Do You Have Big Dreams?Written by Dave Cole
Way back in third grade, Eddie Robinson had a dream. His dream was big, but to many folks, it seemed too big for Eddie to ever attain. For Eddie Robinson was poor, black, and he lived in segregated South. Three big strikes against him. In his book, "Never Before, Never Again," Robinson wrote, "Society said I would never be able to reach my third grade dream of coaching football." Eddie Robinson went on to prove "society" quite wrong. And he did it because of 3 big reasons: 1. He was determined to live out his dream. 2. He educated himself about all aspects of his profession. 3. He gave 100% of his efforts at whatever he did. After working his way through Leland College, he landed a job at Grambling State in 1941. Fifty seven years later he retired with 408 career victories, most in college football history. To his players Robinson was far more than just a winning coach. He highly stressed importance of getting a good education. Robinson knew that he had a big responsibility to set an example for his players on and off field and often thought of himself as a "surrogate" parent to kids while they were at Grambling. He also taught that winning does not have to be at any cost. He used football to teach kids honesty, integrity, and to help shape them into men. On field he demanded his players to get their plays right. Execution of play was taught over and over and over until it was done right.
| | What Is Your Motivation To Be Successful?Written by Gordon Bellows
Although this article was originally intended for people who want to be successful in a home-based business, main concept can be applied to all areas of our lives. In order to be successful, there should be some sort of motivation that is a driving force in helping you to reach your goal.Let's start by looking at what motivation means. We separate word motivation into two parts; m-o-t-i-v and a-t-i-o-n. When we add letter e to end of first part and letter c to second space of second part, we get motive and action. Motivation simply means a motive to take action. You might want to make more money, improve your lifestyle, or do any number of things that your daydreams are filled with. By looking closely at what you want, you begin to understand real reason you want it. That becomes your motive, which helps you to be more prepared to take action. It is better to be motivated by positive emotions rather than negative emotions. If you want to quit your job because you don't like boss and you hate long commute, those are negative emotions. However, if you want to quit your job so you can be self-employed and to spend more time at home with your children, those are positive emotions. Doing something for reasons that have positive emotions is more conducive to your success than doing it for reasons that have negative emotions. If you want to make more money (and who doesn't?) what is your reason for wanting more money? Do you want it so you can show off with fancy clothes and a new car? Or, do you want it so you can afford those nice things, because you worked hard to achieve your success, and you want to enjoy fruits of your labor? I hope you see that first reason is full of greed and an attitude of being better than others, which are wrong kinds of emotions. On other hand, second reason is better, but it should only be part of reason for wanting to make more money.
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