Fund raising as a motivator?

self motivation

There is an article in today's Times newspaper about Sir Ranulph Fiennes, explorer/adventurer/fundraiser, who announced his forthcoming attempt to climb the North Face of the Eiger. This despite his vertigo and fear of heights! Sir Ranulph is 62 and also suffers from a heart condition, but plans to avoid his fear of heights by "not looking down"...
I have followed the career of Sir Ranulph as about 17 years ago I attended a lunch where he gave a motivational speech. I cannot remember what the event, nor his speech, were about - only his declining any food from the hosts! I have never attended a motivational talk since, and I do wonder how useful they are when it
comes to self motivation.
But it would appear Sir Ranulph has motivation enough to overcome his fears for his current quest. His wife, mother and sister all died within 18 months from cancer; He hopes to raise £1.5 million ($3 million)for the Marie Curie Delivering Choice
Programme, which aims to give terminally ill patients choice over where
they are cared for and die.
Attempting an extreme physical challenge in return for sponsorship is now a common event that I will come back to in a future blog. But I have also come across people using sponsorship as a way of losing weight, or giving up smoking!
Would it work for you?
self motivation