I just finished reading a great article from lifeoptimizer, a blog I frequently read to get motivation to do stuff. One of the things I liked the most was it told me something that I could relate to, but I couldn’t put in words.

That was basically having an external motivation. “External motivation like money or fame is not enough. Your source of motivation should be something you believe in.”

Something that I believe in is that a vast majority of the population have the ability to become something special if they push themselves and apply themselves to the correct principles in life. I believe that they can achieve money or fame is they do the correct things, regardless of class status (within realms that’s don’t go over like excessive poverty that prevents escape such as third world countries).

Check it out: http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2009/01/07/how-to-fight-good-fight/

Sometimes, I feel lazy and unmotivated to do things. I procrastinate for no reason, just because I don’t feel like doing it. Then I ask myself, how can I succeed in life if I’m like this? I came up with the question and answer in mind and ask and answer it every time I feel I need to push myself.

What seperates you from other people?

I work harder.

Man,  so it’s been forever since the last time I ran for more than 20 minutes and my legs have been killing me.

It didn’t help that I played basketball that same day, so heh.

I think I should have drank some muscle milk, that might have helped to reduce the amount of soreness that I had.

While I was walking back from class today in a shady neighborhood, I was like argh, this would be such a bad position to have to run if someone tried to jump me.

When times are tough and things are looking grim, I feel that one of the things that you should do is pride yourself in something.

A motivational sentence, something to keep you moving forward.

Here’s a fortune cookie I got from Panda Express, one of my favorite American-ized Chinese Restaurants:

“Your confidence will lead you to success.”

It made me smile inside and thought it really thought it struck a chord in me.

That’s one of the things I pride myself in, confidence.