Today the challenge is to inspire! Creating inspiration and motivation has been a concept that has been thought about and studied for years. Philosophers have given their ideas of what motivates humans, if you walk into a book store there'll be rack after rack of books written by people who have the secret formula to inspiring others as well as ourselves. But how do we begin to inspire each other?
In my mind there are two ways to create inspiration; we inspire through our actions and we inspire through our belief in each other. For me, I'm incredibly inspired by athletes who are known to have ridiculous work regimens. My personal favorite is Michael Jordan, when playing Jordan would show up an hour before practice to shoot free throws and an hour after to shoot three pointers. For most of us the idea of showing up an early and staying an hour late to practice isn't on our agenda, and truthfully we don't even need to do that much to inspire someone. All it takes is for us to something a little bit extra, to work just a little bit harder, and do this all without complaining. What sort of action will you take today to inspire a teammate, coworker, family member?
Then there's believing in people. People are so afraid of thinking big today because they are constantly reminded of what they cannot do, reminded of what they aren't, or reminded of how badly they may have once performed. How can we ever expect people to feel inspired if they are constantly being shot down? I challenge you to have a conversation with someone today and ask them what is their biggest life dream. You'll find that at first they'll look at you as though you're kidding, then they'll be timid bracing themselves for ridicule, and then when they see that you're serious they'll open up like a book. It's amazing to hear the things that people want to accomplish and their dying to share their ideas with someone and to just have someone give them a push in that direction.
I'm excited to hear and see the ways that everyone has created inspiring moments today! Of course stop in and check out what everyone is up to and how Dakota, Jacob, and myself inspired someone today!!!
LIVE it Up,
-ZZ
"Thousands of candles can be lighted by one candle and the life of that candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by sharing." -Buddah
In my mind there are two ways to create inspiration; we inspire through our actions and we inspire through our belief in each other. For me, I'm incredibly inspired by athletes who are known to have ridiculous work regimens. My personal favorite is Michael Jordan, when playing Jordan would show up an hour before practice to shoot free throws and an hour after to shoot three pointers. For most of us the idea of showing up an early and staying an hour late to practice isn't on our agenda, and truthfully we don't even need to do that much to inspire someone. All it takes is for us to something a little bit extra, to work just a little bit harder, and do this all without complaining. What sort of action will you take today to inspire a teammate, coworker, family member?
Then there's believing in people. People are so afraid of thinking big today because they are constantly reminded of what they cannot do, reminded of what they aren't, or reminded of how badly they may have once performed. How can we ever expect people to feel inspired if they are constantly being shot down? I challenge you to have a conversation with someone today and ask them what is their biggest life dream. You'll find that at first they'll look at you as though you're kidding, then they'll be timid bracing themselves for ridicule, and then when they see that you're serious they'll open up like a book. It's amazing to hear the things that people want to accomplish and their dying to share their ideas with someone and to just have someone give them a push in that direction.
I'm excited to hear and see the ways that everyone has created inspiring moments today! Of course stop in and check out what everyone is up to and how Dakota, Jacob, and myself inspired someone today!!!
LIVE it Up,
-ZZ
"Thousands of candles can be lighted by one candle and the life of that candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by sharing." -Buddah
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