Are You Driven or Motivated?
There are two types of people in this world. The driven and the motivated. The driven operate from their minds, while the motivated operate from their spirit. One is physical in nature, one is spirit in nature. Often times both think theirs is the right and only way. How wrong this is. The driven do what has to be done, while the motivated do what they want to get done. The motivated are the slow and steady while the driven are often times the fast and furious. Oh, both can be a little of each, but usually one is dominant in their character. For example, I am motivated but I lack skills to be driven. I have to want to do something not for the end result, but for how it makes me feel. I am thin and yet I am an...
What Gives?
Have you ever noticed how overstimulated our society is getting? We talk on the phone while operating a keyboard, reading a newspaper, or whatever. When I turned on the TV this morning, I was watching Good Morning America to not only notice one news feed scrolling across the bottom of the picture, but now there were two! It’s hard enough for me to listen to the news and/or read at the same time. Now I have something else to switch my focus off of. I didn’t know what to pay attention to. It was like a strobe light affecting my brain. I had to turn it off. It was just too much. I guess the second news feed was about the business news. Do I want to read about CVS doing better than expected, or Brian Williams being punished with 6 months leave with no...
I Wanna Get Better
Have you ever wondered how to keep, keeping on? How to be consistent with exercising, or organizing, or eating healthy? For many people, starting is the easy part, but sticking with it is impossible. The New Year has just started. It’s only February and already I heard a report on Good Morning America, on how to get out of a gym membership. What motivates us? What can we do to be faithful enough to start seeing results? These are the questions I ask myself. Sometimes it’s the guilt of failing that causes us to quit. Or we simply don’t see results fast enough. Or even see that someone we know, doing the exact same thing, is getting the results we wish we had. Whatever may be the reason, most people suffer with the defeat of not following through....
Don’t Let Loneliness Stop You
For years, all my life really, I have been afraid to go to a movie or out to eat alone. I’m not comfortable going anywhere alone really. Oh, I will go run errands by myself, but other than that I’ve pretty much relied on other people’s availability if I wanted to go to a restaurant or go to a movie theatre. Today is the day that I will overcome that fear. I’m waiting for 7 o’clock to roll around. It’s only 3:30 so I have a while to go. This is a big step for me. I hadn’t planned it but I drove past the movie theatre on my way to work and saw that the movie I had been wanting to see is playing tonight. I had wanted to go with some friends of mine, but they already went....
How Do You Even Want to Want to?
That is the question I keep asking myself. The computer age passed me by. When I was attending Purdue University in the early 70’s no one had a personal computer. I had the first digital clock on our floor in the dorm. At that time, it was advanced technology. I remember someone calling out “what time is it,” and I replied 11:23. Their remark was, “who’s the smart ass.” No one ever said the exact time. It was either a quarter after 11 or 11:30. Everyone came running to my room to see this amazing new clock that I had. I entered the work force and still the only skill I needed was how to use an electric typewriter. Shortly after that, I married and stayed home taking care of the house and children. I never needed to learn how to...