Posts Tagged ‘Motivation’

With all the financial markets around the world tumbling, it is in this economic climate that we require a sense of centrality.  This is where purpose and passion need to rise to the surface, or in fact need to be dusted off and revisited afresh so that the winds of change don’t blow us off course.

For if you have built your house upon the rock of faith, belief and hope - you will weather the storm.  But if your house has been built upon the shifting sands of chance, lack of integrity, indecision and abdicated responsibility - your crash will be great.

But be encouraged - at any time you can rebuild.

But how can you position yourself for success in this current global storm?

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The most correct study of mankind is man.

Each individual is a mirror to us; and the more we peer into the lives of others, whether in the past or the present, we can learn more and more about ourselves.

This is the power of biography and is why I encourage myself, and those I write for, to take time to peer into the lives of others. For it is there that you will learn about yourself and unveil the mystery that is called you.

‘History,’ it has been said, ‘is the essence of innumerable Biographies.’ It is the story of mankind; the meshing together of lives innumerable that will reveal to you the keys of success, the ways of wisdom and the path of understanding.

This is why we must read not only the books, but also the lives of those we come in contact with on a daily basis.

Make observation your key obsession. Analyse your life participants and watch the stories of lives around you unfold. And while you watch, learn. For what you see is a mirror; a mirror of a motivated life.

There is a strange power in reality. In one day many cross my path and I find that it is those who walk in reality who have the greatest impact on my life. In their life there are no facades, no hidden agendas, no unwritten proposals. They are real. What you see is what you get.

I find within these lives the greatest contribution and the greatest lessons. For these lives are lives that are walked in confidence. There is nothing hidden. There is nothing tucked away. When they speak they speak from the heart. When they listen they listen from the soul.

But in a sense this is refreshing. They are not afraid of their humanity. They recognise that within their frail form of humanness is contained numerous strengths and alongside them lie a smattering of weaknesses.

But they do not focus on the weaknesses. They concentrate their efforts and their energies on the use of their strengths and treat their weaknesses like one would treat a buzzing fly around one’s head.

REALITY IS LIVING WHAT YOU SPEAK

There is one power though that is demonstrated in such a motivated life and it is this: to have an open loving heart and to allow that love to flow from that heart.

For ‘a loving heart is the beginning of knowledge’.

A heart such as that will open the whole mind and will make the intellect alert. For it has been written that ‘the heart sees further than the head’. It knows no boundaries and it refuses to be hemmed in.

When the head says ‘no’, the heart says ‘yes’. A life ruled by the heart is a free spirit that follows the pathway of faith and resists the power of fear. For the heart is a powerful warrior, when at times the head can be a slinking coward. Develop the heart as well as the head and you will know victory like you have never known before. But before you speak, keep silent unless you have something to say.

Spend your time in reading and learning first and foremost and then and only then, as you equip yourself, your time will come when you will speak. But whatever you do, do what you say and say what you do.

A TRUE THINKER IS THE ONE WHO THINKS AND DOES

Make it your mission to under-promise and over-deliver in all that you do.

Imitate the motivated life. Reflect the mirror image of their experience. Sit at their feet. Read their books. Listen to their words. Spend time in their presence and you will learn more about yourself and your ways. And it is on this foundation that you can then begin to step-by-step build the firm foundations of a successful and a very motivated life.

Be diligent in your study and your motivated life will not fail you. It will guide you. It will drive you and it will sustain you - all the way to victory.

Motivational Quote: A mirrored life reflects on not only what is, but on what is to become.

Here are some powerful Mini Motivators drawn from the fantastic little book entitled The Mini MOTIVATOR by Paul Hanna. ENJOY!!!!

I’m going to share 10 of these powerful motivators with you now.

1. Keep Your Car Immaculate

Forget what you may have heard. When it comes to cars, we all judge a book by its cover.

Try arriving at a five-star hotel in a clapped-out piece of automation and watch how you get treated. But try arriving in a parking car and see the difference.

It’s not right or wrong - it’s just how we are all built. Remember that saying: ‘An ounce of image is worth a ton of performance’. Whatever your car, be it a BMW or a Berlina, a Falcon or a Ferrari - when it’s dirty, it tells everyone outside what is going on inside… your head!

2. Never, Ever Take No For An Answer

How long do you keep persisting when you get a ‘No’?

If you lift your self-esteem you will start to see your resilience improve. Remember, the size of a person is determined by what it takes to upset them, so the higher your self-esteem the less likely you are to give in quickly.

3. Mental Ownership

The great American sales trainer, Tom Hopkins, once said, ‘People love to buy after they own’.

Imagine a guy who is thinking about buying a new car and takes it home to show his loved ones. When he and his family see it in the garage, looking like it belongs there, they all decide they just have to have it.

Get people emotionally involved in your product, and they’ll move heaven and earth to buy it from you.

4. Persistence

As every car salesperson will tell you. It’s persistence that ends up beating resistance.

5. Dress For Success

People do judge a book by its cover.

Dress like the person you want to become.

6. Negativity In Others

Every salesperson knows that an objection is just a request for more information. When a salesperson gives a customer the answers to their objections, he or she gets the sale.

Negative people - people who are always ‘objecting’ - are really just wanting to be convinced that they matter, that they are okay.

Assist then in this quest and watch the turnaround in their attitude.

7. Deadlines Bring Your Goals Into Focus

If one of your goals is not happening as fast as you want it to, you can speed things up by putting a deadline on it.

As soon as a realistic deadline is in place, you will start to see how to achieve it.

8. People Buy You, Not Your Product

Every salesperson will tell you all about ‘call reluctance’. It’s not wanting to be rejected by prospective clients.

If you’re having trouble seeing more clients because you’re worried about being rejected, start depositing more points into your Self-esteem Bank Account. When you lift your self-esteem, you will see objection as not as an assault on your character, but simply as what they are: a request for more information.

When you give the information in a professional and enthusiastic way, the client will share your beliefs and, in all probability, buy. Act defensively and your client will say, ‘Let me think it over’ or ‘Leave it with me.’

People buy people, not products.

9. The Secret Of Success

Successful people know they are just like everyone else. They have unlimited potential, just like we all do.

But successful people don’t sit around wishing and hoping for things to happen. They know that their strength lies in focusing on clear goals.

10. Plan Your Day The Night Before

Each night, before you go to sleep, write down in your diary a list of what you would like to accomplish the following day. (Make a list of no more than 6 things. Too many things on your list can trigger self defeat before you even get started.) Give each item an A, B or C according to how high a priority they are.

The next day, watch how you start to improve your focus. As you tick off the things on your list, you’ll feel great. Your Self-esteem Bank Account will start to benefit because you’ll be providing lots of opportunities to tell yourself that you’re a winner.

Motivational Quote: Mini motivators applied to your life create MAXI results.