How do I become motivated like you??
This question has approached me in many scenarios, from various individuals, and I’m not sure I’ve ever fully answered to it’s potential. If you would all agree, motivation is simply a mind set, or a psychological state of being. . .yes? Sometimes you can feel how motivated you are when you’re offered a new opportunity and are simply excited to take that offer! Other times the motivation may continue for a few days or weeks, and you won’t particularly feel that motivation, yet something is keeping you focused. Now in the ideal realm of situations, it would be great to stay in this frame of mind, meaning motivated; however, there tends to be obstacles (or better stated: growth opportunites) that knock us out of this motivated state of being.
How do I stay involved in my motivation state? READING!
Never in my life did I ever think that I would be a reader, or writer for that matter. But here I am, developing a blog, and constantly reading on various subjects. I actually used to argue with my grandmother (an avid reader of multiple books a week), that never would I enjoy reading. She ultimately won that statement, and many others due to my grandma being the most brilliant woman ever! All aside, reading contantly keeps my mind focused, and allows me to stay in a motivated mind set. I find that when I drift off from books, for whatever reason, I start to fall of track. Here are a few books and brief descriptions of each, to help you learn about the wonderful world of possibility, opportunity and continuous growth (and I have to credit my dear friend Jake Garn (www.jakegarn.com) for this idea, as he has written about multiple books in his own blog):
Blink - I’m currently reading this book, and will be done shorty. It’s amazing! It reads about the power of your unconscious stream of thought, and why people choose to make instant decisions without playing options. Great for spontaneous, or high-pressured decision making. And features multiple very interesting studies on habits, which I’m obsessed with!
Outliers - Simply a story on why successful people are successful. 10,000 hours of long, hard, beautiful growth. A MUST READ!
A Whack on the Side of the Head - A great book on creative thinking and team creative thinking. Speaks on brainstorming, avoiding dead-stumps, and most importantly and quite possibly why I wake up every morning, playing the ‘What If?’ game!! The book features multiple exercises that you can practice and share with your friends and colleges.
What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There - A great book for those who want to up there status of being successful. Marshall Goldsmith touches on many scenarios with his experience and client stories in business coaching habits that make you successful, and even better, new habits that will make you even more successful. Love the section on the ‘Twenty Habits’!!
A Whole New Mind - I love this book because it gives great insights on the presence, and necessary presence, of artists in the coming century. Deals a lot on right brained (creative brain) thinking and how it will rule over opportunity in the coming years.
I will be adding more books to this specific post, so keep posted for future reads. Maybe one day my book club will be as HUGE as Oprah’s. These books make me believe that option is possible. If you have read, or happen to read these books, I would LOVE to hear about your thoughts and experiences with them in the commenting section of this blog, or e-mail me your thoughts to me a scuba_tr@hotmail and with permission, I will share them with the world!!!
Happy New Years almost!!!
Steven Robertson
And I can’t WAIT to show you them all!
