Comments on: TCOBaG: The Self-Starter Myth? http://www.tcobag.com/47/tcobag-the-self-starter-myth/ Thinking Caps on Boys and Girls - ThinKInG AlOuD aLLoWeD Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: admin http://www.tcobag.com/47/tcobag-the-self-starter-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-2 admin Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:38:58 +0000 http://www.tcobag.com/?p=47#comment-2 One thing to keep in mind about 'motivation' is that - other things, other people, and outside forces do not motivate us, we motivate ourselves. We are responsible for taking, or not taking, action. No outside force is capable of this. Now, that said, if you're hanging by your fingertips over a boiling lava pit, you will be motivated to hang on. But, it's not the pit motivating you. It is your own fear of the consequences and your desire to avoid them that is the true mechanism for hanging on. Sure, that heat rising up off the pit affects you, but the motivation is strictly yours. If you choose to act, and especially if you choose to act as though your life depends on it, you will find that you achieve more. Much more. One thing to keep in mind about ‘motivation’ is that – other things, other people, and outside forces do not motivate us, we motivate ourselves.

We are responsible for taking, or not taking, action.

No outside force is capable of this.

Now, that said, if you’re hanging by your fingertips over a boiling lava pit, you will be motivated to hang on.

But, it’s not the pit motivating you. It is your own fear of the consequences and your desire to avoid them that is the true mechanism for hanging on.

Sure, that heat rising up off the pit affects you, but the motivation is strictly yours.

If you choose to act, and especially if you choose to act as though your life depends on it, you will find that you achieve more. Much more.

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