Motivated<\/b><\/p>\n
In his book Being the Best (Thomas Nelson Publishers), Denis Waitley has some interesting observations about procrastination.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you stop to think about it,\u201d he says, \u201cthere is no such thing as a future decision. You face only present decisions that will affect what will happen in the future. Procrastinators wait for just the right moment to decide. If you wait for the perfect moment, you become a security seeker who is running in place, going through the motions, and getting deeper in a rut.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I wait for every objection to be overcome, I will attempt nothing. My personal motto is, Stop Stewing and Start Doing. I can\u2019t be depressed and active at the same time. I like changing the word motivation slightly to reflect a personal commitment to take charge of today and make it the best day I can\u2014motive plus action equals motive-action.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody is looking for new ways to get motivated. Companies and corporations pay sizable fees to consultants who try to make their personnel more productive and fire up their salespeople. A motivated person thinks, I\u2019m going to try it. But motivation must turn into motive-action, or nothing will happen. \u201cThat is the quandary of the unknown poet who wrote:<\/p>\n
I spent a fortune On a trampoline, A stationary bike, And a rowing machine Complete with gadgets To read my pulse, And gadgets to prove My progress results, And others to show The miles I\u2019ve charted\u2014 But they left off the gadget To get me started!<\/p>\n
\u201cThe gadget that can get you started is motive-action. \u201cTry it and see!\u201d<\/p>\n
Bits & Pieces, June 22, 1995, pp. 6-7.<\/p>\n
Getting Up<\/b><\/p>\n
There is a close correlation between getting up in the morning and getting up in the world.<\/p>\n
Ron Dentinger in Dodgeville, Wis., Chronicle<\/p>\n
Resource<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Holy Sweat, Tim Hansel, Word, 1987, p. 69<\/p>\n
Persistance<\/b><\/p>\n
John Wesley traveled 250,000 miles on horseback, averaging twenty miles a day for forty years; preached 4,000 sermons; produced 400 books; knew ten languages. At eighty-three he was annoyed that he could not write more than fifteen hours a day without hurting his eyes, and at eighty-six he was ashamed he could not preach more than twice a day. He complained in his diary that there was an increasing tendency to lie in bed until 5:30 in the morning.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Not my Job<\/b><\/p>\n
Some years ago a former American astronaut took over as head of a major airline, determined to make the airline\u2019s service the best in the industry. One day, as the new president walked through a particular department, he saw an employee resting his feet on a desk while the telephone on the desk rang incessantly. \u201cAren\u2019t you going to answer that phone?\u201d the boss demanded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t my department,\u201d answered the employee nonchalantly, apparently not recognizing his new boss. \u201cI work in maintenance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot anymore you don\u2019t!\u201d snapped the president.<\/p>\n
Today in the Word, MBI, December, 1989, p. 35<\/p>\n
Founder of Eastern Airlines<\/b><\/p>\n
He was born in Columbus, Ohio, 1890, the third of eight children. At eleven he quit school to help with the family expenses, and got his first full-time job at $3.50 per week. At fifteen he got interested in automobiles and went to work in a garage at $4.50 a week. He knew he would never get anywhere without more schooling, so he subscribed to a correspondence home study course on automobiles. Night after night, following long days at the garage, he worked at the kitchen table by the light of the kerosene lamp. His next step was already planned in his mind\u2014a job with Frayer-Miller Automobile Company of Columbus.<\/p>\n
One day when he felt ready, he walked into the plant. Lee Frayer was bent over the hood of a car. The boy waited. Finally, Frayer noticed him. \u201cWell,\u201d he said, \u201cwhat do you want?\u201d \u201cI just thought I\u2019d tell you I\u2019m coming to work here tomorrow morning,\u201d the boy replied. \u201cOh! Who hired you?\u201d \u201cNobody yet, but I\u2019ll be on the job in the morning. If I\u2019m not worth anything, you can fire me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Early the next morning the young man returned to the garage. Frayer was not yet there. Noticing that the floor was thick with metal shavings and accumulated dirt and grease, the boy got a broom and shovel and set to work cleaning the place. The rest of the boy\u2019s future was predictable. He went on to a national reputation as a racing car driver and automotive expert. In World War I he was America\u2019s leading flying ace. Later he founded Eastern Airlines. His name\u2014Eddie Rickenbacker.<\/p>\n
Bits and Pieces, December, 1989, pp. 22ff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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