Here’s the thing – you can’t rely on just any type of poems. You need the type of poems that inspire you, touch your emotions, and push you onward. This is exactly the type of weapon you want in your arsenal. You see, we all face challenges in life so you need to provide yourself with a motivational edge. Poems, unlike quotes, provide more in-depth wisdom and insight you can tap into to help yourself through anything. More importantly, since variety is the spice of life, motivational poems serve as a unique motivation technique to keep how you motivate yourself interesting and exciting. For example, the next time you feel ready to give up, rely on these motivational thoughts:

Don’t Quit:
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
when the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out,
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,
It’s when things seem worse,
that you must not quit.

- Anonymous

I recommend you save these words for the next time you are at a low. Let motivational poems inspire and encourage you. The really nice thing is you can find inspiring poems that cover all aspects of life – relationships, success, productivity, goal achievement.

Now it’s your turn to take advantage of motivational poems. Don’t be left behind or at a disadvantage. This motivational technique is right at your fingertips and so very easy to use.

Kim Brevard is a self improvement and motivation enthusiast determined to motivate people to get what they want out of life. Visit her self improvement and motivation site for unique ideas and perspectives on personal growth and motivation.

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But for all their good press and positive feel-good message, does what they have to say really make a difference? Personal Develop is an $8 Billion dollar industry in America. But at the end of the day, will you be a better person because you listened to them? Will listening to them make you more successful in your career? Will you make more money? Will your relationships really improve? Can you really become a better leader just by listening to these experts?

You might be surprised to find out that “yes” it does make a difference. I think Earl Nightingale said it in his classic seminar, The Strangest Secret “We become what we think about most of the time.” Now, as simple and practical as that may seem, consider the implications of it for a moment, not just in the realm of motivational speaking, but in all walks of life. What does a surgeon spend a great deal of his time thinking about before he becomes a surgeon? Answer: surgery. What does a scientist spend his time thinking about most of the time before becoming a scientist? Answer: science. What does a theology professor spend his time thinking about most of the time before becoming a professor? You guessed it: theology. What does a millionaire spend his time thinking about before becoming a millionaire? Making money.

So, it only stands to reason that this basic principle of most of success and positive thinking genre is true. We become what we think about most of the time. So, if you want to change your life, you have to change your thinking. OK. That makes sense. But, do you become a doctor just by thinking about it? Of course, not. You think about it and are motivated to follow a path and think about it almost obsessively. The Success Gurus are saying something a little bit deeper than to just change the content of your thinking. They are actually saying that you need to change the process of your thinking. In other words, your mind has to be retrained. Your mind was trained to think as a child. You had very little control over it. Perhaps you had good training from your parents, teachers, and peers. Perhaps you had lousy training from people who thought you were not worth the time or effort. Maybe they even constantly belittled your or put you down. Maybe they told you things like you would never accomplish anything, or called you a quitter or a loser. Every time you failed at some task, instead of thinking of that failure as a lesson learned, you just had your old training reinforced.

Unfortunately, we live a world where far more people are beaten down than are lifted up. Imagine what your life would be like if you had a few more people in your corner believing in you and encouraging you. What dreams could you accomplish.

As we said earlier, we are not responsible for the early training we received. However, we are responsible for our lives. We do not have to let incorrect training guide us forever. If it was wrong, we need to shed it and replace it with something that works for us.

Consider Matt Morris. Matt’s parents divorced when he was 4 years old. That leaves enough scars. A year later his father broke into his mother’s home and killed her boyfriend. He was sent to prison. Matt grew up and failed at every business venture he tried. By age 21 he was living in his car. But he believed he could change. He invested in himself and in positive motivational materials. Today he is the owner of one of the largest and fastest growing self-help sites on the internet, Success University. His company has thousands of customers from over 146 countries. With America’s passion for personal development, Matt’s site is ranked as the #1 Personal Development site on the web today. He is now a multi-millionaire with a passion to help others to achieve success.

