
your life.
This week I want you simply to follow this path.
Get those things done that need to be done.
Be determined to get those things done
Drive yourself to do them.
You will be amazed at what happens.
If you are not getting the results you want,
if you are not motivated enough, if this article
has not done the trick, then you should think
about coaching. It can help you put together
the motivation you need to be even move
successful.
Coaching is key to helping you and your
business attain greater results.
It really works?
It can be that edge that you need.
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Coach Manny Nowak
Encouraging, educating, inspiring and strengthening
business owners to be the best.
