On my last post I talked about The Difference between Inspiration and Motivation. I talked about it because I was confused on what to title this post. Would I title this as the List of Inspirational movies? or The List of motivational movies? I found my answer. If you want to know just read  The Difference between Inspiration and Motivation: Motivation Versus Inspiration.

Lacking drive in everyday life? Want some Inspiration or Motivation? Getting tired of not being able to take action? Here is my List of Inspirational or Motivational Must See Movies to Uplift Your Spirits. This list may help you find your inspiration or motivation. Harness any good thing that you can get from it.

Miracle, was based on the Miracle on Ice event. Miracle on Ice was the winning of the US ice hockey team over the Soviet team, which was considered the best hockey team in the world at that time.

A team made up of amateur and collegiate players led by coach Herb Brooks; Empowerment and right focus was their key to winning.

“Eleven seconds, you’ve got ten seconds, the countdown going on right now! Morrow, up to Silk. Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles?…YES!” – Sportscaster Al Michaels while broadcasting the last seconds of the game. 

The Bucket list, Starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. They portray the characters of two terminally ill men set out to conquer their longing dreams and adventures.

Turns out it was not just dreams and adventures that they had conquered but also, they had conquered boundaries towards themselves and towards others.

‘Have you found joy in your life?’ ‘Has your life brought joy to others?’

Awakenings, starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams is a story that is based on the story of British neurologist Oliver Sacks who in 1969, discovers beneficial effects of the then-new drug L-Dopa. He administered it to catatonic patients who survived the 1917-1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica.

The patients were awakened after decades of catatonic state and have to deal with a new life in a new time, even if it is just for a short moment.

“What we do know is that, as the chemical window closed, another awakening took place; that the human spirit is more powerful than any drug – and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. THESE are the things that matter. This is what we’d forgotten – the simplest things.” – Dr. Malcom Sawyer

Extraordinary Measures, is also a film that is based on the true story of John and Aileen Crowley, whose children have Pompe’s disease.

It is a story of love and hatred towards losing someone you love. A story  about making miracles happen, instead of hoping for one.

Brendan Fraser plays John Crowley who together with a scientist Robert Stonehill form a biotechnology company to develop a drug to save the lives of their children, who have a life-threatening disease.

The Pursuit of Happyness, a story that is based on the true story of Chris Gardner. A man who stood up to every obstacle and problem for his son.

Chris Gardner is now a successful stockbroker but not always like that. He was homeless, he was left, he was an on and off salesman struggling to make a living.

His never ending drive, pushed him towards success and happyness.

“If you want somethin’, go get it. Period.” – Chris Gardner

Remember the Titans a film that is based on the true story of African American coach Herman Boone, as he tries to integrate a racially divided team at the T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia.

The African American and Caucasian athletes of the football team frequently clash in racially motivated conflicts at their football camp but it was not long before they can understand one another and have a relationship of brothers.

Titans go through the season undefeated while battling racial prejudice. A look on how understanding could lead to what we could always dream of.

Yes Man – Tired of all the negativity in the world especially the ones surrounding you? Yes Man is for you.

Say yes to life. Say yes to adventure. Say yes to fun and excitement.

Yes Man was based on accounts by Danny Wallace upon a year of the author’s life, in which he chose to say “Yes” to any offers that came his way.

“I know our music isn’t that mainstream — I love doing it. It’s like my photography. I know there isn’t that much demand for blurry photographs taken while running — but … you know, who cares? The world’s a playground! You know that when you are a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.” – Allison

Life as a House, When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.

What begins as a way for George to redeem his own dreams turns into something much bigger…

George has hit rock bottom and there’s nowhere to go. His neighbors despise his sagging, dilapidated shack. His teen-aged son would rather stare into space than raise a finger to help him. His ex-wife, who once shared his dream, is now emotionally distant from him. Local city officials want to sabotage his plans. It seems there is no one left with any faith in him. But George is determined to build this house–even if it means refurbishing his entire life.

As Good As It Gets, –  A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship.

The trials and tribulations of a compulsive writer, Melvin Udall. After his homosexual neighbor is brutally beaten, he is entrusted to the care of the neighbor’s dog, with a difficult relationship with a waitress to add on top of that. What develops is a weekend trip/triangle between these three individuals, and together they learn the true meaning of “the sunny side of life”.

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Gandhi, His Triumph Changed The World Forever.

The movie is a Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest or the satyagraha.

The life of the legendary man from India  who gave up work as an attorney to defy British rule throughout the first half of the 20th Century before falling to an assassin’s bullet in 1948. Long, opulent, breath-taking and completely memorable take on one of the most important historical figures the world has ever known.

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Invincible – Everyone thinks your a goner. Everyone thinks you won’t achieve anything, Everyone keeps putting you down. Prove them wrong!

Invincible is based upon the  true story of Vince Papale, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976-78.

A down-on-his-luck teacher and part-time bartender lives every fan’s fantasy of moving from the stands to the field when he makes it onto his hometown’s professional football team during an open tryout.

