Comments on: Success: Just Do It http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/2005/11/success-just-do-it/ Personal Development Plan for Success Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Adrian Savage http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/2005/11/success-just-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Adrian Savage Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:12:38 +0000 http://successbeginstoday.dreamhosters.com/wordpress/?p=109#comment-174 Hi John, Wrong Adrian. The Toastmaster is, I think, Adrian Trenholm in Great Britain. This is Adrian Savage in Arizona (also an Englishman, but an expatriate one). You're right about enjoyment. Some spurs to action aren't too much fun, but they work. My point was, of course, that waiting for motivation is like waiting for The Muse: sometimes she won't come if you're waiting for her! Adrian Hi John,

Wrong Adrian. The Toastmaster is, I think, Adrian Trenholm in Great Britain. This is Adrian Savage in Arizona (also an Englishman, but an expatriate one).

You’re right about enjoyment. Some spurs to action aren’t too much fun, but they work. My point was, of course, that waiting for motivation is like waiting for The Muse: sometimes she won’t come if you’re waiting for her!

Adrian

]]> By: John http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/2005/11/success-just-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-173 John Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:54:28 +0000 http://successbeginstoday.dreamhosters.com/wordpress/?p=109#comment-173 Thanks for the reply Adrian. How are things at your Toastmasters Club? I agree with you that motivation tends to be overrated. but determination, duty, and discipline are not much fun. Somewhere in this whole equation is a "enjoyment factor." Some people might refer to it as passion or just having fun. If you don't enjoy something you probably won't be doing it long term. I think the whole secret may be to find a way to make the unenjoyable into something that is enjoyable... Sounds like a future post... John Thanks for the reply Adrian. How are things at your Toastmasters Club? I agree with you that motivation tends to be overrated. but determination, duty, and discipline are not much fun. Somewhere in this whole equation is a “enjoyment factor.” Some people might refer to it as passion or just having fun. If you don’t enjoy something you probably won’t be doing it long term. I think the whole secret may be to find a way to make the unenjoyable into something that is enjoyable… Sounds like a future post…

John

]]> By: Adrian Savage http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/2005/11/success-just-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Adrian Savage Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:25:08 +0000 http://successbeginstoday.dreamhosters.com/wordpress/?p=109#comment-172 Motivation is nice, but overrated. There are many other reasons to do something. Determination (as you found), duty, reason, hope, concern for others. If people wait to "be motivated" or "motivate themselves" they may wait a long time. Like all other emotions, motivation comes when it wants. You can't demand to feel motivated on cue any more than you can demand to feel happy or in love. The Coyote Within Motivation is nice, but overrated. There are many other reasons to do something. Determination (as you found), duty, reason, hope, concern for others.

If people wait to “be motivated” or “motivate themselves” they may wait a long time. Like all other emotions, motivation comes when it wants. You can’t demand to feel motivated on cue any more than you can demand to feel happy or in love.

The Coyote Within

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