Motivation Archive

If you are in any kind of social group like at work or in your community, your neighborhood, or your family, you may be thinking that success in terms of group dynamics is just something that happens. There is just something about certain people that ensures that they rise to the top. As you probably …

As I keep saying in this series of articles, people automatically believe that they are already motivated if they have goals in life. If only things were that simple. Seriously. Let’s face it, the reason why most people struggle and is unable to reach peak levels of performance is because they just go through the …

What if I told you that getting motivated is not much different from going to the gym and hitting the weights? You may be thinking to yourself that there is a big difference between a weight rack and getting motivated. In fact, if you’re like most people, you probably assume that you already motivated enough. …

You are probably rolling your eyes at the title of this article. I really can’t say I blame you. I mean, come on. People forgetting how to get motivated? The absurdity of that statement really speaks to our assumptions. Most people who are trying to achieve anything with their lives automatically assume that since they …

Let’s get one thing clear. All of us have the capacity for greatness. Seriously. We all have it in us to do amazing things. In fact, you only need to look at past instances in your life where you were able to truly achieve. Everybody has it in them to do the right things at …

I remember a friend of mine who swore by a certain ritual that he did prior to taking any test. This is kind of an ironic memory because I was in graduate school in California and last time I checked the people in that program were otherwise very logical, rational and tended to live their …

I remember when I was in college and I was hanging out with some guys who were in a fraternity and they were telling me that their main priority in college was to basically chase girls and drink a lot of beer. At that time, all that sounded like a good idea. After all, who …

Have you ever stopped and asked what will motivate you? A lot of people are under the impression that they are already motivated. This is precisely the reason why most people struggle. You see, in the United States and elsewhere, we have been trained that if our pizza doesn’t arrive 15 minutes after we have …

Now what if I told you that figuring out what to do, how to do it and when to do it are not as important as figuring out why. That’s right. Technical considerations, and this involves learning how to do something, are very important. After all, you need to know how to do things for …

It’s very important to understand if you are trying to achieve anything with your life, that you have it you know. You really do. I know this sounds like a pep talk, but it isn’t. It’s just a statement of fact. All of us are capable of achieving something called “a state of flow.” You …