Constant Motivation
by, Corey Wells

There’s no better way to get motivated than to attended a motivational seminar or by listening to an inspirational tape. The problem is that you get really pumped up for the next week or two, but after that your enthusiasm starts to wane. This happens because the information we were so exited about initially, begins to fade from our memory. If we can feel excited about life for a couple of weeks, then there should be no reason why can’t feel that way all the time.

In order to maintain a constant motivation in our lives, we need to create continual reminders of the concepts and inspirational thinking that we were exposed in the motivational material. A good way to do this is to create inspirational reminders to place around your home and office. By doing so, you will constantly be surrounded by motivational mantras and inspirational quotes that will eventually become part of your regular belief system. All the wisdom acquired from tapes, books and seminars won’t be forgotten in the normal commotion of your everyday life.

Another benefit you’ll find be doing this is that your friends, family and co-workers will also be exposed to these same concepts and ideas. Thus, you’ve not only improved your own positive attitude, you may start to influence the thinking and actions of those around you. This well further assist you be providing a built in support system you can call on when needed.

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1. “Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
   -Thomas Carlyle
2. “Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
   -Dale Carnegie
3. “All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.”
   -Alexis Carrel,
4. ” There are only two lasting bequests we can can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings.”
   -William Hodding Carter, Jr.
5. “Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.”
   -Pablo Casals
6. “You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have”
   -Johnny Cash
7. “All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.”
   -Fidel Castro,
8. ” “Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.”
   -Willa Cather,

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Procrastination
by, Corey Wells

Procrastination and the resulting frustration it causes can be a problem in business, as well as life. The main reason we end up postponing duties or tasks is simply because we don’t enjoy doing them. However, there are some simple things you can do to avoid falling into the procrastination trap.

It is always helpful to define what goals need to be obtained. Once you know the desired outcome, determine what you need to do to make it happen. Then create a realistic deadline. After the goal is defined and the time line established, you need to set priorities and establish an achievable deadline for each necessary activity. If needed, subdivide larger tasks into smaller more doable actions. Complete each task prior to moving on to the next.

Getting started is always the hardest part. It’s easier if you start with the smaller tasks first. You’ll gain needed reinforcement each time you complete one of these tasks. Creating visible reminders like lists or notes and displaying them where they are easily viewed will help you maintain focus. Making commitments can be very inspiring. Tell someone (spouse, friend, coach, etc.) when you expect to complete a task and ask them to hold you to it.

Finally, be sure to take enjoyment in your achievements. Every time you complete an action give yourself a reward. If you can get enjoyment out of what you’re doing, procrastination will be a thing of the past.

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1. Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.”
   -Lou Brock,
2. ” Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows.”
3. “To absorb a thing is better than to learn it, and we absorb what we enjoy.”
   -John Burroughs,
4. “Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.”
   -Samuel Butler,
5. ” But if a person has had the sense of the Call — the feeling that there’s an adventure for him — and if he doesn’t follow that, but remains in the society because it’s safe and secure, then life dries up.”
   -Joseph Campbell,
6. ” Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.”
   -Albert Camus
7. ” [The secret of] how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else…was to be indifferent to that difference.”
   -Al Capp,
8. “”Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.”
   -Orson Scott Card,

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