This Month's Tip - October 2003:
"A Guide on Motivation"
What impels a person to action is a human phenomenon that has been subject to many theories and diagrams. Perhaps this reflects the uniqueness in each of us. Yet, these sources of enlightenment help us understand what inhibits action and what encourages action inside ourselves. Here's a glimmer of that understanding.
What Inhibits Action?
Being a victim of unrealistic self appraisals
Planting doubts in our abilities; being fearful
Initiating negative feedback in our thoughts
Taking unnecessary risks
Vanishing involvement and commitment to a goal; being cynical
Lacking a higher purpose, a personal mission statement
Lacking self-esteem and ability to take control
Carrying inflated standards and disallowing mistakes
What Encourages Action?
Being honest with ourselves and self-confident
Nurturing a continuous need to learn and be self-aware
Learning to control thoughts and feelings by sharpening concentration skills
Learning to set realistic goals and play to their strengths
Cultivating a positive attitude to overcome procrastination
Using our successes as launching pads
Having a passion, seeing progress and being empowered
Seeking only what is good for you
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a "person" can be, he must be." Maslow
Diane S. Bégin
October, 2003
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