MOTIVATION, THE HEART OF SELF IMPROVEMENT
Pain may sometimes be the reason why people change. Receiving
failing grades makes us realise that we do need to study. Debt
reminds us of our inability to look for a better source of income.
Being humiliated gives us the ‘push’ to speak up and fight for
ourselves to better prepare ourselves for facing the next
embarrassing situation. It may be a bitter experience, a friend’s
tragic story, a great movie, or an inspiring book that will help us
get up and get just the right amount of motivation we need in order
to improve ourselves.
With the countless negativities the world brings about, how do we
keep motivated? Try the following A-Z of tips…
A - Achieve your dreams. Avoid negative people, things and
places. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “the future belongs to those
who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
B - Believe in your self, and in what you can do. Use
motivation as your steering wheel.
C – Consider things from every angle and aspect. To be able
to understand life, you should feel the sun from both sides.
D – Don’t give up and don’t give in. Thomas Edison failed once,
twice, and then, many more times, before he came up with his
invention and perfected the incandescent light bulb. Motivation
comes from determination.
E – Enjoy work as if you don’t need money. Dance as if nobody’s
watching. Love as if you never cried. Learn as if you’ll live
forever. Motivation takes place when people are happy.
F – Family and Friends – are life’s greatest treasures.
Don’t lose sight of them.
G – Give more than is enough, and then make a bit more
effort. Where does motivation and self improvement take place at
work? At home? At school? When you exert extra effort in doing
things.
H – Hang on to your dreams. They may dangle in there for a
moment, but these little stars will be your driving force.
I – Ignore those who try to destroy you. Don’t let other people
to get the best of you. Stay away from toxic people – the kind
of friends who hate to hear about your success. Negativity can
be a motivational killer, if you let it.
J – Just be yourself. The key to success is to be yourself. And
the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
K – Keep trying, no matter how hard life may appear. A
motivated person will eventually see the "light at the end
of the tunnel", paving the way to self improvement.
M – Make things happen. Motivation is when your dreams are put
into work clothes.
N – Never lie, cheat or steal. Always play a fair game. Honesty
is obvious to all who meet you.
O – Open your eyes. Look for the path to where you wish to go,
then don't give up until you get there.
P – Practice makes perfect. Practice is about motivation. It
usually helps us learn from our mistakes.
Q – Quitters never win. And winners never quit. So, choose your
fate – are you going to be a quitter? Or a winner?
R – Ready yourself. Motivation is also about preparation. We
must listen to that little voice within us telling us to
get started. Remember, it wasn’t raining when Noah build the
ark.
S – Stop procrastinating. Stop being negative. Take charge of
your life.
T – Take control of your life. Self discipline and self
control live synonymously with motivation. Both are key factors
in self improvement.
U – Understand others. If you know very well how to talk, you
should also learn how to listen. Yearn to understand first, and to
be understood the second.
V – Visualize it. Motivation without vision is like a boat on a
dry land.
W – Want it more than anything. Dreaming means believing. If you
want something bad enough, your dreams will come true. Belief is
another motivational tool to aid in achieving self
improvement.
X – X Factor is what will make you different from the others.
When you are motivated, you tend to put on “extras” on your life
like extra time for family, extra help at work, extra care for
friends, and so on.
Y – You are unique. No one in this world looks, acts, or talks
like you. Value your life and existence, because you’re just going
to spend it once, so spend it wisely and don't waste it.
Z – Zero in on your dreams and go for it!!!
Further Self Improvement resources are
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