Every year around this time, I start to muse about how long I’ve been writing these daily messages – 5 days a week for 16 years (this coming April). I find and think about a quote in the evening, quickly write approximately 200 words about something I’ve experienced related to it and post it to my blogsite (https://thearteofmotivation.blogspot.com). In the beginning, I did it at the request of a client and then it became a part of my life ever since. I’ll admit that there have been days when I didn’t feel like it, but in the end I write because it’s part of who I am and the reflections from each motivates me to try to be better with each passing day. I tell the story often that when this started, we lived next to a 90-year-old woman who drove to church early each morning as part of her daily devotional – her personal attempt at staying true to the important things in life. That influenced me (and this) and after nearly 4000 messages, I can’t stop. Or I should say I won’t stop, because (1) it helps keep me centered on the important values I believe we all should adhere to and (2) if we don’t have something to aspire to each day, then what’s the point. The professional in all of us demands we aspire to something and work towards it, even when we don’t feel like it. Set a goal– big or small and use it as a guidepost today.
Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004): British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality (host of PBS’ Masterpiece Theater) and radio broadcaster (Letter from America) was done primarily in the United States.
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