“The team was sitting around the coach as he was trying to get them motivated. The coach ask the team members, ‘Did Michael Jordan ever quit’, they responded, ‘no’. What about the Wight Brothers’, the team hollered back, ‘no’. ‘Did Muhammad Ali ever quit’, again they respond, ‘no’. ‘Did Elmer McAllister ever quit’, and there was silence. Finally one player was bold enough to ask, ‘who’s Elmer McAllister, we never heard of him’, Coach snaps back, ‘of course you never hear of him, he quit’.” Quote from book, Defining Moments, by Dan Schaefer.
Today I would like to talk about 3 key factors to motivation
1. Discipline
2. Determination
3. Drive
These where actually part of a list put together by Scott Anderson and Chip Kurrle.
How are you doing as far as motivation is concerned?
Did you know that according to numerous studies motivation may be the prescription for a healthy life. That motivated patients recover faster following surgery, have more successful rehabilitations and show a 40-75 percent reduction in healthcare cost compared to less motivated patients? (Source, Get Motivated by Tamore Lowe)
I would say that is enough information for us to believe motivation is important and for us to try and understand these 3 attributes and apply them in our lives.
First Discipline.
One of the great de-motivators in life is not getting things done, having so many things hanging around that you just don’t feel like doing anything. Get things done and watch what happens to your motivation.
“If we put things off that need to be done now, that does not prevent them from needing to be done? It only adds today’s duties to tomorrow and day after day, things pile up and soon life is so confusing, frustrating and overwhelming, we get depressed and discouraged”. – Joyce Meyer.
Remember what Elbert Hubbard said, “Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
How about that one – can you do it. So the first step in motivation is discipline. Get stuff done, today, now.
Second attribute is determination.
You need to focus on getting the thing you are working on right now done. Not the 100 other things you might think about, but you need to concentrate on what you are doing right now and get it done right. It is amazing how motivated you will get.
Just put everything out of your mind except the dream, the goal you want to accomplish. When I was in Marine Corp training I had a very simple determination. There was no way I was going to fail. Plain and simply, I was going to make it.
The third one is drive.
What is driving you to move forward today. If it is nothing, guess what? That is why you are not getting anywhere. If you have nothing that is driving you, you will simply stand still. The driver in your life will have a great effect on motivation
What is your drive. I can remember going through college and getting up every morning, knowing I had to go to school full-time, then work a full-time job, then handle a wife and child. The drive was very strong, I need to finish so I could have some more time for my family. That was the motivation factor that got me up at 6AM every day and keep me going until 10PM. What is driving you. If nothing then it is no wonder you are standing still.
So if you want to be more motivated today, tomorrow and moving forward remember this simple formula. Get disciplined to get things done. Be determined to make it happen and that nothing is going to stand in your way. And then drive yourself forward refusing to stop.
Just think what will happen in your life if you get the things done that you need to, that you are total determined not to let anything stand in your way, and that you drive yourself forward. Amazing what will happen in your life.
This week I want you simply to follow this path. Get those things done that need to be done. Be determined to get those things done Drive yourself to do them. You will be amazed at what happens.
Manny Nowak has spent over 25 years helping people create success in their lives. An ex-marine and former top-notch computer programmer, Manny has an extensive background helping other achieve extreme levels of success. Manny is the author of over a dozen books; CD%u2019s and tools that focus on your ability to achieve greater success in all areas of your life (personal and professional). So stop hesitating %u2013 YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!
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I’ve been looking all over for this!
Thanks.