Magnifico Set in an impoverished town, a couple begin to lose hope and courage when faced with life’s adversities – a daughter who suffers from cerebral palsy, a son who loses his scholarship, and a young boy named Magnifico or Pikoy, who is not so good in school.

But Pikoy is gifted with a good heart and a large spirit that allows him to give joy to hopeless people in their community and magically transforms their lives for the better.

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Pay it Forward is a multi-level marketing scheme of the heart.

It is how one simple social studies assignment can change how someone view the world.

Assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action.

The expression “pay it forward” is used to describe the concept of asking that a good turn be repaid by having it done to others instead.

What do you do to change the world?

“The Blind Side” depicts the story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher’s presence in the Touhys’ lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.

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p.s. Check out Daily Inspirational Stories for a collection of inspirational or motivational stories, quotes, poems, videos, sayings that could inspire you in everyday life.

Have you played any video games lately? I’m not really into video games. My philosophy is that, video games are mostly unproductive. I would rather do something productive and beneficial rather than waste my time playing video games that would not bring me far in life.

That all changed one weekend. 

Last weekend I had a chance to play a video game. A video game that would change how I look into the world of gamers.

I was invited to a very small house party. There were lots of good (or delicious) food like cakes and spaghetti and meat. Then… there was Rock Band!

Rock Band is Music Video Game. It gives you a feel that you are like a famous rocking musician on stage. It simulates you being a performer of that popular rock song. The reason being is that, its controllers are modeled after real instruments. And if you are holding out a (fake) instrument even if you don’t know how to play one, you’d surely want rock the hell out.

Air guitar and air drum days are over. Now, we have Rock Band. Woohoo!

The Goal and Why You Must Embrace the Journey

When Playing video games, we tend to not really think about the goal. We somehow focus in the Now, the game itself, and on how we can accomplish the obstacles that presents us momentarily. (When we see an enemy, we then click, boom, kill!)

When we get hold of that controller, we don’t think about what reward we are going to have when we end up finishing the game. We don’t mind about the points that we will get. We don’t put out thoughts about the pleasures that the game would bring us. Instead, we just think about the immediate and instant things that we could do to further bring us to the end.

That is what video games can teach us about life. That we should not bring too much weight and too much focus for the very end. We should just chill and take hold of every moment. We should take into consideration the things that are in front of us and act upon those.

We could definitely accomplish our goals; all we have to do is to take initial and immediate action and steps to take us further in our progress.

As we progress, we could feel that momentum. A momentum of instant small gratification, and that instant and small gratification would deliver us to a goal that would satisfy our hearts.

Game Levels and Why You must Strive to be an Expert

I was hitting the drums and my friend was holding the guitar. That first time playing Rock Band, was just… awful!

We would fail up round after round, 10-20 second just after the song hits  play. I just can’t grasp it that fast! (My friend was a veteran though. It was just me holding him back. Hehe)

We switched. I played the guitar, he did the drums. Aside from that I moved my level of difficulty to easy. Guess what, my friends were teasing me that I was awesome. I was beginning to have a hold of how the game was played .Haha

Continuing with the game, I increased my difficulty level to beginner. I getting more out of it now. I was enjoying it. It was cool.

That is what Game Levels could teach us! In order to accomplish more in Life we need to amp up our game! Don’t just settle being a beginner and entertain the “easy” level, go for the difficult and be an “expert”.

Surely we would struggle from the start. We just have to take things slow and make ourselves familiar on how things work.

Game levels could teach us that we can definitely become an Expert on anything. We can reach it with games, we could also do so in real life?

Persistence, Persistence, Persistence!

I know you would agree with me on this but, every time we encounter a “mission failed” when playing our favorite video game, we still willingly and joyously want to hit “restart”.

It’s like a thrill of the chase where we just want to try it out again. We know we ain’t going to lose anything!

Sometimes we’ve got to just try things out again.

We may fail at a certain business, a sport, or any other venture that we are into, but guess what, you earned something; An experience in which you can carry on to your second attempt.

You can always restart in life. You have plenty of chances to get back with your life. Don’t be afraid that you will fail again. The least that you will have are lessons and experiences to better your chances of attaining your dreams.

It was such an enlightening experience. I never knew that such simpleton games could give me a profound realization. So just chill. Make most out of your life. Embrace it and live in the Now.

Have fun with your Journey in life! Always up your game. Increase your knowledge and skill set. Try to achieve what others deem to forget. And Remember, don’t be afraid to make mistakes, You can always restart.

I’m not going to give you a rah-rah spiel with a think positive twist. Can that work for some of the people some of the time? It’s in the ballpark, sort of. But, what I will offer is 100% effective. Every time! I didn’t invent it, so I won’t take the credit. But, will it work? Yes.

Some people have listened, to many hours of the world’s top-notch motivational and self-help guru’s (including me). They have read all the must have books and even gave them to friends and family members (me, too). Those who’ve had some success point to this book or that tape as the reason. And, those that haven’t had success may point to the same book or tape but with blame (I’m guilty, your honor).

