Motivation Empire Blog

and parcel of being human - we’ve all had a taste of inspiration. It may have been a long time ago but at some stage we have known the feeling of being fully alive. Then we’ve been charged with energy and spoken with passion.

It’s a great feeling - we get loads of energy. We gain ‘fresh eyes’ so we can ’see’ what is truly important, what really matters. That gives us laser-like focus.

The future overflows with enticing options. We discover the freedom to make real choices. We realise that we have the power to overcome the barriers and limitations that have been holding us back.

Inspiration is the essential spark in a chain reaction. It sparks off strong self-motivation and leads on to action towards valued goals. From the office to the Olympics - inspiration means we achieve more. Achievement itself can fuel further inspiration which leads to continued motivation and action so that a virtuous circle is created.

Without inspiration, there is no catalyst so motivation is shaky, energy is low and action is hard. When we’re not inspired, things can be a struggle.

So what’s the secret? How do we get inspired?

It may appear that inspiration comes from ‘out there’ - perhaps a beautiful sunset, a piece of music or the touch of someone special. In fact this is a kind of shorthand for what is happening.

If we take it literally that the sunset inspires us, we are making the case that the sunset is the cause of the inspiration. Yet this can’t be true otherwise everyone who saw it would be inspired.

What is really happening is that we inspire ourselves by using the sunset to connect with our own thoughts and/or feelings which are inspiring. The inspiration comes from within. The locus of control is ours.

Exactly how we inspire ourselves is an individual thing - different people do it in different ways. The great news is that we can learn how to inspire ourselves and then we can be inspired whenever we want.

Here are 5 steps to get the ball rolling:

1. Notice any experience which triggers your inspiration. Aim to repeat this experience more often.

2. Wake up your senses. Each day this week concentrate on one of your five senses - Monday ’seeing’, Tuesday ‘hearing’, Wednesday ‘touching’ and so on. What do you notice that is new?

3. Search for the worthwhile meaning in what you do.

4. Discard worn-out uninspiring habits and install new inspiring ones.

5. Look out for what stops you being inspired. How could you avoid this by acting differently?

Each one of us can find out how to become the source of our inspiration. Instead of waiting for a random event to trigger your inspiration, you can become inspired when you choose. The skills you acquire to do this can be yours for life.



By: Trevor Hill

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We all want to achieve success in our lives. We may want to achieve success in different areas of our lives and in different ways. But it is in our human nature to want to do better, achieve more, and feel successful. We have been taught since we were little that no matter what we choose to do in life, we should do our best—and try to win!

How do we do that? Some writers want to tell you about the “secrets of success” and lull you into the false belief that wishing will make it so. What I want to do is to make the principles plain to you and remind you of one thing you probably already know: success takes dedication and hard work. The keys to success are really the tips of the iceberg, and what you do every day in your own work will determine the extent and the quality of your success. This article is an introduction to the importance of knowing your purpose. Defining your purpose is a necessary precondition to learning the principles of success and applying them to your own life.

Let’s start with a definition. Success means creating a new reality for ourselves, a new life of achievement of our goals and satisfaction of our needs. Our purpose may be to become wealthy and self-sufficient in our lives so that we can pursue other dreams in the next phase of our lives. Our purpose may be to save the world and as many of the souls in it as we can reach. Our purpose may be to be able to help family and friends and even strangers to achieve their goals in life. You get to choose. But remember this: the purpose of your path may predetermine the distance you will travel. If you do not have a purpose greater than yourself and your material needs, you are not likely to go far. Forget the money mantras. Go for goodness.

Here are a few brief examples:

1. Louisa May Alcott began selling stories as a teenager in order to help support her mother and sisters.

2. Alexander Graham Bell began inventing aids for the deaf as a youngster because he wanted to help his deaf mother participate in family conversations.

3. Harriet Tubman did not stop with her own journey to freedom but returned many times to lead hundreds of others to freedom.

4. Grandma Moses began painting at the age of 75 when arthritis put a cramp on her stitching and her work was discovered the market where she traded art for food during the Depression.

5. Booker T. Washington struggled to learn to read at age 7 when it was illegal to teach slaves to read, trading bits of bread for books, knowing that education was the ticket to freedom, and wanting to share it with all the young people he could.

These lives in history teach us about the power of purpose in becoming successful. Their purposes were found in reaching out to help others as well as themselves. Whatever your field, profession, and talents, you must decide now what your purpose is to give cohesion, dedication and passion to the necessary work. Although the science of success is something we can all study, it will be an empty exercise of mere self-will without the deeper spiritual and mental work that it takes to answer the question: why? It may well be that the failure to complete this deeper self-examination has prevented you from achieving success before now. To decide your purpose gives you motivation to step up to your own success. Knowing your purpose also gives shape and color to the masterpiece you hope to make of your life’s work.

Many success stories reveal extraordinary talents, but many others demonstrate that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary success. Many of the remarkable success stories we can study, like the examples given above, involved a person who took a limitation or a disability and achieved success either in spite of it or because of it. These compelling life stories can teach us how to be strong, overcome adversity, and rise up above our limitations. And they teach us even more than those powerful life lessons. They teach us how to turn our own perceived limitations into the unlimited spirit of success by deciding that it will be our purpose to help others in the same difficult circumstances as ourselves.



By: Celia Ann Rooney

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An enthusiastic team is the backbone of success to any organisation. The biggest challenge is to motivate a team. Unless the team is motivated, you cannot expect success or profits. The team should be constantly forced by the leaders rather then being given autonomy or power to perform its own actions.

Remember that success in business is associated with motivation. Technical skills and knowledge may play a great role but without motivation, everything will fail to work. If you want to get the maximum from your team, you need to ignite or fuel it with the right kind of motivation. This will also provide them the zest to unleash their creativity and bring out their best.

There is a lot that takes to motivate your team. First, you need to want the best for your people. You need to find their need and ambitions in order to know about what motivates them. Once you start motivating them with the right force, you will see them performing their best.

Here are some of the best tips to keep motivating your team:

a) Motivate yourself

Let the team know that you are full of energy and enthusiasm to fulfill the task. Show your zest and faith in a project you want your team to accomplish. This will motivate your team to work better and feel good about the whole thing.

b) Goal

Your motivation should be purely based on the goal you have decided to attain. Let your team gets clear about the specific goals you want it to achieve. Be specific crystal clear and realistic about the goal you want your team to achieve.

c) Talk to your people

Remember, that people have different goals and the motivational factors vary from one person to other. You need to know who all are there in your team. Talk to them differently about their aspirations, dreams, expectations, fears etc. This will make it easy for you to know what they need from you to get motivated.

d) Make your team believe that their involvement in the project matters. Let them know how valuable their services are.

e) Appreciate the efforts made by your team. This will make wonders for your team’s motivation spirit. You can show your aspiration in the form of money, bonus, assigning designation etc.

f) Let your team have a sense of belonging. Once sense of belonging is formed, the team will get stronger in sense of loyalty effort and motivation.

g) Challenges

Some people are motivated by the challenges they face. Let your team know that accomplishing a project is not a cake walk but together, they can make it.

h) Don’t belittle your team’s performance. Let them know that they tried really hard. Once they get appreciated for their efforts, they will surely make more efforts to achieve success next time.

i) Let your team know the fruits of success. This will prove to be a great motivation force. Let them know about the celebration and rewards the team will get once the task is accomplished successfully.



By: Bertil Hjert

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