motivation Archive

The Will to Get Out Of Bed

January 23, 2014Motivation

Sometimes it’s tough. Sometimes there doesn’t seem to be a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Knowing the world will go on without your contribution is a weighty reality, one that is sometimes too much to shoulder. So, you stay in. Alone. You’re not the only

Change – it does the body good

January 23, 2014Motivation

You get up, shower, dress and go to work. Your work responsibilities are routine now; you’ve been doing the same thing day in and day out for years. When the day is done, you return home, eat, maybe watch a little TV, and then go to bed. You get

Exercise: Just Do It!

January 21, 2014Motivation

What can you do to make yourself feel calmer, more productive, and more alert? Exercise! I can hear your sighs from here. But it’s true. We already know that working out can help your cardio vascular strength and help you lose weight. But there are other benefits that

Purpose changes your life.

October 15, 2013Motivation

Ever get that feeling that you are stuck? That nothing that we do matters? It’s because you are living life without a definable purpose The difference between life with purpose and life with no purpose is that with a purpose, actions are means to an end whereas without purpose

“The Stonecutter”

June 26, 2013Motivation

“When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow

Driven: Routine and Purpose

June 26, 2013Motivation

Life is built on routine. Routine can either be monotonous or redeeming. It all depends on whether there is a purpose. Think of two construction workers; one who is part of building a home and one who is simply building without purpose. They are both part of a routine

Freedom

June 26, 2013Motivation

The difference between a slave and a freeman is a freeman has and works towards an ultimate purpose where the slave has none. Two acts can be the same but can be worlds apart depending on what overall purpose they serve.