Book Summary:
The Motivation Manifesto is about helping you to realise that fine is not enough, that happiness takes work and that maintaining motivation often requires constant work.
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Getting Things Done – David Allen
Philosophy For Life – Jules Evans
Quotes:
Personal power is directly tied to personal responsibility, which most people avoid
Book Summary Notes:
- Motivation is what inspires us to get up each morning and greet the day. It gives us the power to achieve what we want in life and potentially to motivate others as well.
- The burden of fear and yearning for freedom are two of man’s biggest driving forces.
- We as humans ache for personal freedom, today many people feel as though they lack a degree of personal freedom, especially the freedom to pursue what we want in life.
- Motivation needs fuel to keep going.
- Ambition in life is simply the choice to seek out something greater, without ambition most people would become directionless.
- The difference between ambition and hope, is expectancy. Hope is not enough to keep you moving towards your goals.
- Motivation needs fuel and often enough that fuel is constant effort.
- Dont focus on the past and neglect the present. Work on being present and on simply being happy. Stop letting your present be poisoned with thoughts bogged down in your past.
- Focus on something today that makes you feel enthusiastic and appreciative. This can help to break those negative feelings. Being happy is not always something that ‘just happens’ often it requires work and practice.
- Allow faith in yourself to strengthen you when you feel doubtful.
- Fine is not enough, strive for fantastic and find it on your own terms. Don’t let your life be dictated by other people’s expectations of you.
