self motivation

How to have great self confidence

2007-06-16T00:38:00.000-07:00

In case anyone looks here and wonders what happened, I decided to have my own website on wordpress. So if you are looking for great self confidence go and have a look. Eventually I intend having a broader self help type newsletter, and perhaps other blogs, but want to establish one good blog first.

Teenagers who climbed Everest

2007-03-03T03:19:00.000-08:00

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Having posted about Sir Ranulph Fiennes earlier in the week, he crops up again on the radio as I was eating breakfast. Unfortunately he described
in some detail removing some frost bitten fingers in his garden shed
with the help of a "workmate" and a saw, which didn't aid digestion!
But the programme also featured two young men - James Hooper and RobGauntlett - who reached the summit of Everest at the age of 19. This followed 3 years training and they are now the youngest Britons
to have reached the summit (a record that implies there are younger
people from other countries). They were promoting their next challenge
-trekking the 22,000 miles from the North to South poles:- www.180degrees.co.uk).

They were saying how anything is achievable if you are committed to a
goal. You find that support is out there once you make that commitment,
and the next stage is to break the goal down into smaller, manageable
chunks.

I agree with some of what they say in principle, and admire their courage and motivation. But like Sir Ranulph Fiennes, their background and circumstances have alot
to do with getting these extreme challenges off the ground. I think
finding and nurturing support for anything - whether giving up smoking,
losing weight, running a marathon, orclimbing a mountain - is vital to
sustain motivation. And its often overlooked or given as read - people
assume those around them will support their efforts. How to find or
develop support is something I will keep returning to - and welcome
comments on.

Good luck to James and Rob and their team for their 180 degree trek, starting this month.
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Self Motivation - When you really want to do something, why is it difficult?

2007-03-02T04:32:00.000-08:00

Self Motivation - When you really, really want to do something why is it difficult?
Author: Kay Drummond
Do you find it difficult to get self motivated? Do you love the
idea of being self motivated, but lack the drive to get started?
It might help if you set yourself a goal to work towards.

Want some help? OK!

The first thing to do is grab a pen and paper, put on your
thinking cap, and start thinking! What is it you would like to
achieve? Now, before you do anything else, write those goals
down. The mere act of writing your goal down will help keep your
motivation strong. Make you more determined to achieve.

With me so far? Good!

Try not to make your goal one that you hope to achieve within a
short period of time. Plan to make it become a reality sometime
in the future. Then take this main 'big goal' and break it down
into small parts. Make sure each part is achievable. If you have
any doubts about this, break that small part down to be even
smaller.

Have you put them down on paper? Good! Hold on don't rush off!

It's no good writing them down if you are going to stick them
inside a book, or tuck them away in a drawer! Pin them up where
you can see them! Read through the list every day and cross each
goal off as you complete it - wow I bet that feels good! The
list is shrinking!

Don't only read through the list, visualise how your life will
be when you reach the final piece of your goal. Now hold that
vision in your mind. Any time you feel your motivation begin to
sag, call up that vision. Think strongly about it. Really
concentrate hard on it. Imagine the sense of achievement you
will feel knowing that you stayed motivated and on target with
your dream.

If you have a friend who you know will help encourage your
motivation, why not share your plan and ask if he/she will help
you any time you feel that you want to give up?

It's not always easy to stay self-motivated, even when there is
something you really want to do. Other challenges may crop up in
your daily life that seem to overtake any plans you had on
working towards your goal. Try to stay centered on what it is
you hope to achieve.

Don't take the easy way out by saying you haven't got time to
get motivated. If you do this, you may feel good about your
decision to give up initially, but when there is something you
really, really want to achieve, it wont belong before regret
sets in and you wish you hadn't dropped your plans. Sometimes to
give in seems the easiest thing to do, but that could be because
you aren't feeling in the mood and have lost your self
motivation. If this happens don't forget to visualise the final
successful outcome. This should give you the courage and
determination to keep going.

Achieve one small goal at a time. No need to rush. Slow and easy will

About the author:
Webmaster www.positive-personal-growth.com

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Fund raising as a motivator?

2007-02-27T12:57:00.000-08:00

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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?
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Why is taking Action so Important

2007-02-24T07:52:00.000-08:00

Self Motivation guest article by Neel Raman

Why Is Taking Action So Important?

Funny how one day slips into the next before you hardly notice
it. Sometimes you can just amble along, letting life go by and
enjoying each day as it comes, because there's always another
day. There's no rush.

And yes, life could be more fulfilling. You could be putting
more into that course, or that job, or that relationship, and
maybe next year you'll knuckle down and see about changing
direction to something you really want to do.

But not right now. Let's just enjoy the here and now. Life's too
short to get too worried.

The trouble with drifting is that it is directionless. Floating
along with the tide means that you don't use your arms and your
legs or your head or your heart. It takes no effort. The current
does all the work while you just need to lie back and watch the
clouds drifting overhead.

It's comfortable.

What do you plan to do with what's left of the rest of your
life? You're thinking about getting around to something next
year. Is this when you'll be ready to climb out of the river,
build yourself a boat and steer your way to your goal?

But you know what? Every year is the same. Every year someone
says "well maybe when I have more time I'll do such and such."
Or "when the kids have left school and left home, I'll do this."
Or maybe even "when I retire, I'll have more time."

Life is slipping past.

Now is your moment. Right now! This minute! The words you're
reading right here on this page mark each and every second of
your precious life floating past.

Take action now to find your true purpose in life. Discover what
it is that will fill you with excitement and inspiration. Live
every second of your life. You deserve to feel the joy of living.

Get yourself into a boat, take the paddle, and row with the
current to where you want to be, where you want to go, where you
know you will find happiness and fulfilment.

Don't wait until next year, or when you retire, or when the time
feels right. Think about what it is you want in life and where
you want to be.

And take the first step into that future.

The time is now. Take action. Right now!

About the author:
Neel Raman, is an author, keynote speaker and coach to many. He
has written 'Hoops and Freedom', an informative and powerful
self-improvement book, in the form of an entertaining fiction
story, targeted at those who want and demand more from life. To
find out more about this book and his FREE offers, visit:
http://www.HoopsAndFreedom.com

Geocaching - why?

2007-02-21T11:48:00.000-08:00

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Today my wife and I spent a day together without children. We explored an area of a beautiful county, Dorset. We focused our visit by looking for geocaches. Explaining the attraction on hunting small boxes filled with assorted goodies and a notebook can be difficult - sometimes we just say we're going walking. But the joy of geocaching is you have the thrill of "hunting for treasure" - you don't always find it (at least we don't!) and you get to explore places you wouldn't normally visit. One of today's caches involved a two mile walk over stiff terrain - with strong winds and some rain. But we were motivated and thoroughly enjoyed the walk (with the view above) and finding the cache Compton View. So for us geocaching helps motivate us to get our of the car, explore lovely countryside - and think where someone has hidden their cache. Not suit everyone - but we really enjoy it.
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Self Motivation

2007-02-19T03:16:00.000-08:00

Self Motivation
Why self motivation - why not just motivation? The term self motivation sounds a bit clumsy and doesn't jump off the page like motivation. But I don't want this blog to be about me, or others, motivating you. I'm no Anthony Robbins - I couldn't motivate a crowd or individual to walk over hot coals! However, this blog will eventually contain resources, ideas and (a little) inspiration to help anyone with their own self motivation. It will be broad enough to be a sort of "be your own life coach", but the recurrent theme is self motivation..