So, what is the appeal of the Success University and the whole Success Motivation genre? Primarily, that it helps a person change his/her thinking process and also learn some practical principles that can make a real difference. Because these speakers all have their resources and they are entertaining and usually fun and interesting to listen to, people can receive daily encouragement, daily inspiration, and daily teaching in some specific area. Just listening to a CD everyday on during the daily commute to work, a person can receive the equivalent class time of a college degree in only 2 and years. In other words, anyone can become an expert on any subject in the world, while driving to work. That is truly amazing! Because of the advances in technology, we can use ipods, pda’s, smart phones, laptops, home entertainment centers, dvd’s, car cd players, home computers, wii’s, ps3′s, as listening and learning devices. Because of mp3′s and mpg’s and audiobooks, anyone can carry around the wisdom of the universe in their pocket.

Does it really make a difference? The millions of followers of these self-help experts would give enthusiastic testimonials to that fact.

I can say from personal experience that it has made a difference for me. The people and relationship principles I picked up just from reading How to Win Friends and Influence People as a teenager have helped me throughout my entire life. The Leadership Principles I picked up from John Maxwell have helped me in my business. The motivation and relationship principles I learned from Zig Ziglar have become guiding principles of my life.

When I was going through a very difficult time in my life and it seemed that everyone in my immediate surroundings was looking at me with disdain and contempt and didn’t believe in my leadership, it began to be very tempting to just through in the towel. I was beginning to give in to the negative majority that didn’t believe we could accomplish the task before us. I could literally feel myself sinking down, being pulled down by their opinions. I remember seeing a Tony Robbins infomercial. He had a new program. I didn’t care how much it cost, I just knew I had to get it. I needed someone to believe in me and tell me I could do it, even if he didn’t know me personally. It helped me turn a corner in my life and in my organization. We went on to complete the task and see success. But we would never have accomplished it if I had not been able to change my thinking and my perspective first.

I recently came across the best Success Library every assembled in one place. Success University has combined the principles of distance learning and personal development and created an incredible and amazingly affordable resource. It includes the greatest motivational speakers and trainers of modern times. What makes it unique is that not only can a person get the continuing education of a lifetime, but they also have the opportunity to benefit financially while they learn. I have loved it since I found it and I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for the best of the best and the most affordable price around.

So, why not consider investing in yourself first, so you will be able to make a difference in your family and your world.

Dr. Kelly Carr

http://www.MentoringCoach.Info-Ape.com/articles/career-life-coaching.php

http://www.amazinglifenow.com/amazingpersonaldevelopment/index.htm

Dr. Carr and his family live in scenic Chandler, Arizona where he writes and works as a pastor. If you would like more information about Success University send a blank email to mailto:successukcarr@aweber.com and you will receive the “Success University Secrets E-Mail Course” free of charge and the Classic Motivational Ebook “Acres of Diamonds” by the Adventurer and Founder of Temple University, Russell Conwell. This ebook also contains a link to the original audio by Dr. Conwell.

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One of the biggest mistakes that people tend to make is to rely on some outside force to change their life for them. We all want to be more successful. We all would like to make more money, have more respect, be a greater contributor to society, but too many us are approaching this the wrong way. When you expect someone else to come along and magically turn your life around and make your dreams come true, I guarantee that you will be met with a lot of disappointment. This is one of the reasons why motivational speakers get such a bad reputation.

Many people think that these speakers are a waste of money because they’ve listened to a bunch of motivational speeches but their life has not changed one bit. Let’s be frank here. Motivation does not last. If it did, everyone would achieve their goals and live the life of their dreams, but you and I both know that this isn’t the case. So what good does it do to listen to these speakers if the motivation they give us dies so quickly? The answer is, plenty.

It is not a motivational speaker’s job to change your life. They can’t do that, only you can. The only thing they can do is help inspire you and relight that flame within you that has been lying dormant for way too long. Their goal is to bring the passion back into your goals and dreams. Their aim is to give you strategies that you can use to accomplish your goals but ultimately, success all comes down to you. You must not only be the one taking the action, but the one who will be 100% responsible for the result as well, good or bad.

