Daily Motivator - September

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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Free yourself

The more you avoid doing what needs to be done, the more burdensome you make each moment. Those things you’ve put off until later can build up and drag you down with regret, worry and negativity.

Putting something off until later is certainly no way to free yourself from it. Instead, such procrastination and avoidance actually extends and expands whatever it is you desire to avoid.

One of the most liberating things you can do is to free yourself from the gnawing burden of a task you’ve been avoiding. And the way to achieve such freedom is simply by going ahead and doing what needs to be done.

Rather than continuing to worry about it, rather than putting your energy into making excuses and rationalizations, just go ahead and do whatever you’ve been putting off. The sooner you get it done, the better off you’ll be.

Just think how great you’re going to feel when it’s done. Imagine how great it will be to free your energy, your mind and your spirit from the burden of procrastination that has been hounding you.

Don’t worry for another minute about something you’ve been putting off. Go ahead, make the effort, and enjoy the immense freedom and satisfaction of already having it done.

— Ralph Marston


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Monday, September 2, 2013

Choose goodness

It’s just as realistic to envision success as it is to worry about failure. The difference is in the choice you make.

It’s just as possible for you to make the effort as it is for you to make up an excuse. The choice is up to you.

You always have the power to make a difference. Choose to use that power in positive, purposeful and life-enriching ways.

Time is always flowing to you, and energy is always flowing from you. Continually make the choice to transform all that time and all that energy into useful, meaningful value.

Instead of wasting your resources on worry, resentment and anxiety, direct them toward goodness and achievement. This amazing, miraculous life is yours, so live each moment in the service of your highest values.

Every day, the choice is yours to make. Choose goodness, success and fulfillment.

— Ralph Marston


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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Each step along the way

Achievement takes time. Expect to achieve, and work to achieve, but don’t fool yourself into thinking that it will be quick or easy.

What is built in an instant can be knocked down just as quickly. Real, lasting value is created by committed, sustained effort.

There are riches that patience and persistence will bring you, that you cannot experience any other way. Use each moment to move forward a little bit more, day after day, year after year, and truly magnificent things are possible.

The value of any undertaking is not just in the reward at the end. The real value is in the undertaking itself, and in the long, sustained experience of making a positive difference day after day.

Treasure each challenge you encounter, for that challenge gives you a pathway for moving forward. Appreciate, value, and put to higher and higher use the strengths and skills you develop as you move successfully through every challenge.

Get in the habit of enjoying each step along the way. And you’ll enable yourself to take some truly amazing journeys.

— Ralph Marston


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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Resourcefulness

Your time is limited, with only so many available hours in each day. Yet that can be a very good thing if you choose to see it as such.

It is precisely because your time is limited that you can motivate yourself to make the highest and best use of every moment. Instead of wishing in vain for more time, you can find countless ways to get more value from the time you have.

Anything of value becomes more precious and more highly appreciated when it is in short supply. And the more you appreciate it, the more value you’re able to create from it.

That’s why it is entirely realistic to start from where you are, with whatever you have, and successfully get to wherever you wish to go. Though your time and resources are limited, there is no limit to your resourcefulness.

So go ahead, dream big dreams, and envision your life exactly as you would most like it to be. No matter how much or how little you start with, you can certainly find a way to reach the most ambitious goal, as long as it is truly important to you.

For you have something even better than time, better than money, and better than any valuable resource you can imagine. You have life, and the resourcefulness to make good and meaningful use of it all.

— Ralph Marston


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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Present possibilities

Your past shortcomings have nothing to do with your present and future possibilities. This is a new day, and you can choose a new direction.

It doesn’t matter if you have disappointed yourself in the past. Now you have the opportunity to get it right.

You don’t have to base your expectations on what has already happened. Today you can expect the best and then work to make it happen.

There’s no use feeling angry or resentful or disappointed about the past. Make the choice to feel positively purposeful and enthusiastic about what you can do now.

Any negative momentum in your life will continue only if you let it. Don’t let it.

The most important part of your life is the part that begins right now. And you can make that part as beautiful and fulfilling as you now choose.

— Ralph Marston


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Friday, September 6, 2013

Be there fully

Wherever you are, be there fully. Give your care, attention and love to life as you live it.

You are where you are, doing what you’re doing. Instead of wishing for it to be otherwise, go ahead and make it great.

Embrace the moment, and use it to explore and express your own unique beauty. Embrace the moment, and you open yourself to its best possibilities.

Rather than making judgments about where you are, make progress with what you have. Sincerely seek opportunities to create new value, and you’ll find plenty of good and worthy things to do.

Remind yourself how truly fortunate you are to be experiencing life right here and right now. Know that the more you appreciate it the better it will be.

You are in this time and in this place, filled with great possibilities. So give yourself fully to living it with richness and purpose.

— Ralph Marston


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Saturday, September 7, 2013

Live those dreams

This is your life, so don’t compromise your dreams. Live those dreams.

There is no need to be dismayed or delayed by those who claim that your dreams are impossible. Decide for yourself what is possible, and then do everything in your power to make it happen.

Whatever you sincerely desire, you have the ability to bring to life. Your dreams are yours precisely because you’re the person who can make them real.

Be careful not to get caught up in doubts and excuses. Instead, get caught up in your authentic passion for living life the way you envision.

It is never easy to live with a strong sense of purpose. Yet the alternative, a life with no purpose, is even more undesirable.

Feel those dreams, touch those dreams, and live those dreams. They are far too important to ignore.

— Ralph Marston


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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Empowered now

You are just a moment away from the highest level of enthusiasm and effectiveness you’ve ever known. You are just a moment away from the most empowering positive attitude you’ve ever experienced.

