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EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE
By Jason M. Gracia
Fear.
It can stand in the way of everything you have ever wanted to have, do, and be, and yet, it can also be your greatest ally - if you know how to use it.
Would you try to keep something cool inside your oven? Hot inside your freezer? Of course not! But this is exactly what people do with their minds and bodies. They work against their natural tendencies and struggle to change their lives for the better. They prepare a fantastic meal and try to bake it in the freezer.
And once again they fail to get what they really want.
It's time to stop fighting against your natural tendencies and embrace them. Today you'll learn a new and exciting technique that will motivate you to live life at a whole new level.
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The Only Two Motivators in Life
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People are motivated by only two factors - pleasure and pain. Everything we do results from our perception that it will provide us with pleasure or help us to avoid pain. And we will do a great deal more to satisfy the latter.
This is a fact that you can use to your advantage. Once you learn how to harness the power that the fear of pain offers all human beings, you will take complete control of your life. You will be motivated like never before to implement your plans for a better future.
An example will help to get you started...
Alisha wanted to write children's books. Along with this goal came two sets of fears.
To begin, she feared failure. Writing children's books was something she had wanted to do ever since she was young, but the images of her friends and family laughing at her stories stood in her way.
What if she wasn't any good? What if no one liked what she wrote? What if this was just a silly dream that would be better off forgotten?
This grouping of fear became a powerful obstacle between Alisha and her goal. It scared her away from taking action.
But this was only the first set of fears. The second type is where the key to successful change and motivation is found.
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You Must Use this Fear
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While tossing around her thoughts about writing children's books, Alisha also thought about what her life would be like should she let go of her dream.
What would she think of herself ten years from now knowing that she let her negative fears take control of her future?
How would she feel knowing she never gave it a shot, never took the risk and followed her dream?
These were the fears that motivated her to action.
You see, while the first set of fears stood in her way, they did not completely block the path to success. The fear of regret and loss drove Alisha toward her goal, but in the end there is only one question to ask:
Which set of fears was stronger?
Before we finish Alisha's story and cover the exact steps to using fear to your advantage, I want to mention an important aspect of motivation and change.
Just as an archer requires a target before he can shoot his arrow, you need a target before you can get motivated to achieve it. And while many of the struggles I help clients with center around other aspects of personal change, the number one issue is knowing what you really want.
If you aren't certain about your goals, or have no clue what you want, don't worry. This is common and there is a solution. For a host of insightful exercises to help you discover your true desires in life, visit the address below:
http://www.motivation123.com/tmm-ez03.html
Until next time...
Jason M. Gracia
Founder and President
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