I got up early this morning after a nice evening watching football and eating fish. I woke refreshed and somewhat motivated but there was a little hesitation in my step. As usual, I made my way to the office, turned on the computer and browsed the usual websites. Checking news and social networking sites I fell into the same ol' daily routine; which I must admit has been far from productive for the past few days.
Looking for direction, inspiration or motivation, I visited a rarely viewed web page; http://today.myway.com/motivator.html and like a slap in the head, I got my direction for today and beyond. After reading the daily motivator, I took a short break, looked around my office and thought of the things that I should just do. It's amazing how often I put things off, from things I want to do to things that really need to be done. Nothing too urgent mind you, but there are many things. Ironically, I am more caught up than usual, but there are still a number of things I must do.
I can see on my desk that there a few things that need to be done; I can see from my notes that there are a few things that need to be done; I can see in my email inbox that there are a few things that need to be done; I can see that in order to reach my short and long term business objectives, there are a few things that need to be done. This is the week of doing them, one at a time, until they are done. Is it really so bad? Is it really that hard? Or is it something that just needs to be done. So be it.
Side note: This is a lesson that I have been learning for the past 4 months as it relates to fitness. I wake up in the morning with a million "reasons" not to go to the gym, and unfortunately, I have given in to those excuses more than 50% of the time. Fortunately however, my trainer has been persistent and I have made great progress in my strength, flexibility and have lost 25 lbs. Had I not allowed myself to think "it's too hard" so often, my progress would be much greater, fortunately for me, I did the hard thing often enough to see results. It is evidence that today's motivation works on the long term as well as the short term.
To paraphrase, "You know what needs to be done - stop making excuses and just do it!"
Oh, the motivation?
Is it really so bad?
Is there anything you need to do, but don't really want to do? Is there something that could bring success and accomplishment, but you just can't bring yourself to do it?
Why not? Is it really so bad? Or have you just become so accustomed to avoiding it, that you've created a block against it? Habits and attitudes perpetuate themselves. And often we find it necessary to break free.
Chances are, whatever you're avoiding, you've probably done many other things that are just as risky or unpleasant or difficult. It's not the thing itself that's stopping you -- it's you. In fact, some of the actions you take to avoid it, are probably just as uncomfortable as doing it in the first place.
Whatever needs to be done -- do it! Break free of your own limiting attitude. You can handle whatever challenges come your way. Stop holding yourself back, and learn to enjoy the actions that lead to success.
Copyright Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator® at www.dailymotivator.com
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