From now on, whenever you hear speeches from motivational speakers, use whatever motivation they can ignite inside of you and immediate use it to take action towards your goals. Being inspired and motivated is useless if it is not followed by immediate and massive action. These speakers can’t make your dreams come true for you, only you can. Once you understand that and accept the fact that no one else is responsible for how your life turns out but you, you will be one step closer to living the life of your dreams.

Kelly T. contributes to a motivational website. On there, you can find out more about different motivational speakers and watch videos of them in action to help inspire and motivate you. Motivational speakers can change your life by helping you change your actions.

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You are better off reading one motivational book twenty five times rather than reading twenty five books one time. The reason for that is that getting to understand what the author has to say is simply not enough. The material has to be assimilated, digested and eventually becoming a part of who you are.

One of the difficulties of reading a motivational book is that the mind has a pernicious way of playing tricks on us. The way that is does that is by transforming whatever that we are reading in such a way that it will be conform to our previously held beliefs.

We all have deeply entrenched beliefs. Those beliefs may or may not be valid but they are part of how we think and what we believe to be true. So, changing those beliefs is not an easy task.

As an example, most of us believe that if we do not get the expected result when we try something it would be considered a failure. In reality, it was not a failure. We tried something and got the logical results. That is not a failure, it’s the end result of an experiment.

If we are serious about reading a book, it should be read like if it was a letter or a message from a lover. Each word, each sentence is evaluated to assure that we understand perfectly what the author is trying to convey.

After reading and important or meaningful sentence, we should close the book and write down what we’ve just read, then compare the two versions, word for word. Many times, we’ll find out that we had gotten the meaning all wrong. Our mind was trying to trick us into holding onto our previously held beliefs.

Personal Development and reading motivational book is mostly about changing our mindset. Not an easy task. And certainly not one that can be accomplished with passive or speed reading.

There are at least three motivational book that deserve to be studied this way. They are:

Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

If you are willing to put in the time and effort to study thoroughly these three books, your life will be transformed forever. They contain just about everything you need to access to a level of success and happiness that you never thought possible before.

It is said that what you don’t know cannot arm you. That’s simply not true. Success is a science and not a fluke. You need to know the principles and the techniques necessary to acquire success in life and in your life. Those three books contain almost all that information. Now, all that you have to do is to learn and apply them, and the world will be your oyster.

Dr. Raymond Comeau aka Shamou is the Author of ShamouBlog and Administrator of Personal Development for Personal Success Forums.

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The Wikipedia says that: “Desire is a sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome. The same sense is expressed by emotions such as “craving” or “hankering”. When a person desires something or someone, their sense of longing is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of the item or person, and they want to take actions to obtain their goal. The motivational aspect of desire has long been noted by philosophers; Hobbes (1588 – 1679) asserted that human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action.” With a desire, you are self-motivated to fulfill your goal. Though a desire may be strong, it often requires that you keep on motivating yourself to achieve it.

To achieve and keep up your desire, you must stay motivated through the week. Every one of us has a number of good things to keep up our Motivational Thoughts on our weekdays. As though doodles but has a good effect and they can help for keeping up our desire on prosaic side – a picture, music and a word.
We all have pictures or videos of friends, family and unforgettable moments with them or fixed achievements or current progress on them as well. These can be great motivators if they remind you of your desire whenever you see them. Put them in places where you will see them several times every day.
Music that inspires you is one of the best ways to motivate yourself. You probably have music that makes you feel a strong sense of motivation whenever you hear it. You can have this music playing as you work toward your goal.
We probably have quotes and sayings that we find motivating and give an encouragement for us. Also keep them posted where you can read them every so often.
But one of the best things you can do to stay motivated (and do not underestimate it) is to take your pictures, videos, quotes, sayings and music and turn them into motivational video clips that are specific to you and your desire. This can be easily done. You can arrange the video clips and pictures, overlay your favorite quotes and sayings where there are most appropriate, add your favorite music to the background and you will have your own personal motivational clips to help you stay motivated. This simple and artless “movie” can turn to very powerful motivational tool.

