SELF IMPROVEMENT AND MOTIVATION

Free yourself from your worries about what others might think or say about you. Free yourself from the limitations that your doubts have imposed upon you. Free yourself from the misguided assumption that effort is something to be avoided. Free yourself from those comfortable, yet negative habits that waste so much of your precious time. There is so much good you can do right here and now. Free yourself to experience the joy of creating that goodness as you live each moment. There are countless great possibilities open to you today. Free yourself to go right ahead, to explore and fulfill the best of those possibilities. Free yourself from the need to be troubled by the troubles. Allow yourself to accept what is, and then allow and encourage yourself to make the very best of it. Free yourself from whatever may have held you back before. This is your time to live, and to do so with all the spirit and energy of which you’re so beautifully capable.

There are a lot of people who just do not care, and that is an opportunity. It is an opportunity for you to distinguish yourself by caring and by seeking to make a positive difference in life. There are people who are not willing to take the time to learn, to work, and to get things done. Again, it is an opportunity for you to take the time, to make the effort and to make good things happen. There are people who bend the truth, and worse. You can stand out from the crowd by being absolutely faithful to the truth. In what is good, in what is bad, in whatever may be, there is opportunity. There is the opportunity for you to live with positive purpose and integrity. In a world that can often seem ridiculous and downright insane, there is an abundance of smart, positive opportunity. In fact, the crazier things get, the more opportunity there is to be sensible, supportive, loving, caring and productive. Instead of bemoaning how bad things are, see the opportunity to make things much, much b...

It feels good to get stuff done. So get yourself feeling great by making plenty of things happen. Your energy is drained and your spirit is sapped when there are too many tasks hanging over your head. Get out from under all that by putting forth the effort to get those tasks completed. Give yourself the gift of positive, meaningful activity. Give yourself the power and the satisfaction of some good, solid momentum. If you’re feeling down, a quick way to feel better is to get up and get busy. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all that has to be done, the only way out is to start to work on it. In an instant you can go from fruitless and futile to energetic and effective. You deserve the great feeling that comes from making good things happen. Get beyond thinking about it, planning, hoping and wishing. Get going right now and get some great stuff done.  

You have had, and continue to have, some great ideas in your life. Yet too many of those ideas have never become anything more than ideas. The ideas that spring into your head are uniquely valuable because they come from your experience of living. Pay a little more attention to them, and consider putting more of them into practice. When you have an idea for making life better, there’s a very good reason you’ve had that idea. It is telling you something, so listen, learn, and act on what you hear. You have a highly qualified consultant who knows everything about you, and who is constantly giving you advice. That consultant is you and the advice often comes in the form of ideas. If you’re wondering what to do next, look at some of those ideas. Choose one, and put effort into following through on it. Listen to the advice of the person who knows you best, namely you. You have some great ideas, so give them the attention they deserve, and do something great with them.

Get the energy flowing in your life and point that energy in a positive direction. Get into action, get involved, become aware, and then give your love and your passion to what you see. Take the raw material of this not-yet-completed day and transform it into something good. Instead of passing judgment on what has already come your way, figure out how to make it all work for the best. There’s no value in getting overly worked up about what might or might not happen. Focus your effort and attention on making the best of what does happen. It’s great to have high expectations. Yet the good things in life do not always arrive in the way you expect.  The building blocks of a rich and meaningful life are arriving on a daily basis, in all sorts of unexpected ways. Your job is to get yourself into the flow of energy, to harness that energy, and to point it in the direction of your dreams and desires. Be involved, be accepting, and be purposeful. Focus the energy in all that happens, focus ...

Inspiration is best served on a continuous basis. It’s great to be inspired once, and a whole lot better to stay inspired all the time. Instead of looking for something that will inspire you in a big, impressive way, set yourself up to be inspired in every small moment. Instead of waiting for the big things to inspire and motivate you, choose to let everything inspire and motivate you. See inspiration not as something you get, but as something you create. Give yourself a good reason to be positive, to be effective, to be active and involved, and you will be. Decide that you will be continuously inspired, constantly motivated, and always on the lookout for ways to lift up all of life. Decide to live on the bright, positive, hopeful side of life and enjoy the power it gives you to do great and beneficial things. Choose to be inspired by the victories and the defeats, the setbacks as well as the successes. Find a little positive particle in every person, every situation and every event, a...

Instead of coming up with reasons why you cannot, come up with reasons why you must. Focus on your purpose, not on your doubts. Make sure that purpose is authentic, and truly means something to you. If you merely follow someone else’s dream, you won’t like where you end up, even if you somehow manage to get there. There’s a reason why you care about the things you care about. It’s because you are the person who can give life and meaning and substance to those things. Admit who you are and what you love. Admit your passions, your interests, your preferences and your desires. Embrace and celebrate your uniqueness. Feel the driving strength of your most genuine purpose, and let it give energy to everything you do. Remember always why you must do what you must do. Remember, and find the inspiration to make it happen.