I woke up one recent Saturday morning
feeling inspired. I don't know why, but I just felt motivated. I
realize most days I DON'T wake up this way. This is our problem, most
days we don't wake up motivated, most days we wake up NOT wanting to
do whatever we have to do. We need to remind ourselves why we should
be motivated and inspired every day we wake up. In a day we find more
reasons on why NOT to do something, than reasons to actually do it.
You usually come up with more excuses to not go to the gym, then
actually reasons to go. There are people everyday that won't have the
chance we had to continue our lives for another day, we should wake
up feeling motivated every day because we have this chance.
I wanted to share a video series on
youtube that is EXTREMELY inspiring and motivating. If you watched
this every morning, I guarantee it would change the way you go about
your days.
The speaker is Eric Thomas, who has to
be one of the best motivational speakers I've ever come across. He's
a high school dropout from Detroit, that NEVER gave up. Now, he has
his Master's Degree and is working on his Ph.D. This guy makes me
feel like I can wake up at 4 in the morning and run up and down Mount
Everest five times. I listen to him a lot of times when I'm writing
these blog articles, because I just feel like he makes me write
better. Inspired writing is awesome stuff.
Watch this full Eric Thomas speech too,
which was featured in the video series above:
It's okay that we have to remind
ourselves to be motivated and to be inspired. Sometimes we forget,
we're human, it happens. But, the key is to put motivation indicators
in your life to remind you how you should attack each day. You should
open those eyes every morning and read something, watch something,
look at something that INSPIRES you. Give yourself something to
remind yourself everyday to do everything in your power to win the
day.
We have to do this everyday, because as
humans we become complacent. You change for a day or two, then resort
back to your old ways, its human nature. We say we will change, we
do, but it's not permanent. We need to put things in our lives that
remind us to be a certain way. I suggest you all watch these videos
every morning. I guarantee it will change the way you go about life.
Eric Thomas also has some FREE mixtapes
available, which will play his motivational speaking and stories
behind instrumentals: http://etinspires.com/media/mixtape/
I've downloaded these to my phone,
amazing stuff to have whenever you need some motivation. Have a big
project at work, presentation at school; pop these in! I know I'll be
listening to these before I head to class this semester for a
presentation or test.
Sometimes we all need reminders or
things to get motivated for the day. You may be surprised how much
this stuff can actually impact your life. Whenever your feeling down,
find something that motivates you. It can be a picture of something,
a quote, music, just something that will turn your day down. We all
need to be reminded to be motivated sometimes, because as humans
complacency is natural unfortunately. I've given you some tools (Eric
Thomas) to remain inspired and motivated. The rest is up to you. What
will you do to make today the best it can be?
