Motivation on the Run

Somehow, I missed reading any of Og Mandino’s books, but can now say, that problem is remedied. I recently checked out two Og Mandino books from the local library in League City (even with their limited selection). I find his style relaxed and passionate as he creates a learning environment that sucks you in, weaving [...]

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I received an email from Steve Farber the other day looking for help from readers like you. Steve is a great guy and if you can help, that’s great. I’m chipping away at book #3, and I’m feeling more inspired by its message than anything I’ve done so far. I’ve recently posted an invitation for [...]

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In case you missed all the television and newspaper ads for the Get Motivated Seminars, here is the next month’s schedule. I’m not sure, but I think it would be impossible to not know about these if they were coming anywhere near. April 24 – Peoria, IL April 26 – Knoxville, TN May 2 – [...]

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Have you ever thought about the different analogies used to explain sales? I’ve used the bird dog analogy before, and now I want to explore another one, golf. Professional golfers: are self-employed must get sponsors must keep their sponsors happy get paid when they win (or place well) practice practice practice learn from their mistakes [...]

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Motivation is … necessary fun mandatory required special hard easy contagious stirring moving beneficial What else is motivation to you? [tags]motivation[/tags]

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Have you ever wondered who the best motivational speaker is? Of course, different people have different opinions, but what if we had a SmackDown to determine the best? No, not like the WWE—get physical thing, but some kind of motivation-off (like bake-off). I know it’s strange, but I just started wondering. Are you telling me [...]

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Seth Godin posted a good article on the reasons you should write an ebook. I must say, I agree with him and have re-committed to my effort for my first ebook. I am setting new goals (using SMARTER), and will publish those as soon as ready. If you have thought of writing an ebook, jump [...]

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Scott Ginsberg issues challenges at the end of every article he writes. Earlier Scott published an article titled 33 random thoughts I jotted down at the Phoenix airport, and the challenge was to write your own random thoughts article. It seems my life is full of random thoughts and there is usually nothing to do [...]

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The Redhead found this picture at The Times (London). Taken in Germany on one of the Autobahns, it reminded her of the picture at the top of Motivation on the Run. If it were larger, I might try to add it to the website somehow, but alas, it is too small. [tags]Autobahn, cars, taillights, headlights[/tags]

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Writing reminder notes is a great way to remember important information unless you lose the note and forget the contents, too. A few months ago, I was brainstorming on different aspects of leadership, then put the notes somewhere safe. That always slows the process. My purpose, though, was to identify several leadership ideas I don’t [...]

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