“The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you've just done something as well as you can do it.” Doben Motivation is one of the most powerful driving forces in our lives it can quite literally mean the difference between tremendous success and failure. Motivation supplies you with the encouragement needed to keep going when it feels like all is lost. There are two sources of motivation: External, which means that your … [Read more...]
Vision
07/12/2009 By 12 Comments
"We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision." There are a lot of things in life you can happily do without, but vision is not one of them. Without vision you are sentenced to a life of mediocrity and unfulfillment. Vision is everything. It gives you a dream to pursue and a goal to achieve. It helps you overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and keeps you holding on when the going gets tough. It provides you with a picture of yourself bigger than who and where you are right now. Everything great on this earth was … [Read more...]
Love makes the world go round!
09/02/2009 By Leave a Comment
There is a saying that suggests it is the power of “love that makes the world go around”. At the moment, however, the world seems to have stopped using this power to keep the momentum going and has instead been using alternative fuel (the ingredients of which appear to be quite the opposite of love) the result of which is, instead of the world making a smooth rotation around its axis, it is now operating in more of a stop start manner. We just have to look at the senseless murders and atrocities across the globe to see that things (people) … [Read more...]
A Divalicious Menu!
22/12/2008 By Leave a Comment
Wishing you a 100% Divalicious Christmas! I received this comment and thought it apt to share this as part of The Divalicious Times Christmas message with you. "Today I had a wisdom fest on my Monday morning plate. It was buffet style so I chose what I wanted. Starters. Happiness in someone's hand? While I sipped on the Bounce Back Mentality. Normally I do not eat and drink together but I literally had sips to moist the dryness as I gushed at the simplicity of the message, yet its empowering message. Main Course Who is occupying the front … [Read more...]
Ambition is a powerful driver!
27/10/2008 By 2 Comments
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” Bill Bradley Just like a car needs petrol to propel it on its way we need ‘ambition’ to propel us to our chosen destinations in life, but too often that ambition has been watered down and seasoned by the opinions of others, our past experiences and a belief system that says we aren’t good enough. We have been derailed and left winded and either unable or unwilling to push further or aim higher, simply settling for maintaining the status quo. The dictionary … [Read more...]
The Last Lecture
05/10/2008 By Leave a Comment
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” --Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled “The Last Lecture.” Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can’t help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? I recently came across information about Randy Pausch and I have to say that I am inspired … [Read more...]
Thank You Power
14/09/2008 By Leave a Comment
People fight for it, gamble it and spend years in active pursuit of it, Nations have been built and ruined by it. Men have died and families have been destroyed. This one thing rules every corner of our lives but the world has yet to find a ‘perfect balance’ for it? What is this force? It’s Power! Power is broadly defined as “a person or thing that possesses or exercises authority or influence “. In our pursuit of ‘success’ we are actively pursuing the power that increased knowledge affords us but our focus on getting more and … [Read more...]
The power of Thank You
People fight for it, gamble it and spend years in active pursuit of it, Nations have been built and ruined by it. Men have died and families have been destroyed. This one thing rules every corner of our lives but the world has yet to find a ‘perfect balance’ for it? What is this force? It’s Power! Power is broadly defined as “a person or thing that possesses or exercises authority or influence “. In our pursuit of ‘success’ we are actively pursuing the power that increased knowledge affords us but our focus on getting … [Read more...]