They’re both incorrect.

Does this next demonstration sound at all familiar?

Ready to change his life Johnny goes right down to We Sell The Latest New Thing Bookstore. He is enraptured by the wonderful selection of close your eyes and make a wish books. He can’t choose so he buys six of them. Straight home. No time for that frappamochalattachai (with skim please). Johnny boy gets to reading. As he does, he chuckles in agreement with the author wondering how he ever managed to get through life without these nuggets of wisdom. He pours through it and he is ready to show the world the new improved Johnny.

But, wait.

Johnny demands a recount. His life is not better a month down the road. As a matter of fact, he put ten pounds back on for the five he lost (and it took him a much shorter time to do it!). He watches TV instead of reading. He has accepted that his life was destined for run-of-the-mill, eked out living. Motivational and self-help books don’t work and Johnny swears he’ll never read another one.

For a while he doesn’t.

A year later Johnny’s friend tells him about the newest, bestest, self-help author ever. Johnny reads the authors’ series of best-selling books titled, The Newest and Bestest You (1, 2 and 3).

He reads them.

He can’t believe the insight. The profundity. The timeliness.

Two years later a brazened Johnny has lost 25 pounds. He runs his own business that is turning a hefty profit. He rarely watches TV but instead chooses challenging and thought-provoking books and articles. And, of course, he is working on all the classics.

Johnny isn’t about to welcome the old Johnny back because he likes his present life way too much. He’ll fight to keep it.

How very interesting.

What changed from the former Johnny to the latter Johnny?

Before we check back with the new and popular Johnny, let us take a ride back in time to June 3-5th, 1989.

Beginning on the evening of June 3rd, 1989 the People’s Liberation Army of China went about clearing the Tiananmen Square of protesters. The hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians (including a large number of college students) were seeking democratic reform and economic change. They were spurred to action by the recent death of Hu Yaobang an official who was pro-democracy.

(Please study this event in depth, but for the purpose of this writing we will abbreviate.)

By the late evening of June 3, Tanks roll in; and by 5:40 am on the 4th of June the crowd had been dispersed resulting in death and injury which numbers of which are disputed. As the tanks were departing on June 5th, they approached an intersection on Chang’an Avenue (Eternal Peace), a man who has since been dubbed ‘tank man’ positions himself directly in front of the leading tank. He boldly stands firm in front of a piece of metal weighing in at over 100,000 pounds. The tank attempts to go around, but, the tank man is not swayed and stays in front. Then, the unthinkable occurs. The tank engines are shut off. We are talking about one of the most powerful nations in the world, known for taking swift actions toward any resemblance of dissidence. As if this couldn’t get any better, he then climbs atop the tank to have a brief discussion with the occupants.

Conversation concluded, he descends to ground level. The tank engines are started and the lead tank begins forward. Again, the tank man plants himself in the path of the lead tank. Once again, the tanks halt. Shortly thereafter the tank man is hurried from the front of the formation and out of camera shot. It is still a mystery as to the outcome or whereabouts of the tank man. I can tell you this much: his memory lives on.

And on…

Now, I have some questions for you:

Was this caused by a motivational speaker?

Reading a self-help book?

Mp3, audio tapes or CD’s?

I highly doubt these were near his realm of reality on this date. I would further surmise that this ‘tank man’ didn’t wake up that morning with an idea to stop oncoming tanks. He probably wasn’t a careful student of wushu (martial art). I don’t think he was a thrill seeker. But, that’s what he did.

What he did was simple.

He purposed to take action. And then, he took action.

That action caused him to be named to Time Magazine’s top 100 most influential people of the 20th century. That action has spurred on hearts and actions ever since. You may be able to think of many other brave and daring enterprises that have been afforded through the centuries. The tank man is close to the pinnacle for me. Remember, he had no army behind him, just in front of him. But, he had a purpose.

Let’s get back to our boy Johnny.

All of a sudden Johnny is a popular guy. People seek him out at gatherings. His energy is contagious and people try to bottle it. Some friends he’s known for a long time tell him they always knew he’d make it big. Mom says how proud she is of her little Johnny. Before I go further with Johnny’s story, let me tell you some more about him. Johnny is married (14 years), has three children and a dog named spot (a mini pinscher). His hair is receding more than a little. No college. His rhythm is saved for the steering wheel because wifey-pooh can’t handle Johnny doing the two-step on her feet. She does however love the new house and huge kitchen (and Johnny). She was on the fence a bit at first about his new change. You see, Johnny was going to ‘make it’ plenty of times before. Heck, she loved him either way but wasn’t getting her hopes up this time. But, she did start noticing little things: like the garbage was actually being taken out by someone other than her, there was no more hollering at the TV for bad passes or missed calls, but one of her favorite little things, wasn’t so little. Johnny’s pectoralis major was actually becoming major. Johnny’s kids started noticing, too. He would bike ride and play catch. He even let the rascals bury him in a monstrous pile of leaves (and, jump on him!). Friends silently wondered how Johnny was ‘catching’ all the breaks. Every time they turned around Johnny was ‘catching’ yet another break.