So hopes and wishes we have can come out not enough to achieve our goals. A real desire is more lasting. Desires are stronger and deeper than wishes and hopes. A desire is not as easily discouraged. Desire will lead you to your goal while wish can die away at the first failure. With a desire, you look for ways around or over obstacles and push on, trying again when faced with disappointment. Only a true desire can turn our dream in to reality because it helps us to implement the “take action” part. We need and we can produce Motivational Thoughts to keep up our desire on prosaic side by using simple things like pictures, music and motivational sayings or even better by combining them into inspiring “movies”.

Many of us know that we must to take a first step to get somewhere or to get something, it is right but this isn’t all – we have to be able to go till the end for achieving our goal. We can’t quit!

Ugis Pundurs
Motivational Thoughts, Inspirational Short Stories And Adventures To Juice Up Our Life
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George Foreman became heavy weight boxing champion of the world. Today he is a preacher, entrepreneur and the spokesperson for the George Foreman Grill with over 1 million units sold. And yes a motivational speaker.

I had the opportunity to see George Foreman speak at a Learning Annex event in Toronto. What could George Foreman, a former boxer, say that might motivate you?

“Look at me.”

That was his opening line and one that he repeated like a refrain throughout his presentation.

What did that mean? “Look at me.” Don’t look at my scars, my color, education or obstacles. “Look at me.” See the fighting spirit within me. See me for who I am and can be. Although Foreman shouted that to his fight manager – the phrase is one that he might have shouted at his sister, his teacher and at his own reflection in the mirror. His own self talk – to push himself to look at himself.

And maybe the best lesson he offered us that day was for each of us to have the courage to look in the mirror and look at ourselves. To see the possibilities and to fight for what we believe we can be.

I dare you, look in the mirror and shout, “Look at me.”

I was very impressed with George Foreman. He fit the role of motivational speaker exceptionally well. He told his own story – a poor black kid who did not fit in, who didn’t want to go to school, who only wanted to use his physical advantage to intimidate and beat up other kids…

As a child, George Foreman did not have a future nor a direction. The only motivation he had might have been anger and a fighting spirit.

A guidance counselor told him – “If you only want to beat up people you might as well become a boxer.”

George Foreman pointed out that he was never a boxer – he was a fighter. The difference as he illustrated was that a boxer was one who took the perfect stance – hands and feet in the perfect position – looks pretty – almost like a dancer. A fighter was one who ignored the blood and pain and simply fought.

As a true motivational speaker, George Foreman talked about his inner fears and doubts. He laughed at himself and encouraged us to do the same. A true motivational speaker knows that it is not about appearing superior to your audience. You can only motivate people who can identify with you and your pain.

When he started to fight, he confessed that he got scared, closed his eyes and swung his huge fists at his opponent. He was the surprised one when he opened his eyes to discover his opponent on the floor.

That strategy worked until he met better boxers who danced out of the way of his blind-fury fists. The new surprise for him was that after he opened his eyes his opponent was still standing and grinning at him. That demanded a new strategy – time to keep his eyes open when he swung his massive fists.

A motivational speaker must demonstrate the power of his opponent. No one is motivated by an easy victory.

George Foreman talked about his fear of fighting “Smokin’ Joe Frasier”. George Foreman had to knock Joe Frasier down six times to win that fight. Six times! And each time that Foreman knocked Frasier to the mat Foreman prayed that Frasier would stay down this time. How many of you are willing to do the same thing six times just to win one fight? How many give up too soon?

Then it was time to face Mohamed Ali. Five rounds and Ali did not throw a punch. Ali simply danced. George thought he had Ali beat. In the fifth round as they embraced – Ali taunted him with “Is that all you got George?” That taunt chilled George and foreshadowed what was still to come.

