Comments on: Push your own motivation buttons

By: Note Taking Nerd #2

Note Taking Nerd #2 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:09:41 +0000

Steve Chandler Rocks!!!

In my years of listening to personal development stuff I’ve listened to everyone from Earl Nightingale to Tony Robbins.

I am proud to include Steve Chandler as one of my go to guys for inspiration. What makes Steve special is that he doesn’t just talk about success principles by themselves.

He lets you in on how they’ve affected him personally. In my book anyone who lets you get a glimpse of the good, the bad and the ugly part of their life comes across as genuine. Like a friend.

The first program I listened to of his was “17 Lies that Hold You Back”. Loved it. Next I listened to “Re-inventing Yourself”. Loved it. Next I plowed through “The Story of You”. Loved it. Then “Mindshift”. Loved this one too.

Some people preach success but come across as holier than thou and fake. Not Steve. Check this man out if you haven’t already.

Note Taking Nerd #2

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:30:38 +0000

Ditto Marci’s comment…a change of environment helps me. I like to drive, and in a previous life I spent plenty of time in my car, where I did some of my best thinking. Sometimes I will just park where the isolation and surroundings get me moving again.

By: Marci Diehl

Marci Diehl — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:14:38 +0000

Thanks Steve — I’ve been working freelance and self-supporting for 13 years now. Keeping a roof over my head has always been a motivator, but not the kind you’re talking about. I know some of the things that motivate me to do great work. I know some things that motivate me just to get the day’s tasks done, period.

One of the things I’ve enjoyed about following you on Twitter, for instance, is that you will sometimes post those personal, real-life moments — going to your daughter’s school for a meeting. Shoveling. You express some of the things that freelancers have in every day. We’re human beings who have to do things — pretty much everything! — in daily life. And our daily life intersects with our work life and environment.

That’s how I re-connect with motivation in work — getting out into my daily tasks and taking the time to “notice and connect”. I have a 5 month old black Lab puppy who is nosing around my office right now and looking for paper to steal to chew on. [Achh! He just found some!] Needing to take breaks frequently to get him outside helps me notice that the snow for the day might feel like sugar… or powder… or that it’s sparkling in the sun. I notice things while I’m outside — a hawk sitting on a line above my driveway. The skeleton stems of last summer’s perrenials.

I just noticed that in the last year or so, I finally stopped feeling guilty in the mornings that I didn’t have to be a part of the commute. Finally! I work well on my own. I’m made to be a freelancer.

Getting a project that takes my creativity is motivation. Meeting and working with great people is another.