Kick Start - In Search of Personal Motivation
Everyone wants a happy beginning and ending in their journeys and activities, but guess what – life is not perfect. The subtle art of KICKING A** is about kicking your own a** with a personal smack down. Not about negative speak to yourself, but about committing yourself to a broader plan of attack. Complaints and venting are often cathartic, but you need to move from “complaint to commitment”. There are times where we get so caught up in what everyone else is doing and telling us that we need to do that we stop listening to the signals that our bodies are sending us. If something feels wrong, it probably is. Sometimes the stress that we place on ourselves for results, in and of itself, is enough to make us sick and unsuccessful in our pursuits. We get so obsessed with trying to ‘feel’ something that we can actually create that effect or symptom.
Everyone wants a happy beginning and ending in their journeys and activities, but guess what – life is not perfect. The subtle art of KICKING A** is about kicking your own a** with a personal smack down. Not about negative speak to yourself, but about committing yourself to a broader plan of attack. Complaints and venting are often cathartic, but you need to move from “complaint to commitment”. There are times where we get so caught up in what everyone else is doing and telling us that we need to do that we stop listening to the signals that our bodies are sending us. If something feels wrong, it probably is. Sometimes the stress that we place on ourselves for results, in and of itself, is enough to make us sick and unsuccessful in our pursuits. We get so obsessed with trying to ‘feel’ something that we can actually create that effect or symptom.
I’ve done it to myself and I see it over and over
again in the misguided and futile attempts of people who are not committed – this is small stuff and obsessing
about it is sucking the life out of you. It’s not okay to spend your life
caught up in the idea that life stinks because you are not making the right
amount of money, have a specific title, weigh a certain amount or because you
look a certain way, have this number of friends on social media platforms. Until you start to know yourself – where you are and for who
you are – you aren’t going to find happiness.
So the fine art of
KICKING A**, is about motivating yourself to live and be the best you that you
can be – because that’s enough.
It is true that that hard work doesn’t always equal success.
Some people work really hard, but fail. They tried and didn’t succeed. The simple fact is that people tried and
there is a subtle difference in what I just referenced – “hard work doesn’t
always guarantee success, but working harder than anyone else opens unique
opportunities and insights if you are paying attention”.
While it may not appear to many people that know me that my
confidence is not based purely on my innate talents, it is based on the
fact that I try to work harder than anyone else. No one is going to come out of the shadows and hand you things. A good friend and associate joked around with
me that he would have to get up at 3:45AM to get a jump start on me – get ahead
of my morning emails, rants, celebrations and personal expectations. The fact is he was as passionate about the
day as I was! It is about passion and jumping, crawling, careening out of sleep
to meet the day represents an opportunity. Kicking A** is about sucking the
marrow out of life and realizing that every day you have an opportunity to be
at your personal best – seize it as fortune favors the bold.
Early riser or
night owl doesn’t really matter it is about finding the morsel of motivation –
if you can’t find a way, make one!
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