Comments on: Do You Have Motivation? Part 2…

By: scoby

scoby — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:42:36 +0000

I like the idea of thinking about your competition when trying to achieve your goal. Remember as well the people who have already achieved something similar. Can they offer you insight or advice into what is necessary?

@ Roger Anderson
I’d heard of PlentyOfFish but do you have any other details on the ‘book report quiz’ story? Sounds interesting..

By: Roger Anderson

Roger Anderson — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:34:46 +0000

Success stories - How about PlentyofFish Guy starts a dating website on one server. Now, 6 years later he gets a million dollar checks every two months from Google. Then there is the little girl who made her book reports into quizzes - now she gets over a million a year from Google. She was 12 when she started. What did you do at 12?

Why do you show us a Porche? Is that your aspiration? You need to think bigger. It’s just a car. How about making a better car? How about making a car that everyone wants? Now that is a goal. You seem like a person with drive and ambition. You can do better than a car. I would consider the message just a bit more. (Doesn’t John Chow show 2 cars? What’s his message?)

By: Make Money With Funds

Make Money With Funds — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:44:14 +0000

Short term pains are usually long term ones for me Sometimes it takes more time to execute a simple task due to the procrastinations… Splitting it even into smaller tasks and reward myself with beer or cakes helps a lot

By: Angie

Angie — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:54:42 +0000

Thanks for continuing this topic. I love the thoughts you’ve put forth.

For some reason I have such a difficult time answering the internal question, “how bad do I want it?” My mind fizzles away into abstraction when I ponder that.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:42:03 +0000

Thanks for the comment! Yes, I have heard of McDonalds employees becoming owners and I think that is fantastic, Yu’re right in saying that we need to look at each person as an individual basis. For all I know the manager at McDonalds could have more more motivation than anyone else. You never know. Thanks for the input and perspective.

By: Stephen Welton

Stephen Welton — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:11:21 +0000

Great post my friend. It’s about the short term pains for the long term gains. I am all over that concept. Many don’t realize that staying on top of your games requires a huge mental commitment. It’s not as though we are working each day lifting and slugging heavy machinary. We are working to excel through mental toughness.

I have to say thought that I think a person may still have a high level of motivation. We have to understand that people come from different places and times. While what we feel may be a low level of motivation it could be extremely high. It’s the starting frame of reference we have to evaluate that person’s level.

I always bring it back to Earl Nightingale - “success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal” If someone has chosen to be the manager then they are a success. Their motivation may be high in regards to achieving that role and being the best that they can be at it.

Have you heard of any stories about McDonalds management gaining ownership from the reputation they built on it?

Food For Thought?

By: Josh Buckley

Josh Buckley — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:06:14 +0000

Nice follow-up post there. I loved the little bit of motivation you gave us at the end

To motivate myself, i look at my own success and see how far i’ve come. I find that it works very well.