Monday Motivation

It's Monday, so many people dread this day and I don't understand why.

We are here once, so if things are not the way we want them, then we must change them. I cannot imagine living in a world that made me unhappy, a job that I hated, a cold climate.

I believe that I create my own world, and everything that surrounds me. If I don't like it, then I need to move on or learn to accept it.

I guess you can tell that I love my job, otherwise I would probably dislike Mondays like so many others do. I also love Mondays, they feel like a new start for me, every single week.

I think a lot is because I am a creature of habit and that is also why I am so successful in my endeavors.


It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.
--Vince Lombardi

There are only two options regarding commitment; you're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in-between.
--Pat Riley

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
--John Wooden

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory.
-- Vince Lombardi

The Six W's: Work will win when wishing won't.
-- Todd Blackledge

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
-- Vince Lombardi

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them. But do not let them master you.
-- Hellen Keller

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
-- Source Unknown

 

 

 

 

Monday morning motivation

Monday Monday, so good to me,
Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.

Here is a video of the Mamas and the Papas performing this great song (email readers need to navigate directly to the blog for the video)




Your attitude will set the tone for the hour, the day, the week. Wake up on Monday morning excited, energized and positive.

 If you are doing something that prevents this, change it. 

"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden

"You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good." - Jerry West

"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines." - Leroy Paige

"Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the trophy is just a decoration." - Bryan Moseley

"I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win--if you don't, you won't." - Bruce Jenner, Olympic Gold Medalist, Decathlon

"You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose." - Gordie Howe

"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it." - Gale Sawers

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." - Vincent T. Lombardi

"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before." - Steve Young

"If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting." - Dick Vermeil


"Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it." - Stan Smith

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination." - Tommy Lasorda

Monday, Monday, so good to me. 

Monday morning motivation

Why do we do what we do? What makes us tick?

I know that I am successful because I always push myself hard, harder than most people. I need to feel that I am making a difference. But am I making a difference in the world or just in MY world?

I think that I am making a difference, the world needs people who strive to push the envelope, people who make us all sit back and gasp, people who make us wonder if WE need to do something!

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi 

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
Venus Williams 


Everyone has the desire to win, but only champions have the desire to prepare. 
Author Unknown


Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal. 
Mike Ditka

If you believe in yourself, have dedication and pride and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
Paul "Bear" Bryant

Show me a man who never failed and I'll show you a man who never tried anything hard enough.
Allen Waimsley


Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is aimless. Vision with action will achieve.  
Author Unknown

Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.  
Author Unknown

If not you, who? If not now, when? 

Garry Herbert

It's Monday, treat it like royalty. We are all lucky to have the chance to wake up to a new day, to do what we want, to do the right thing. 

Tackle the day, make a difference, feel good about yourself. You are a champion.

Motivation

I look for motivation every where. And, as I always say, the mind is the strongest muscle, so I know that I need to get my head around whatever I am trying to do. I need to push forward, never relent, and never stop, no matter what.

We can talk ourselves into something just as easy as we can talk ourselves out of something. You have probably seen many of these before, but maybe you never thought about them. It's easy just to glance at something and not really contemplate what it may mean, or how it may change you.

Challenge

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
`Vince Lombardi


Dedication

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
`Theodore Roosevelt

Optimism

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
`Bo Bennett

Spirit

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
`Wilma Rudolph

Determination

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential...these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
`Confucius

Perseverance

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
`John Quincy Adams

Power

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom...mastering yourself is true power.
`Tao Te Ching


Possibility

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
`Helen Keller