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Act Upon Motivation

Donna — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:56:32 +0000

For quite a while now, even before the latest design change to this site, I’ve been rotating motivational quotes – first in the sidebar and now in the footer. Go ahead, scroll down to the bottom of this page and look for them. You’ll see in the footer, a column in the middle called “Motivation”. Below that will be two random motivational quotes by someone famous – past or present. See them? Great, come back here now.

I’m a big fan of motivational quotes because these are always words filled with something worth hearing. Hey, that’s why they get quoted in the first place, right? Someone, somewhere, at some time, has said something with an important message – and in a way that really resonates with lots of people. Those snippets of words get repeated for a reason. They matter. They have the ability to have an impact.

One other thing I like to do on this blog is to put out creative challenges once in a while. That’s what today’s post is – a creative challenge to each of you. I challenge you to read the two motivational quotes at the bottom of this page, think about them, meditate on them if necessary, and then act upon them.

What you do; what actions you take based upon those quotes is entirely up to you. If you decide to share the action you take with us here, that’s wonderful. If you decide to keep it private, that’s fine too. But I challenge you to take the time to stop the hectic pace of your day today, and do something different. Take the time to think about the words that appeared in the motivational section for you. Remember that they are random, so the two quotes you see will be different than the two someone else sees. If you were to refresh this page, you’d randomly be shown two other quotes. So, yes, you can refresh the page if you’d like, but I think it would be preferable to just use the two that chance has thrown at you right now.

If you’ve been putting something off; if you’ve been hesitating on starting something or creating something or even ending something; consider letting the motivational quotes resonate within you. Consider taking action. Let the motivation inspire you to take a step. Maybe it will be a different step than the one you’ve been considering. Maybe the step is one that seems to even go backwards rather than forwards. I don’t know. You’ll know. Read. Think. Act. That’s my challenge to you today.

UPDATE: By the way, you’ll only see the quotes if you’re reading this post here on my site, and not through your RSS feed reader. I forgot to mention that earlier, sorry for any confusion I caused.

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What Motivates You?

Donna — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:57:02 +0000

Today, I blogged about motivation on my SEO blog, but that was directed towards a specific situation. Here, I’d like to discuss motivation in more general terms. Specifically, I’d like to ask you some questions. I’m interested in your thoughts and your processes. By sharing motivational strategies, I think we can all benefit from each other.

What motivates you? What gets you fired up?
Do you use any kind of motivational tools, and if so what are they?
Do you follow any motivational blogs or sites?

Now I leave this post in your hands. Talk to me about motivation.

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Working Through The Tedium

Donna — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:06:05 +0000

We all have our likes and dislikes; our strengths and weaknesses. No matter how much each of us might love the work we do, there will always be some aspects that will be less enjoyable than others. The parts of my job that I hate the most are the ones that I consider to be tedious. I’d rather tackle something that is difficult, or requires creativity, than do something that is mindlessly easy but boring. Nevertheless, the things that I find most tedious about my work still have to get done. Without them, the difficult or creative tasks are useless.

I’m in the middle of creating a new site for my latest idea. I’ve been having fun working on the design and planning it all out, but now it’s time for the tedious part. There are some things that involve nothing more stimulating than cut-and-paste. Lots and lots of cut-and-paste. It’s mind-numbingly simple, and so tedious it makes me want to scream.

I know, though, that if I can just slog through it for a few hours, I’ll be done with it and I can move on to more exciting work. But just the thought of the tedium keeps me from starting that part of it. And of course, if I don’t start it, I can’t end it.

There’s no doubt that I’ll get it done. But I’ll procrastinate a little longer than I’d like. So I’m here to ask all of you for inspiration.

What do you do to work through the tedium? How do you motivate yourself to do the mind-numbing bits of work that you hate?

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