IN THIS ISSUE

*How To Motivate Yourself

*The Power of Taking Action!

Motivation, Motivation, Motivation!  We talk a lot about it. We read about it, but it's sometimes really hard to act upon it.  When we're feeling down, or when, God forbid, something really distressing happens, we really have to work on it.  And that's the time that getting motivated to handle the situation properly is the most important.  The following articles give us some ideas about how to get and stay motivated and how appropriate action frequently makes the going much easier.
                                                                ...............June
 

HOW TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF!

found on a University Of Texas site as advice to the students
 

 * Who you are is more valuable than what you do. Your worth as a person is not based on your intelligence or how hard you work. It is enough to be you.

 * Respect and value the opinions of others - but realize that ultimately you must respect and satisfy yourself.

 * Practice impulse control by imagining the consequences of your actions. How will you feel afterwards? Then, act so that you will be satisfied with yourself.

 * Write out a plan for yourself. Jot down personal and academic goals and priorities, and reread them when you're in a slump.

 * Don't worry about or dwell on things that go wrong. Concentrate on your successes. Remember that little successes build up just as quickly as little failures.

 * Give yourself time to change. Forgive yourself for backsliding and making mistakes.

 * Don't be a perfectionist. Make approaching your goals the basis of your self-respect rather than reaching your goals.

 * Don't allow feelings of inadequacy to get you down. Think about all the things you do have going for you.

 * If you're feeling down or hopeless, imagine the worst that could happen - exaggerate your fantasies - and then laugh at them. Do this to put yourself and your current situation in perspective.

 * When you're down, go to someone whom you know cares for you and ask him or her to give you a "pep talk," reminding you of your good qualities and talents and abilities and/or make a list of your good qualities and read them when you need to.

 * Be willing to risk failure for something you really care about. Be willing to risk success, too!

 * If you're irrationally afraid of something, do it a lot; the fear will wear off.

 * Learn to recognize, sooner, events which are not turning out as they should - and act to redirect them to your satisfaction.

 * Pure, unadulterated motivation is rare (most of the time); you just have to keep plugging away.

 * If necessary, pause every now and then to remind yourself why you have chosen to take on certain work, what you expect to get out of it. Give yourself a pep talk.

 * When you've done something you feel good about, reward yourself with a treat: you deserve it!

 * Completed tasks keep interest and motivation at a higher level. Try to complete a task, accomplish a sub-goal, before you quit for the day.

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THE POWER OF TAKING ACTION

by Norm McHardy

I've always known how important it is to have goals. And that once you have a written goal you must take some action towards achieving it. I just didn't expect to have it pointed out to me so graphically as the day I started to feel a little less than confident about my car!

I'd better start at the beginning. We had been going through a really bad patch financially and the car wasn't getting any younger. I was starting to worry about what repairs it could need. One day, my wife and I were out for a drive listening to something motivational on tape which once again stressed that there are no limits to what we can be, have or do if we just make the decision.

No limits? O.K.! Then why not have a Mercedes!

Since we were out for a drive anyway, we took a small detour over to the local Mercedes dealer. Oh boy! there were some great cars there! A couple of older models really caught my eye and I could see that we could indeed plan on owning a Mercedes some day, and who knows - maybe sooner than we think! We drove home wondering how to make it a reality.

The next morning we woke up to find that our car had been stolen out of the apartment parking lot during the night. Our car gone? This only happens to other people!

The insurance company paid for a rental car - and of course, they didn't have a small one available and upgraded us to luxury model - wonderful! Since our car had been an older model, our insurance company decide to wait only two weeks before making a settlement, which was an excellent one due to a fairly recent top-of-the-line paint job.

We got our settlement on a Friday and on Saturday morning we found the perfect car - newer, of a higher quality and in superb condition! - which we were able to negotiate for the exact settlement price. The following Thursday we took possession of our new car and proudly drove it off the lot. And we knew without a doubt that this was our "Mercedes".

The next evening we got a phone call from the local police - they had found the stolen car!
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