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5 Great Motivation Quotes to Ponder Today

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OK, let’s get back into the quote analysis business.  It’s a lot of fun to learn from the thoughts of some of the great thinkers throughout history.  I love to look at the words of wisdom of someone who was highly successful at achieving what he/she wanted to achieve in life and deriving my own thoughts and ideas from these words.

Today, I am going to take five such quotes and say a few of my own words about each.  Then, I want you to leave a comment with your own thoughts on one of these quotes.  Let’s learn from each other!

1) “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear is all in the mind.  Facing fears and doing the things that you fear will make fear non-existant.  The only way to conquer fear is to face it.  Fortunately, facing fear is a guaranteed way to conquer it.  There are few things in life as certain as this.

2) “If you don’t like something, change it.  If you can’t change it, change your attitude.  Don’t complain.” -Maya Angelou

We all have to realize that there are some things in life that we can’t control.  Complaining about everything that we do not life is a waste of time and energy.  Instead focus on creating positivity through the things that you can control.

3) “It is your very imperfections that make you the ideal teacher of the lessons that you are learning.” -Story Waters

The best things to learn from in life are your own experiences.  The only way to learn from these experiences is to attempt things.  Do not simply wait for things to be safe.  Experiment and try new  things.  Understand that you will not always experience immediate success.  Try and fail.  Then try better and fail better.  Then keep trying until you find success.

4) “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” -Dolly Parton

The only reason we have great things in life is because we also have bad things.  In order to appreciate success, you must learn to deal with failure.  In order to appreciate joy, you must experience sorrow.  Do not let the bad get you down.  Instead, realize that it will only make the good things in life even better.

5) “Patience has its limits.  Take it too far, and it’s cowardice.” -George Jackson

It is good to be patient, for a certain period of time.  However, if you find that you are always patient, you are likely sitting back too much.  Do not wait for the time to be just right to do things.  Take some risks and seek out new opportunities.  The best day to try something new is TODAY!

Now what can you take from these quotes?

Responsibility to Achieve

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“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” -Abraham Lincoln

We all have a responsibility to ourselves to make the most of our lives.  Otherwise, life would not be worth living.  In order for us to be happy, we must do the things necessary to reach our happiness.

Many of the things that we need to do to find happiness in the future are things that we do not want to do today.  Often, we know these things are going to end up being good for us, but the fact that they make us uncomfortable today makes us put them off for later.

The problem with putting things off for later is that, eventually, we still are going to need to do them.  Be it now or later, when the time comes to do these things, we likely will still be quite uncomfortable.  In fact, the longer we put things off, often, the more uncomfortable we become with these things.

The obstacles that we do not want to face have power over us.  The more we put off facing them, the more power they gain.  At the same time, the longer we procrastinate, the more power we lose.

This all means that, with the obstacles becoming stronger, and us becoming weaker, the obstacles are more difficult for us to face as time passes.

Therefore, if you want to make life more difficult for yourself, keep putting off the things that you need to do to achieve your goals.

On the other hand, if you want to succeed in your undertaking, get the work done now and make things easier in the future.  Build up your power and begin experiencing achievement.

Take responsibility for yourself and take up the challenge to begin achieving every single day!

What We Gain From Obstacles

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In the previous post, I discussed what obstacles are and precisely how they keep us from achieving our greatest goals.  There are always going to be obstacles present, and these obstacles hold a great deal of power.  By overcoming the obstacles and advancing past them, we take power from them.  This power can be greatly beneficial to our life fulfillment.

The power that we gain from overcoming obstacles strengthens our power/desire unity.  The most power we have, the more desire we will have to continue toward a goal.  The more desire we have, the greater our chances of achieving that goal.  Also, the greater the unity of power and desire, the more joy we will experience en route to this goal.

We can derive as much, if not more, satisfaction from the process of the journey to our goals as we will get when we reach these goals themselves.  This is because our level of power and desire will grow to immense new levels with each obstacle conquered, building incredible new levels of personal growth.

Power is a very healthy part of life.  We all need it for desire and passion.  We need it to satisfy our will to achieve.  Achievement means more power and conquering obstacles is the greatest form of achievement.

The ultimate goal is simply the final achievement.  It is the achievement that produces the biggest tangible reward for you.  The achievements along the way to this ultimate goal, however, are likely far more valuable.

Reach our ultimate goals will only drive us to bigger goals.  It is simply human nature that we will always desire more power.

More power adds more value to our life.  More power adds more desire.  More desire means a greater will to achieve.  This drives us to more personal growth, more achievement, and more happiness.

Feed your power and you will feed your heart and spirit.  This will give you maximal joy and happiness in your life.

Face those obstacles and conquer them.

Then feel the power!