What Motivates Us?

I wanted to share a video today that’s a very interesting look at what motivates us.

Keep in mind as you watch that you’re your own boss, and it’s your job to motivate yourself!

Understanding the way our own minds and emotions work can help us keep ourselves inspired and motivated to work towards our goals.
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Join the Mini Blog Challenge!

The brilliant Jeanette Cates (who put together the 30 day blog challenge I’ve been participating in this month) is now sponsoring a mini blog challenge between now and the end of June – 7 posts in 10 days.  Come on, give it a try!

You can sign up free by clicking that image on the left.

Why join in the blog challenge?  I can tell you why I’ve *loved* participating in the 30 day challenge.

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How to Stay Motivated

A couple of weeks ago I was reading on Michele Scism’s blog and ran across a video with some great ideas about staying motivated. If you struggle with staying motivated, you’re not alone!

Here are some great suggestions from Adam Urbanski on how to keep yourself going when you hit those tough moments where you want to give up (or, turn off the computer and crawl behind your couch and hide…)

I pin up note cards on my bulletin board, and keep a folder on my computer that has screenshot images of nice things people say about me online or via email. It definitely helps on the challenging days. If you don’t have a “Fans Folder” or positivity file yet, you may like this post I wrote last year on how to create one to help you through those confidence crises we sometimes run into when we run our own businesses: http://michelleshaeffer.com/handling-a-confidence-crisis-with-your-own-positivity-file-2/2009/02/17

What do you do to stay motivated? Please share your tips in the comments!

30 Day Blog Challenge – Join Me?

And it begins!  Today is the first day of the 30 Day Blog Challenge.  If you’ve got a blog for your small business, would you like to join me?  You can sign up at http://jeanettecates.com/30days/

My goal for the month of June is 30 blog posts.  Since I’m already attempting Ezine Articles Hundred Articles in a Hundred Days Challenge, it seemed like perfect timing to do the blog challenge, too.

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