You can choose your perspective, you can choose your outlook, and you can choose your attitude. The moment you make the choice, whatever you choose is yours.

It doesn’t matter what you’ve experienced or how you’ve felt for the last hour, or month, or year. In the next moment you can be feeling precisely the way you choose to feel.

What perspective would best serve you right now? What attitude would enable you to create the most value out of your current situation?

You are just a moment away from being the most highly motivated person you know. Choose now to be that person.

Your greatest success begins right now. Choose the positive, empowering perspective that will bring it to life.

— Ralph Marston


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Monday, September 9, 2013

When life seems difficult

When life seems difficult, it’s because you are comparing the way things are to how good you know they can be. That’s actually a good thing, because it connects you with your positive expectations.

Each time you encounter what feels like difficulty, remind yourself to also notice your positive expectations and possibilities. Let that feeling of difficulty lead to a feeling of empowerment.

You know, without a doubt, that things can be better. And knowing that, you are just one step away from beginning to make things better.

Yes, you could choose to become dismayed about the difficulties. Yet a much more powerful choice is to become excited about the positive possibilities.

The challenges and difficulties can give you something very valuable. They can give you specific ways to make a positive difference.

When life seems difficult, respond with gratitude and enthusiasm. Then get busy transforming those difficulties into positive, meaningful value.

— Ralph Marston


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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Live that way

Be the kind of person you would truly enjoy being with. Do the kinds of things you’d love to see in others.

The way to experience good and valuable things in this world is to first cultivate those good and valuable things within yourself. What you encounter in life depends on the way you are.

Genuinely friendly and helpful people meet a lot of other friendly, helpful people. Loving, caring, creative and generous people encounter many other loving, caring, creative and generous people.

When you’re the one to start the ball rolling, you can roll it in any direction you choose. Live your highest values, consistently and without compromise, and by your very example you’ll spread those good values far and wide.

Don’t waste your time complaining about someone else’s questionable behavior. Make the choice to overwhelm that negative behavior with your own sincerely positive behavior.

How would you live if you were sure that life would follow your lead? Live that way, and you will in fact be making life that way too.

— Ralph Marston


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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Habit of achievement

Old, destructive habits can feel very comfortable, at least for the moment. Over time, however, those negative habits can waste an enormous part of your life, or worse.

The good news is that you can build positive, empowering habits that will soon feel just as comfortable and familiar as the old negative ones. It takes effort and commitment, and a little discomfort, yet it is well worth all that.

Instead of habits that waste your time and burden your life, you can choose habits that push you steadily forward. Instead of slowly creating heartache and disappointment, you can be steadfastly creating success and achievement.

Time can be your enemy or your friend, depending on what you do with each little moment. Make the choice, and put forth the effort, to make each moment count for something positive and meaningful.

Choose a habit that brings you down and replace it with one that lifts you up. Make it your goal to make achievement your default mode.

Some of the most powerful things you do are the things you do by habit. So choose to direct all that power in a positive, life-enriching direction.

— Ralph Marston


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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Into action now

It only takes a minute to begin making a positive difference. So get up, get going and do it.

Don’t worry about how long it will take or whether you have enough time. Go ahead, get started and you can take it from there.

Merely wishing and wondering won’t get anything done. Stop wishing and start doing.

Even the most elaborate, credible excuse has very little value. Let go of the excuses, and let yourself take real, effective action.

Feel for yourself how good it is to make a difference. Enjoy the true richness that comes from giving life and commitment to your purpose.

Stop looking for ways to put it off and start discovering how well you can get it done. This is a great time and a great place to get into action now.

— Ralph Marston


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Friday, September 13, 2013

Dealing with the problems

The more you learn from your problems, the more effective you become at dealing with them. The more you learn from a problem, the less likely it is to trouble you again.

When a difficult problem comes along it can be easy to feel sorry for yourself. Yet pity, whether from yourself or others, is not what will help the situation.

What will help is a positive, informed response. What will help is effective action.

At first, go ahead and feel bad about the problem. Then make the choice to transform that intensely bad feeling into powerful positive energy.

Problems can get your attention and motivate you, so let them. Problems can teach you, so learn everything you can.

Choose to be positively motivated, to learn, and to respond with action. Be fully determined to move forward, and you will.

— Ralph Marston


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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Connected to purpose

You won’t get very far if you don’t know where you’re going. To have success, to have an impact, you must have a clear purpose.

You know you long to make a difference. So decide precisely what the difference will be.

Have a purpose, and make sure it is an authentic one. You absolutely will find a way to do what you truly care about doing.

Before you make the effort, make sure you know why. The more it means to you, the more effective you will be.

There is a reason why you want what you want. Discover, acknowledge and embrace that reason, that purpose.

Live this day, this month, this year, this life strongly connected to purpose. And you’ll connect yourself to all the elements of a life well lived.

— Ralph Marston


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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Positive start

Start each day the way you wish to live it. Take positive control of your thoughts, your actions, your feelings and your attitude before some random occurrence ends up imposing its perspective on you.

Be open to the surprises while also being decisive and focused about what you intend to do. Get a few nice accomplishments under your belt early on, and set an effective, empowering pace for the whole day.

Right away, find some new thing for which to be thankful. Your sincere gratitude will shine its light on the best of the day’s possibilities.

When you feel a worry coming, move quickly to transform it into creative action. If it seems that you’re beginning to be overwhelmed, focus intently on whatever is most important to you.

While the day is young, decide on some new way that you can make a meaningful difference for others. Then start taking the steps that will make it happen.

Give yourself some real power and effectiveness by beginning each day in a joyfully decisive and lovingly purposeful way. And life grows richer with each passing hour.

— Ralph Marston


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