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Our Desire Affects Our Ability to Achieve

5 January, 2009 - Motivation - 11 Comments

Photo by Dru

This is a guest post by my recent Twitter friend and blog subscriber, Mike of Mike’s Life. Mike is a forty-something, married, father of two. He lives in the hot part of central Europe, and has been running a conventional business for the last eight years. He started his blog in December 2008 in the hope of staving off impending bankruptcy during 2009, and to start a new career writing for a living - something he has always enjoyed. For reasons which are apparent on the blog, he cannot reveal his real identity, but has promised to do so before the end of 2009!

Within reason, you can achieve almost anything, as long as you have sufficient desire to do so. We can talk about self motivation techniques; we can receive motivation from other people, but ultimately the overriding factor in whether or not we achieve our objective, boils down to how much we desire it.

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Posted on 5 January, 2009 by Jamie Harrop
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Standing On My Decking…

31 December, 2008 - Motivation - 3 Comments

Photo by David Sunderland

Stiff from the days frost, I struggled to slide open the door. But as I did, I felt the cold, frigid air hit me. And then a smell. A smell of a burning stove.

As I looked down the valley from my garden decking, I could see nothing but fog. Visibility down to less than a quarter mile.

The night was still. I could see a Christmas tree in the house over my garden fence, and the faint flashing glow of the lights in the window upstairs.

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Posted on 31 December, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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If Life Was a River…

24 December, 2008 - Motivation - 2 Comments

I was coming home from Malton the other night. It had been a long day, and as I sat in the back seat of the car, watching the sun set in front of me, I slowly began to drift off to sleep. As I sat there in my half-daze, we crossed over a river. The water was dark, but still shimmering from the car lights.

I watched as the water slowly passed under the bridge. As I began to relax and look forward to my impending sleep, I began to wonder where the water would stop and rest for the night. Crazy, I know. But thinking about where the water I see now will be in the morning was something that was of great interest to me at the time.

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Posted on 24 December, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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We Fear The Mental More Than the Physical

14 October, 2008 - Motivation - 10 Comments

Photo by Josh C

I love seeing people push themselves to their limit. I love pushing myself to my limit. I don’t think anybody truly knows what it’s like to be alive until they have gone to their limit and come back again. Until you get to a point where nothing in the world seems worth saying apart from, “Damn! I feel alive!”. Yep, I’ve screamed that phrase at the top of my lungs on a number of occasions. Most noticeably after intentionally capsizing my kayak and getting involved in a very messy, very cold rescue.

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Posted on 14 October, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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Motivational Videos

7 October, 2008 - Motivation, Motivational Media - 9 Comments

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I’ve compiled this list of seven of my favourite motivational videos. There are many inspirational videos around the Internet, but I tried to keep this list to just the best of the best. The ones that truly move me.

Each of these videos makes me smile, cry, laugh or think. They are in order from my favourite to least favourite, but all should give you a good boost in the right direction.

If any of these videos get removed, please contact me so I can fix them. I don’t bite. Promise.

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Posted on 7 October, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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