Even though he had been advised against touching real estate, he did anyway. He didn’t go blindly at it though. He went to seminars, read books and listened to tapes. He asked successful investors how they did it. It wasn’t easy because Johnny was working 5 12’s down at the plant. Heck, he only had 13 more years to retirement. But, come Saturday, Johnny was working for his dream. At night during the week before succumbing to sleep and just after tucking the children in, was grow time. Reading, listening, building, growing, conversing and dreaming. You see, at some point Johnny decided excuses just wouldn’t work anymore.

He knew that there was something more to life than what he had been getting. He also admitted to himself that the problem wasn’t the rest of the world. The problem all along had been him. That was painful to admit. It was that action of holding himself accountable that became the catalyst for a new way of life for him and his family. He purposed to take action. And, then, he took action. Again and again. It has been a conscious, everyday choice.

Johnny and the ‘tank man’.

The common bond that these two and countless others have had is taking action. Not just thinking, and dreaming and planning, but, acting out. At some point there can’t be another day, more planning, or another excuse. A time must come when you are fed up enough to stand before a column of tanks. When the only life worth living is a life of action.

Acting out may not have been rewarded in grade school, but, the rewards are endless for those brave souls who will act out now. Those who will take action and never turn back will write their own life story. Fortune favors the bold. Will you be bold today? Will you act out for your dreams today?

There is nothing to lose, but your very life to gain. It has made all the difference in my life and will in yours also. Make it happen. Face the tanks. Grow, my friend. Grow.

Get out there and live it, and live it Loud!

Remember, you are the only you, you have!

HOORRAAYYYY!!!!!!

It’s now time to ram up those juices and share your creative ideas!

What’s in it for you:

• Promote your Blog – This is good for your link building campaigns. You can get high caliber backlinks pointing to your blog; You can do this in an intro before the content proper and or in the “about the author” area at the end of your post.

• Traffic /Readers – Currently a PR3 site going on 4 (Yes, I’m working on it. lol) 4500+ Monthly Readers

• Share your Thoughts and Learnings to people – This would be a great way to reach a larger audience.

Topics You Could Discuss

I'm Just Having fun posting pictures. :)

Here are the topics that you can dwell around:

1. Overall Personal Development

• Productivity
• Goal Setting
• Inspiration and Motivation
• Mindsets and Action Plans
• Health and Fitness

2. General Lifestyle Design

• Muse Creation and Case Studies
• Geo Arbitrage
• Outsourcing
• MBA – Management By Absence
• Travel and Lifestyle
• Lifestyle Hacks and Experiments

3. Wealth Creation

• Make Money Blogging
• Make Money Online
• Genious ways of Getting Rich Slowly
• Ingenious ways of Getting Rich Quick
• Passive Income

4. Internet Marketing and Traffic

• Social Media
• Link Building
• Article/Content Marketing
• Affiliate Marketing

You could look at the right sidebar and see the recent and featured articles there.

If you are ready…

1. Pitch me your idea. – This is not a pre requisite but I suggest that you do. The advantage is that I could get a grasp immediately of what you’re going to write. Also, I could give suggestions and feedbacks with it.

If you already have a post in hand you could just send it to me.

How you can pitch your idea

You could DM it to me on twitter. Of course you need to follow me first and @mention me that I’ve got a DM. twitter.com/followMarcoLee

Another option is to send me a Message on facebook. My facebook username is FollowMarcoLee. Go directly there; facebook.com/FollowMarcoLee

If your idea is maybe out of sync, don’t worry. An idea is an idea and we could find a place for it. Just pitch it. ;)

2. Write your Guest Post –  If were already good with the idea then you could start writing about your idea.

• You could send in the post’s HTML, in a txt document.

• Proofread and Edit your post.

• At least 700 Words

• Put links of your images+ Caption

• Write a short bio about yourself

3. Send it to connect @ ourdeveloping mind.com Minus the spaces.

When can I see the post?

I’d respond back immediately about it. If your post is timely relevant then maybe we could make an excuse and publish it at your desired time.

UPDATED: April 21, 2011

As for a start here’s a video of me on a local TV program talking about how to make money on twitter. It is narrated in Filipino. IF you are not familiar with the language it is okay to skip the video. The better details are down below though.

Should you Jump on the bandwagon?

You can, but I’m slightly discouraging. Unless you are a big time celebrity, you may have a big chance of earning big bucks immediately. Celebrities do so because they have a big following, They have a wide reach for their words to be caught on by their followers.

There are other ways to earn income, with twitter you would just earn a good allowance. There’s really a lot of work if you want though.

If you are ready let’s start with the basics first. If you don’t have any idea about twitter we’ll talk about that in a bit.  We’ll also get to talk about the requirements that you need to be eligible for sponsored tweets.

