Motivational quotes

Looking for motivational quotes is quite motivational in itself. You get insights and thoughts that have been shared over the centuries. From observations made in daily life, in the laboratory, advice passed down the ages, problems that have been faced and overcome, the answered and unanswered questions in life, there is no limit to sources of motivational quotes. From the earliest philosophers, the sportsman, the wily politicians, the men and women of science, the writers, orators, the ordinary man going about his daily business,so many people and shave inspired us with their quotes. Today we share these nuggets of wisdom with others hoping to inspire them as well.

The challenges to coming up with effective motivational quotes include the following:

GOAL FIRMLY IN MIND
What do you plan to use your quotes for? Who is your target audience for the quotes? Is is a specific group of people, say your friends or is it everyone who has access to your writings? The goals can be varied from seeking to motivate, provoke thought to providing good humour for example.

THE RULES, THE GUIDELINES!
It is very important that you come up with your own rules and guidelines in quotes. It is easy to offend others given the diversity of thought, religions, cultures, political affiliation, ideals to mention but a few things. You can decide which issues or areas you will stay clear of. The last thing you want to do is provoke anger when you all you intended was to uplift and motivate.

SIEVE AND RATE
You will probably have to go through a number of quotes before you find one that is to your liking.
Sometimes you will need to read a large number of quotes before you come across something you really like or something that inspires you.

TRY AND BE ORIGINAL
Well this is not possible because these are not your words firstly. However, sometimes it is possible to come up with something that people have not heard before. There are some quotes out there that have not been used.

QUOTE ONCE
How do you ensure that you do not repeat quotes you have used in the past? Well, this can't be easy. Perhaps one way to go about it is to read and go over the quotes you intend to use a number of times. If quotes are picked and used hurriedly, the chances or repetition could also increase as you forget what you have quoted before.

GIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
It's just fine that you didn't think of it first. Imagine how many people have lived before you and what they have said. Give them their due. Do not take someone else's words as your own.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT
Be open-minded in where you will get your quotes from. Do not limit yourself to books and printed material but even music, other art forms and fields of science. There is a lot story telling, poetry, motivational material that can be found in music, speeches.

READ WIDELY
Read as widely as possible. Motivational quotes can be found across several genres and types of written material from scientific to fictional material.

YOUR OWN WORDS
Every now and then you can break down your experiences and thoughts into your very words. Try and capture it in as few words as possible. Brevity is a virtue!

ENJOY!
Have fun enjoying the thoughts, the philosophy, the ideas and the quotes!

Have a wonderful day!
BTM

Random thoughts - Lessons from IAAF

I had the opportunity to watch the competitions in Berlin and made a few observations:

1. Stay in your own track till the end of the race
2. You are not going to run any faster by getting in someone else’s way
3. Spread out your energy appropriately over the entire race.
4. Join your counterparts in celebrating a good race.
5. Always seek to do better than your last race.
6. Don’t begin a marathon with a sprint. You cannot hope to win a sprint by jogging off the blogs.
7. Hold the baton well. If you drop it all the hard work will be a waste!
8. Don’t break the record in the heats. Rather wait for the finals. Makes more sense.
8. Finish well, finish strongly and finish with a flourish.

Have a great week. BTM

You? The CEO!

Are you the CEO in your life? If not who is running with your life strategy and executing it?

Who is setting the goals in your life and working towards achieving them?

Who is assessing progress in achieving the set goals?

Who is carrying out operations and tactics that are in line with set strategy and goals?

At the end of the day who is responsible for the success or failure of that life strategy?

You are CEO! You are the one!

BTM

New memories

Do not let memories of failure be the last memories you have,
You need new enduring memories!
Replace the old memories of succumbing with new memories of overcoming!
Out with the old that gets you down
And in with the new that gets you going!
BTM

Checks and Balances

Have you got the checks and balances in place in your life? What measures have you put in place to ensure that you will achieve the set goals and objectives? How often are you measuring your progress? How effective is the overall process to achieve your goals? BTM

Truth and elegance

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. (Albert Einstein)

Let's get to the point ladies and gentlemen! BTM

No smiles available?

- Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available. ( Jim Beggs)

It's so easy to be angry and to frown yet so unnecessary much of the time.
It's interesting how expressions can get in the way of communication.
A frown will probably not set the best tone going forward.
Think about it,
Even when you are fuming and about to bang the table,
You just might want to smile instead.
BTM