George was spent and Ali had made an accurate analysis of his opponent’s endurance. Mohamed Ali won that fight, not because he was tougher, but because he fought smarter.

George Foreman was defeated that day by more than a boxer; he was defeated by a smart fighter.

In his presentation Foreman honoured his opponent. George did not whine nor complain. A real motivational speaker tells life the way it is – not the way it should be.

As he marched purposely off stage, motivational speaker George Foreman closed his presentation with this message: Fight – Fight – Fight!

George Torok, motivational speaker and marketing legend. George Torok is a bestselling author, award winning radio show host and marathon runner. He delivers the lessons of successful business in a motivational style that is his own. To arrange a motivational keynote speech or training program visit his website http://www.Torok.com or call him at 905-335-1997 http://canadian-motivational-speaker.com/

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While it’s a good thing to seek encouragement, if one seeks it in desperation, or naivety, he will often end up wasting his time and energy which leads to frustration on top of frustration.

Many of the success stories told by motivational speakers and in motivational programs, lack credibility due to the many missing elements that are never revealed. The speaker or the host tells of how someone trapped in poverty attained riches, being against all odds. Motivational stories usually involve the attainment of fame and or fortune unlike inspirational stories that tend to give an account of a miraculous rescue, escape, or achievement in the midst of adversity.

A good number of inspirational stories reveal facts in detail of how the person or people were rescued, escaped, conquered, survived, or overcame their obstacles. However, there’s hardly a motivational story that enters into detail regarding just how someone made a financial success of themselves–at least not within the last fifteen years. Listeners will hear claims of how someone started a website to get the word out about his product or service and how the responses came pouring in. This is just one example of how it appears that details are being given, but aren’t. Audiences would do well to scrutinize motivational speeches that take them from point A to Z skipping points B thru Y are missing.

To better illustrate this example, one may find himself motivated to have a website done promoting a truly worthwhile service or product after hearing of the success of someone who did similarly. Nevertheless, he will be in for a very rude awakening when, after his beautiful website has been launched for some years, no one but himself and some of his family and friends know that it’s there. When he checks to see how many visitors the site has received, he finds only one–and that one is his own visit.

What the motivational story left out are the details of how to get a multitude of visitors to the website to see the great idea, product, or service. Unfortunately, this is something that most people will learn the hard way as they attempt to copy not only this “suggestion” for success, but many others that, were they that simple to implement, numerous individuals would have long ago said goodbye to their money woes.

Although it’s good to motivate someone towards an achievement, it’s better to give them real tools they can work with in the pursuit of success.

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With delinquency on the rise, and much of the aimless wondering of the youth today, motivating our young adults seems to be an ambiguous practice. It is the justification of many parents, businesses, mentors, churches and schools are turning towards inspiring our youth through teaching by motivational speakers and inspirational retreats.

It is a known fact the cost per capita of supervising young people in detention, juvenile delinquent centers and overseeing young offenders throughout our judicial systems is extremely high. And the efforts of those in these positions and offices, even though they mean well, just don’t pay off.”The key factors in reaching our youth are through a change of heart”, says “Peggi Merkey, owner and founder of “Can You Hear Me Now?” a platform for motivational and inspirational speakers of all “walks of life”.

But how do we reach their hearts? This is the question many inspirational speakers and motivational speakers seem to have a handle on. Melvin Adams, Former Harlem Globetrotter shares, “Whether the subject is making wise choices as a youth, or learning how to be an exceptional parent,” or maintaining ethical decisions in the work place, you will find Melvin persuading through his branded sense of humor to become successful in every area of life. In order to reach anyone, and especially our youth, humor seems to break away their boundaries and allows them to listen to someone who has been there.This is a simple but difficult task when trying to inspire anyone to success.

There are 5 key elements in reaching your audience. They are all elements that must all be included and linked one to another.It is difficult to have one without the other, and many of them are part of how some inspirational speakers are reaching our youth, our businesses, our co-workers, our churches, and any and everyone that needs a “leg up”today.

