Each week I do a guest post for Pink Heels for a series called Tuesday Tech Talk. This has been a great opportunity for me to help others and share, and since I am a big believer in Karma, this is my way of increasing my overall Karma points in that big tally.
Here is a re post of the article that will run on their site this Tuesday.
In life we all go through a point where we start a project or business and then we lose our motivation. We all start the project with the best intentions, but then things change, life changes and then you end up starring in the mirror wondering how are you ever going to get that project moving forward. Well I am here to tell you all you need is to create yourself a serious of great motivational messages or videos to help steer you back on track.
Over the years this same scenario has happened to me several times. See I am a “dreamer” as my father would call me. I love the idea of getting a bunch of new projects starting and then I need motivation or inspiration to help keep me moving. I like to have more then one project going in the hopper, this is just my DNA.
Since I now recognize this I have started created a couple of things that I do to help keep me moving and plowing straight ahead. A long time ago I sat down and wrote a note to myself. This note was more like a self reflection as to what do I want out of life, and why I need to do everything possible to get there. This note was also brutally honest, and serves as a kick in the tail when I need it.
While a note to myself is a start, I have over the last year found a couple of people that I follow that occasionally give a motivation presentation in a video blog or presentation. I have bookmarked these videos into a category called inspiration. Here are two of my favorites:
Building Personal Brand
Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library)
I cannot say enough about Gary. While his deliver can be raw, I also like the fact that he is real with people. He grew his wine business from a $5 million family business to a $45 million wine empire. All because he believes in the “hustle” as he put it, great stuff in my book.
Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better
Tony Robbins
According to Tony Robbins there are Six needs that motivate us:
- Certainty – Having this allows us to focus
- Uncertainty – We need variety
- Significance – We all need to feel important
- Connection and Love – We all need to feel love
- Grow – We all need to grow
- Contribute beyond ourselves – The secret of living is giving
So what motivate you? What makes you want to get up in the morning and keep going? When you are back is against the wall or you have a huge obstacle in front of you, what is your motivation? Leave your secrets to motivation in the comments and share with others, in this world I think we can all use a little help, and to share and help one another is a very rewarding feeling.
Peace
Frank