What twitter is all about?

Good thing twitter have a page for that. You can read it about here: About Twitter. (Just Click on it. It will open in new tab.)

In summary. Twitter is like a mass text in which you can send all over the world. Like text it is built around 140 characters. The people who will receive your (texts) tweets immediately are your followers. The more followers you have the more the people can read your tweets. No followers then your tweet has a low chance of being read.

Sponsored Tweets Requirements

Your account must be 60 days old, has at least 50 followers, and 100 updates. Only Tweeters meeting these conditions will be marked as eligible, if not then you must work your way up to more followers or more tweeter updates and maybe wait a couple of more days to become eligible. You just need to wait and work a little more.

That is the company requirements, but if you really want to better your options you must have more followers than 50. An audience or a follower in which you really have a connection with in real life.

How do I sign up for Sponsored Tweets?

Just Sign Up: HERE

How does this really work?

• After you sign up and is deemed eligible, you’d just have to wait for advertisers to give you offers. If you are not having any offers, you’d have to work yourself on building more influence and reach on twitter.

• If you were offered a tweet to send out and you’ve accepted, the only way to earn is if someones has clicked on that sponsored link.

• Your earnings will not be given unto you immediately, they have a 30 day policy. The money will go through your balance and add up. Until the time where you can withdraw them.

Is this legit?

Yep. Here is a link to a latest sponsored tweets sent out by celebrity twitter Kim Kardashian.  Click THIS to see the tweet.

So there! I hope this helped you out. If you’ve got any questions there’s a comment box underneath. I’d gladly answer it.

Sign up for Sponsored Tweets: HERE

One of the worst things we have in modern life is the competitive mind

I have forgotten where I heard or maybe saw that quote, but it can be fairly true; I have also seen this quote.

Your only competition is yourself

I am also greatly involved in pick up arts and/or dating advice; During my journey towards my success on that endeavor, I have had read maybe hundreds of books and a number of hours of videos about it.

Those material vary greatly in their approach, but during my quest I have thought of traits that I deem “must haves” for every but not limited to aspiring pick up artists, but also to us ordinary citizen who wants to improve themselves.

Here I listed down the characteristics that a person must have, for them to grasp their true potential, and to further their goals.

Vision/Goal Oriented Thinking

- First, I’ll share with you what Wikipedia says about vision.

Vision: Defines the desired or intended future state of an organization or enterprise in terms of its fundamental objective and/or strategic direction.

Vision may answer the question; What do you want to be when you grow up?

We have many dreams and aspirations and the people who succeed are the ones who stick with them the most.

A vision is a long term goal. A goal, a picture of what you are really wanting out of this life.

One of the things that I really want in life is to have an influence as to being a guitarist. I want to play at the world stage. I want to play in front of large audiences and scream my hearts out.

Now, that is a vision. It is a vision as it takes a long time to pursue. To pursue that kind of dream means to find star band members, the ones that are aligned with what you want to achieve; Band members who also want to play at the world stage.

That is sometimes difficult to achieve as to people have different preferences. You’ve got to work yourself up there.

Find those people, and not just people, but find the experiences, the activities, the people, the tasks, the habits, the books, or just anything that could influence you to further improve you  and to deliver to your vision.

What is/are your vision/visions?

Creative Thinking  to Solution Oriented Thinking

- People who don’t have a vision won’t have or even tend to go for a solution oriented thinking. They will just rely on answers that are bestowed on them and not even acting upon the circumstances that they are in.

Always remind yourself this. If you plan to be world class you need to solve your own problems. Don’t fully rely on others. You can seek help if necessary.

2.5 Recall –  I plan to put this as the third but I guess it is more appropriate this way.

Recall, this ability is tied with creative thinking or to having solution oriented thinking.

Recall is digging old experiences, old knowledge and old wisdom and applying or connecting them with your present struggles.

You may have had some problems in the past that surely you had solved but then that doesn’t stop from there.

You will encounter hindrances and from those hindrances you will apply experiences from your past to get past through them, that is recall.

Self Discipline and Consistency /Habit

- Self Discipline is one of the most hardest and most accomplishing trait of all. It is the trait that sets our habits that in turn can lead us to our goal.

There’s a saying:

Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

Indeed, it is true. A good sense of your vision will keep you motivated and will keep you on the right track for you to achieve your goal.

Realization

- This characteristic is more than understanding.

Realization is attained when we surpassed the wisdom or understanding that we’ve think we know.

Being in business I was always told that the middle class works through labor while the world class works through leverage.  I know that. I don’t know if I understood it.

Recently, I had a TV guesting. In a short amount of exposure time my audience multiplied. By them, I understood and realized what leverage means.

Realization is knowing in actuality what you already think you know. It is knowing that you can do more better because you’ve actually seen the future of it. Realization is like proving your own theories right.

Relaxation

- This is an epitome that you must also strive for. Being in a state of flow and relaxation. The state of pure focus and positive energy accompanied by serenity and calmness.