1. Creative Teaching: Education no doubt, is a key factor in changing the world! But if the person or group you are trying to teach does not want to hear what the subject is, there will be no learning. Key to learning is desire, so how do you get the student, child or employee to HAVE desire?

2. Motivation: Motivation will create desire. It is the gasoline inside the vehicle to get it moving.It sounds like just a logistic issue but it goes much deeper than that. Motivation has been twarted along the way. The person has subconsciously “stopped” believing in change, in gain, or lost faith in growth. So, to be educated and open up the learning process to a new wave of thought, one must be motivated.And how do you motivate someone who doesnt want to be motivated? You must first break down the barriers.

3. Breaking Barriers: In order to break down any barrier whether in your own life, your employee’s life or a child’s mind and heart, one must be invited into that person’s mind creatively and instinctively. This is why many motivational speakers use humor.

4. Using Humor: Humor is an incredible tool and powerful motivator. Motivational Messages are most successful when the speaker can walk up to the mic and ever so effortlessly tell a joke that the audience can relate to. The most successful keynote speakers are the ones that are just naturally humorous. It is an art, a talent, a gift that not everyone possesses. Successful humorous motivational speakers can cut to the chase and share personal moments, taking the listener off guard. Once the listener has laughed, loosened up and allowed the boundaries to fall, the next step is strategic in the final event of inspiring an audience.

5. Up-close and Personal: This is when the speaker uses his own life, his experiences, his weaknesses and his personal testimony to become the object of the humor.Once this is done, it leaves the listener to decide for themselves whether they want to assimilate for themselves what the speaker is sharing, and learn from it. This is when the speaker adds his ultimate motivational messages and call to action allowing each and every person to make a change, even if it’s just to move one degree closer toward the goal. This moment is crucial in inspirational speaking and is the determining factor why one is successful in reaching their audience or not.

Ultimately, the desire is to have the audience in a conducive environment which will allow the speaker to use those “gifts” as a tool that will enable them to make the most of their natural potential, to realize their dreams and to act on their aspirations.

“Can You Hear Me Now?” is a motivational and inspirational speaking company that consists of some of the best speakers and performers internationally. They are an ensemble of talented individuals who speak, inspire & perform. Businesses, schools, groups & retreats call for multiple events because of their variety of team members and diverse talents. They can be booked through the CEO & Founder,Peggi Merkey http://www.MotivationalMessages.net

Author Judy Stevens a retired teacher, published song writer, realtor, and SEO Consultant. She has 2 boys a husband and two fine dogs. She can be found at http://www.ShootinBull.com

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Here are 10 tips to make sure that you get the right person for the job.

1. Check their credentials. If a friend of a friend said that s/he knows someone that could help to motivate your company, would you trust them? What about looking online, in telephone directories and asking around to see if others have an inspirational speaker that they would recommend.

2. There are no regulated qualifications to obtain, or standards of speech to reach, so pretty much anybody can say that they are a motivational speaker. Just because somebody has the gift of the gab, it doesn’t mean that they are a good motivational speaker. Alternatively, just because someone is successful in the world of business, entertainment of sport, in doesn’t mean that they are the right person to help improve your business.

3. You will need to hear and see them speak in person before booking them. Whilst the website might look flashy and inspiring, the performance may be less so, and you don’t want to be disappointed.

4. Knowing what the speaker has achieved will help you to choose the right motivational speaker. Is a former bank chairman the best person to tell you how to improve productivity in your factory? Is a former athlete able to relate to a room full of scientists?

5. What research will the motivational speaker do? How much will they want to know about your company and your industry? If they have a “one size fits all” approach then they might not be the right person to motivate your staff.

6. Will the audience relate to what the motivational speaker has done? Just because you’ve managed to obtain the services of one of your sporting heroes, it doesn’t mean that the rest of your workforce will be impressed. If you’re running a call centre, or a sales team, is a former model, or politician the right person you improve sales?

