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PUBLIC MARKS from falconlck with tag motivation

January 2007

Possibilities Exist For Everyone

Possibilities exist for all of us, even for those of us who are blessed the least, and even for those of us (and maybe this is you) who are backed into a corner. Possibilities, in fact, are not only ever-present, but indispensable. They are as necessar...

How Motivation Works In Response To Rewards?

The bottom line for motivation is reward. Some kind of reward - whether it’s a gain or a loss - is behind all behavior. The reward can be either positive or negative; I occasionally come across people who are motivated by a negative outcome. That...

3 Ways To Turn Negative Situations Into Positive Ones

1. When you talk, listen to yourself for the “buts,” “could ofs” and “gonnas” in your own conversations and those of people around you. Zap those negatively charged words and phrases from your own vocabulary. 2. Crea...

Help - I'm Not Following My Success Goals!

When you’re off track in life and need to stabilize yourself, look at your success goals and change your strategy to take the course that is most advantageous for you. Create a win for yourself by choosing constructive, congruent communication ra...

Success: 3 Steps To Developing Passion & Taking Action

Passion for anything occurs at the moment you get a glimpse of the potential for the project, yourself, your mission, and so on. How do you develop passion? The following steps take a look at how you develop passion: 1. Analyze what you want in life an...

Daily Motivation: Ideas That You Can Use Today

There are many techniques for motivating yourself. You may say to yourself, “I will not leave the office until everything is cleared off this desk tonight,” or, “Just twenty more pages, then I can take a coffee break.” One of th...

Personal Growth Increases Motivation

When you develop your skills, improve your thinking capacity, or increase your knowledge of topics, thus making you more valuable to yourself, your family, and your employers, you are acquiring assets that you can utilize throughout your whole life. Gr...

Associating Yourself With Positive People

The people you associate with - whether on the job or socially - can have a motivating or a demotivating effect on you. Some folks see life in a positive light and are natural motivators. If a positive person asks you how you’re doing and you say...

Change Your Attitude By Smiling

Generally speaking, the first thing you notice when you meet a person is the smile - or absence of a smile - on his or her face. Very few things influence for the good and give more encouragement than a sincere smile. English essayist Joseph Addison sa...

November 2006