Being relaxed is the state of the world class.  They remain entirely focused on their art. Better, they embody the art.

You’re only  competition is yourself. You are the one solely responsible if you achieved your goals or not, so start now. Have a set of vision, focus on it. Have self Discipline. Know your way around it by being solution oriented. Have the habit of keeping yourself motivated, and during your journey may you realize world class thoughts that would not just lead you to your goals but also help others lead them to theirs.

…I’m also gonna challenge you guys. A post about challenging one’s self to further surpass ourselves. A post that will surely make you relieve a quote that you may have heard a number of times.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson

We are powerful beyond measure! 

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein

We are powerful beyond measure and the only person that is hindering it is ourselves. Our species have built and brought to life many magnificent things, technology, art, relationships,  verbal communication, and one of the things many people could be proud of, is dreams.

We have the ability to dream. We have the ability to let our thoughts run wild. To think of the impossible and play around it. To set foot on fantasy and make it real. We have the ability to build magnificent things, you could too.

Give Yourself a Challenge

There are many reasons on why you must give yourself a challenge.

You could be unmotivated, uninspired, tired, bummed, surrendered, I could go on but it just points to one meaning; You’ve stopped. You are maybe hindering yourself and others to growth and personal development.

My story (or yours too)

My life has been on slump for quite a while now, not as a whole but on some parts (Sort of, lol).

I haven’t been focused on my lifelong dreams.  I haven’t taken care of myself physically. I have isolated myself. I have forgotten to be serious about business. Various reasons just pointing out to the decrease of progress (or any at all) in my personal development.

How about you?

At some point in our lives maybe we’ve experienced it. Just doing our daily routine, going with the flow.

If you are not then good for you but this is not an excuse not to give yourself a challenge either.

Most of us are so stuck on our “comfort zone”, passive, nowhere to go. Are we contented? Are you contented?

Economists have said that we humans have a never ending wants; If you are contented and is happy it is ok, but maybe you could also look around you. Give yourself a challenge. Do something and be of service to others.  Now, that would be a challenge.

Always remember your dream

Don’t lose sight of your dream. Your dreams are your soul. Your Dreams are the ones that would bring you back to where you want to be.

People tend to forget their dreams. Sometimes it is not just because they are not so passionate about it. It is sometimes cause by letting other things interfere with what they really ought to do.

Work, family, errands, bills, friends. I’m not telling you to stop giving attention to them. I’m telling you to prioritize. In some people’s point of view it would be selfish, but pursuing your dreams can sometimes  need a little sacrifice.

You could give equal attention to your other priorities but keep in mind. Don’t lose sight of your dream. Don’t let the world and all of its man made problems get to you. Pursue what you want in life.

My challenge to you and to myself

My challenge is to get right back on track. That statement is so vague but I must say that I will take extra baby steps just to get back in my best condition.

Know or remember your goal. I’ve remembered one of my goals and that is to be a world class metal guitarist and to perform on world stage. I’ve also known another goal and that is to be fit again and to gain weight.

(Is Goal Setting Enough? A Simple Technique to Outgrow Yourself)

So far I can say that I’m back on my journey. I’ve met, and played together again with a friend after a long time. It will not be long until we can complete the band and make me play again in front of an audience. As for the fit part, I’m doing a 2500 push up challenge; The goal is 2500 push ups, I’m now on a 100. Soon I’d be able to have a complete 2500 and further into the future I can surpass it. I know I can.

Now I ask you? Do you have any dream that you’ve forgotten? Or just something you need to accomplish? Something you may want to go back to. Are you willing to go through struggle, sacrifice a little for you to fulfill it?

Go back. Today is always another chance. Do what you’ve got to do.

I know I can do mine. I know you can do yours to, cause we are just that… Powerful Beyond Measure.

We want to accomplish something, but how could we know that we’ve already accomplish what we want?

Abstract

Let us read back the title “Is Goal Setting Enough? A Simple Technique to Outgrow Yourself“

What we are going to discuss here is How to Have a Goal, achieve it and How to even Surpass it.

Make it Measurable

As we look at the sample goals that we’ve written above, we are simply looking at intangible goals. How could a person know that he or she is a good singer? How could a person know that he or she is the best football player? How could a person know that he is an award winning writer? 

Make it measurable. In our discussion, math will be important. A person could be a good singer in terms of album sales, or maybe pith range or any other sort of qualities a singer could reach.

The best football player? A person could aim for a certain goal; most number of goals in a game perhaps, or the only goalie who didn’t let any ball get through his territory.

The trick is to specify your goal, and make a good use of math.

For instance my goal in writing this post is to make a post about personal development especially goal setting and write around 1500 words for it.

With that it will seam totally easy. With a goal of 1500 words, once you’ve reached it you would have already done your goal, and when you surpassed it even going up to 3000 words, then you’ve surpassed it.

