Quotes About Motivation

change rarely happens unless it's motivated by feeling

serving food is a job, but improving morale is a mission.

Guthrie doesn't share his findings from his customer meetings; he creates a situation where they can replicate his discovery. It becomes their own insight, and as a result, they're motivated to act.

themselves. In turn, that discovery makes the need for action obvious. Guthrie doesn't share his findings from his customer meetings; he creates a situation where they can replicate his discovery. It becomes their own insight, and as a result, they're motivated to act. Similarly, CLTS facilitators see the problem vividly, but they don't share their concerns directly. They let the villagers see for themselves. The

In looking for a goal that reaches the Elephant—that hits people in the gut—you can't bank on SMART goals. (There are some people whose hearts are set aflutter by goals such as "improving the liquidity ratio by 30 percent over the next 18 months." They're called accountants.)

Small targets lead to small victories, and small victories can often trigger a positive spiral of behavior.

When it comes to performance, strong purpose trumps strong passion.

Why are you attracted to self-sabotage? I

When your energy's right, work becomes easy & fun. When it's wrong, it's quite the opposite. Your choice…

Yes, there is something a little defeatist about accepting one's slacking ways rather than trying to fix them. That's a worry, though, for another month. The healthiest, most productive approach to writing is to acknowledge your weak spots early on, and build a writing plan that plays to your strengths and works around your liabilities.

Leadership is the influence of others in a productive, vision-driven direction and is done through the example, conviction, and character of the leader.

Wise leaders court hunger like a muse, and they summon her continuously. Complacency, arrogance, malevolence, apathy, and comfort can easily chase her away.

Hunger, it should be noted, is different from ambition. Where ambition is largely about self-aggrandizement, hunger is more about service and significance.

Nothing of significance was ever achieved without negative input from other people.

Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too.

The idea itself is the ten percent inspiration; the hammering it into a viable, successful, memorable story is the ninety percent perspiration that follows.

If you think your life sucks, it probably does. Do something about it.

It's easy to find surface goals and stakes (to save the word, to stop the bad guy, save a life), but you often find that those aren't deep enough to help you create the plot. You run out of problems for the protagonist to tackle pretty quickly. The trick is to find the personal stakes and then work from there to determine the goals. People act when they want to (something to gain) or have to (something to lose).   Personal

I decided to make 'Captain America' because I realized I wasn't doing the film because it terrified me. You can't make decisions based on fear.

When I found out I had to take off my shirt in 'Teen' movie, I panicked and hit the gym. I was like, 'It's going to be on film, documented, for my children to see. I can't be 140 pounds. I need to put on a little bit of muscle.'

Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don't just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn't have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.

Sizing up succinctly his lack of formal education compared with his determination to learn from others, the author writes, "I went to college with every person I ever met.

Don't listen to them," I said. "In fact, don't ever let anybody tell you that you can't do something. Not your parents, your teachers. Nobody.

Because if something is fun, more of it gets done!" -Luigi Lemoncello