Motivation Masterclass

Table of Contents

• 1. Perseverance and Determination
• • A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.
• • Never give up on something you can’t go a day without thinking about.
• • Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
• • Fall seven times and stand up eight.
• • It never gets easier; you just get better.
• 2. Action and Initiative
• • The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
• • Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
• • Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
• • Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; make it hot by striking.
• • Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
• 3. Vision and Goals
• • Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll always be able to see farther.
• • Set goals, not limits.
• • Vision without execution is just hallucination.
• • Hold your head and your standards high even as people or circumstances try to pull you down.
• • Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
• 4. Passion and Inspiration
• • Passion enables me to be consistent.
• • I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
• • One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
• • No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
• • I feed my spirit each day with positive thoughts.
• 5. Courage and Resilience
• • A coward gets scared and quits; a hero gets scared but continues.
• • Do once what others say you can’t, and you’ll never pay attention to their limitations again.
• • When faced with a wall, I work hard to carve a window.
• • Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.
• • If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.
• 6. Faith and Positivity
• • Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
• • Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.
• • Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start now and make a brand-new ending.
• • Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
• • I am blessed with strength.
• 7. Action and Achievement
• • What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
• • Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
• • Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen.
• • The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
• • Going for the gold each day is my motto.
• 8. Encouragement and Motivation
• • Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
• • There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
• • Words don’t move mountains; work moves mountains.
• • You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.
• • I make the most of my talents.