7. Is your chosen speaker actually inspirational? Will the audience be moved by what they have to say? Will it make a difference to their lives, and their performance whilst at work? It’s all well and good having a celebrity to talk to your staff for an hour, but will it motivate the staff into being more efficient and effective?

8. Is the motivational speaker known? Is it better to have a celebrity or well known person speak to your staff, who maybe isn’t as inspirational, or somebody who is not a household name but is quite capable of improving morale and teamwork?

9. What will the audience take away form this event? Will they be motivated and keen to improve, and increase sales figures, or productivity? Or, will it be seen as a waste of time and money?

10. When will the benefits be seen? Are staff going to go back to their desks or machines, and immediately improve their performance, or will it be a gradual improvement, through better more efficient procedures and processes?

Now you know how to choose the right motivational speaker for your company, why not book one today?

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Profoundly Motivational or Fizzling Out

Motivational sayings sometimes reach down and touch us in a deep and seemingly profound way. When the moment is right and the emotions are ready, the right saying can create an immediate and positive response. It seems to change us right on the spot! Then, something happens. Life happens. Distractions, mood changers … so many outside influences derail us almost before our chosen journey begins.

Should we give them up? Are these inspirational phrases without value? Don’t toss them in the circular file just yet. Hear me out.

What “They” Say … and the Power You Give It

Sticks and stones, may break my bones but …. Now, if words can never hurt you, as the saying goes, how could they possibly help? The truth is, we are hurt by words constantly. But, it’s neither the words nor the messenger that we really have to worry about. It’s the value or importance our conscious mind gives it.

While one person dismisses negative assaults, others stew, analyze, and nurture this negativity, often habitually, until it sinks in and becomes their belief system. And belief systems are extremely difficult to uproot and replace. They’re powerful!

Your Central Processing Unit

We’re all equipped with a central processor (our subconscious mind) that works by default unless we alter its operation willfully or emotionally. And if it continues to operate on its own, in its routine way, its ability to rule our lives is reinforced.

Of course, this can be good or bad. Or, I should say either wanted or unwanted because our subconscious doesn’t judge things as good or bad, it just does its job. That’s the beauty of it. It works, reliably. And once we understand this, we can begin to reprogram it to work for the things we want, rather than the things we don’t want.

That’s where the motivational phrases come in. Most of us have deep-seeded beliefs that we want to root out and replace. But, can these phrases really do the trick?

Emotion That Digs Deep

Motivational sayings that stir us have power. They grab our attention and open our conscious minds. Unfortunately, they usually don’t have enough power to override the default settings of our central processor.

To really make a difference, motivational phrases need to touch us often and on many levels. They need to provide us with visual pictures, word associations, and even be supported by bodily movements to really stir our emotions. It’s the emotion that matters. Emotion has the power to dig deep and effect lasting change.

Emotion is fickle, however. While some emotional sayings energize and inspire us every time, you often need new ones to create that deep emotional impact.

Carving the Groove That Lasts

Just like a skilled operator and a backhoe can dig a deep trench, a disciplined conscious mind and motivational phrases can carve a deep groove in the subconscious mind. That groove represents a new habit that supports your mission. With emotion and repetition, motivational sayings will carve that groove.

What’s Your Pot of Gold

One final tip. You must know where your groove is taking you! Emotion is born of a clear wanting. What is it you’re after? You must know your mission. Goals and desires are subjects for another time, but if you don’t know where you’re going, emotion will come and go.

Know your personal pot of gold and motivational sayings will provide enough inspiration so that repetition will groove your subconscious, sustain your enthusiasm, and bring you success.

With practice, you can motivate yourself on demand!

Mel Inglima, owner of Dream Home Creation, http://MelInglima.com, has spent his life helping people build and remodel their homes, invest and manage their money, and make decisions that have a profound effect on their lives and futures. His work gives him unique insights into what it takes to succeed in life.

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