Record Everything

Record everything. This is very crucial if you don’t have a record of what you are doing then you maybe are traveling in a circular road. Thinking that you are doing everything that you can but the truth is that you are not, cause you don’t know if you are going to exert more effort or not. You don’t have a record!

Track Your Results

Track your Results. If you are recording your results you can track if you are improving or not. You could also know if you must exert more effort.

Maybe you were trying to improve your speed reading skills. the last book that you’ve read is a 400 page book and you’ve finished it in 4 hours. (with good comprehension. lol)

So if you’ve record your time and accomplishment; 400 pages in 4 hours. You could now track them and know if you must need to further improve. You’ve decided to read again another 400 page book in 3.5 hours.

If you’ve achieved it, thank recording and tracking your results. :)

A little example and How I came up with this idea

These past days I’ve been working out. I’m underweight and thin. This was worse than before because with my age and height I must be 40 lbs heavier.

Also worse because, like 2 years  ago I was even heavier.

So I decided to head back, heat things up and run some sweat. I started working out.

Work out after work out, I don’t know if I am getting bigger or gaining more weight gaining mass! I wasn’t tracking what I’ve done. I’m not even recording it.

So for now, I wasn’t focused on the weight or mass gain. I’ve grown fond of pull ups so now I’m trying to record and track how many repetitions that i could do in one set and in one day.

Example, I’ve done 65 repetitions in one set till failure. The next day I could add more repetitions like maybe trying to make 75 – 80 repetitions.

Old School tricks to help you out

These are some of the simple techniques that could help you out in your goal setting, recording and tracking of your results.

1. Journal – Also known as diary. I don’t really use a journal for my experiments and lifehacks. I just thought that we have different preferences and maybe a Journal could do for you.

A journal is easy to carry and this can be easy for those who goals in which can be achieved during they are on the go. (Like going 80 miles an hour on the road. And journal it; “wooohoooo, I’ve driven 80 mph inside a school ground with lots of children” lol)

2. White board – A white board can be big. This is one of my favorites. What you can write here can be easily edited and easily recognizable.

Imagine you have a big white board in your room and written on its center is your goal. So maybe every time you  wake up you can see your goal and get reminded of it. You can also instantly and readily see your results and can also easily know if you need to do more of what you are trying to do.

3. Pen and Paper – A pen and a paper is still one of my favorites. Maybe you don’t want  a journal and a white board is too expensive for you a simple pen and paper would do.

It is cheap. It is also good for editing your results. (Cross out your own record and write your new one.)

Again the important thing is to just record it and you can be reminded of it. Whether it be any material for recording. (Video perhaps)

Have a specific goal, and make good use of math. This will make your goal tangible and be easy to understand. Record everything. Track your results, know if you are improving or not.

- Happy Goal Setting.

Let us have an example to have a more clearer picture.  Maybe you’ve wanted to play with the kids on the park. Maybe you’ve been dreaming of the time that you can experiment with the cooking recipe that you’ve seen on TV. Maybe you’ve been setting aside the fixing of the burned out light bulb or the broken sink.

There, maybe you’ve already have an idea. You’ve been setting aside a certain activity or task in which other priorities come, and overpower it, making it drown in oblivion and burn for all eternity. lol

We have so many excuses. We are too busy fitting so many things in our schedule; but the Real issue, is that we just don’t put any effort in even putting it there.

The First Step: Remembering

Remembering or Realizing is the first step in refocusing on that goal. Maybe your friend was talking to you about bungee jumping and hey, you like to once do it to; and because of other tasks that you’ve prioritized you’ve forgotten about it.

But hey, because of your friend you’ve remembered it. Thank her. Remembering it is really a great opportunity for you to refocus on attaining that activity, dream, or goal.

Putting it there!

Yes putting it there. The real issue is we’re not putting it there.

Putting it where actually? In your “TO DO LISTS“.

You may remember trying to pursue a certain activity but too many of us forgot to write it down in order for us to remember it again.

Don’t rely on your brain in making you remember the tasks that you need to do.

Use technology. The simplest is just a pen and a paper. Then we have planners, virtual assistants, MILK, what else? Your friend, tell your friend to remind you of doing this and that or these.

Don’t Let it Pass

You see, it is not really important whether you write down your goal or not. What is important is you put it to where you can remember it. Or just something to really make you remember it consistently until you’ve get it done.

Don’t let it pass means, once you’ve remembered and realized that you want to refocus on that dream, make it a habit to have a “constant reminder“, always telling you to get that focus back into action.

The One Day Principle

The One Day (Get Things Done!) Principle

The One Day (Get Things Done!) Principle

The One Day Principle is fairly easy to understand. It is dedicating one day to finish that wanting task. If it takes one day that is.

The trick is to really dedicate one day. It is to ensure that, that whole day would just be focused in doing “that” activity.

Focusing on that activity alone in one day would let other activities that are hunting you to pass. You must not let other distractions get to you.

Focus on what you need to accomplish! Dedicate a time and a day.

The Story

I’m a minimalist addict and I’ve brought that idea even to the email. I don’t like a loooot of email messages flooding up my Inbox. The less the better.

So I’ve dedicated one day into reading and deleting most of the messages, and the unwanted messages there.

My Email. Yes I'm still using the old interface of yahoo mail. (Cause the new one's have plenty of ads. It slows down the loading time. )

Aside from that I’ve even unsubscripted to a number of top gun marketers out there namely, Jeff Johnson, Mike Filsaime, Anik Singal, Ryan Deiss, and Perry Marshall. In that order. After sometime I’ve also unsubscripted to John Chow and Shoemoney.

Most of my mails come from those big internet marketers (aka  super affiliates) and getting unsubscripted from them freed me into the glorious cycle of non productivity  called checking email.

So there, if maybe you need to clean the house, then dedicate one day into cleaning it. I’d be sure you’d completely can clean the whole house with that time. (Or maybe not if you have a big house, Hehehe)

Conclusion

You don’t need all that time management and all that stuff. All you need to do is focus on what you need to accomplish.

Dedicate a day or a specific time where you could do and accomplish that dream/activity/task.

Dedicate energy and effort to it. By the end of the day you could come to finish it.

Happy Prioritizing and Task Accomplishing :)

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Definition

According to an online dictionary these are the meaning of Motivation and the meaning of Inspiration.

Inspiration

1 a : a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation
b : the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions
c : the act of influencing or suggesting opinions
2: the act of drawing in; specifically : the drawing of air into the lungs
3 a : the quality or state of being inspired
b : something that is inspired <a scheme that was pure inspiration>
4: an inspiring agent or influence

Motivation

1a : the act or process of motivating
b : the condition of being motivated
2: a motivating force, stimulus, or influence : incentive, drive

The Difference Between Inspiration And Motivation

Let us now know the difference between the two.

The difference between Inspiration and Motivation is now very distinct. 

Inspiration is the igniter

Motivation is the driver

Inspiration will be the one that will get you started. Inspiration can be anything that would move you to do something. It could be any stimuli around your environment. A memory. A happening. Anything that would put you take action!

Being in the brink of failure could be an inspiration.

There was this time in college where, I always fail on quizzes of a course. Mathematics of finance.

The quizzes may look fairly easy. It is composed of one or two mathematical problems. All we need to do is to solve them. You get it right you get a 100, one wrong move may cause you epic failure.

I always get the wrong move.

My inspiration was fear of failure. I understand that, that kind of inspiration is shallow, but that time an inspiration is an inspiration.

I had my inspiration, and I still fail every test. That was my motivation. That was my drive to still pursue achieving success.

Motivation will be the one to keep you there and keep you going. Motivation will be your constant reminder to get up there and show them what you’ve got.

My last chance of achieving success would be the final test of the semester. Perfect it or lose it. I did a mistake or two.

If not for the constant failures that I had I would not have passed the course. It was my Inspiration and Motivation that brought me to success.

Constant failure was my motivation to not fail anymore.

Motivation Versus Inspiration

Motivational Poster

Motivation and Inspiration will not collide with each other.

Inspiration is the first step and motivation will be the second.

You may have the motivation but if you don’t know or don’t have any idea on why you are doing that activity you may still lose your motivation.

You may have the inspiration but if you don’t have any motivation or enough motivation to keep going you will still lose.

The formula is to have a deep and profound inspiration plus a good amount motivation and success is bound to happen.

The Right Type Inspiration and Motivation

Not all inspiration and motivation are good.

As to my example above, I fully agree that my inspiration was not right.

Fear of failure must not be the motivation to achieve a good grade. Being grade conscious is also not a good inspirational take.

I also had experienced going to the gym for the sole reason to look good for the girls. Deemed another shallow reason. It was not long until I have lost motivation.

To be healthy, to be fit, and to look good are enough and good reasons to keep you motivated towards going to the gym. Another reason could be is to remain strong so that you could help others and also be an inspiration.

Whatever Inspiration and Motivation it is, it would still help… perhaps

another Motivational Poster :)

 

Any type of inspiration that you may have, it will still help. It will still help in the short run.

As long that your inspiration and motivation is founded wrongly you must find another inspiration and motivation that would propel you in the long run.

Inspiration and Motivation founded for the benefit of the many, founded for truth, founded for good of others are some ways to have a good Inspiration and Motivation.

Being an Inspiration and Being a Motivation to others

There is a saying that says, “In a child’s eyes, everything is right”

Your words and actions could inspire and motivate others.

Practice being the best and being good to others so that, that would be the trait were they could be inspired or motivated to.

Do the wrong things and that may lead to bad things.

Imagine how Michael Jordan changed the history of basketball. Think of how the works of Gandhi brought change to the world. Imagine the works of other Notable people like Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, Nikola Tesla, and many more.

Inspiration is the igniter, Motivation is the driver.

Know your own Inspiration and Motivation so that it would not lead to false hopes and failed successes.

Be an Inspiration or Motivation to others by setting a good example. You may never know what good you could bring to others.

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