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It’s beautiful isn’t it? And so very probably full of meaning, I guess. What about that that clown, standing in a barren snow-covered field, he’ll wake up tomorrow and decide not to put on make-up and stand out in the cold. And that’ll be an improvement right away.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Makes me want to cry. And my motivationess is now peaking at levels well above full awesome. I can feel myself becoming a little better already. The lesson in this one is simple. To me it says, “Shut the fuck up you whining turd I’ve got problems of my own already.” Get yourself a dose of cement. Lovely sentiments.<\/p>\n What about something from a famous person? If a real person said a something, then that something must have a real value right? If someone who succeeded tells us we can succeed no matter if we’ve got short legs, big nose, cancer, terminal apathy or whatever, we can surely succeed too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dammit Bruce, you’ve nailed it. I was comfortable on my comfortable plateau but now I see I’m going to have to move beyond. Like you did. Your ability to kick people in movies shows me that I can succeed in business\/weight-loss\/general life type stuff. Kung Fu and life are directly relatable in that way.<\/p>\n What it you don’t have scenery or famous people? What to\u00a0do to\u00a0motivate? Random babes are the fallback position. Check this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don’t quit. You’ll end up looking like her. Or in bed with her. Get the reward. Like returning a stray dog, only better looking. I know I feel my motivation gently stirring.<\/p>\n Religions and philosophies are so complex and so like full of learning and stuff. It makes it all look so difficult. And difficult is discouraging. Fear not, we can borrow from religions and take stuff entirely out of context to suit our own means. I’ll show you how.<\/p>\n If you’ve been brought up in a Western predominantly judeo-christian society like mine then it’s best to borrow from another culture, all the better to misunderstand their grand traditions in a self-serving way. I’m suggesting Buddhism. Or Taoism.<\/p>\n It’s deflating to think that improving ourselves will require real effort and insights \u00a0grafted from years of study and practice. \u00a0The good news is, you don’t need to understand a religion or philosophy in order to borrow the best bits in a way appropriate to your needs. They have these things called parables, short metaphorical stories with apparently\u00a0obvious meanings for you to understand or misunderstand depending on your needs. Get yourself a few prayer flags and learn a couple of parables and you can pretty much call yourself a buddhist. And you’ll be a heaps better person.<\/p>\n You know the one about the guys crossing a river? \u00a0It’s got some powerful awesomeness inside it. Those guys are monks. And there’s a chick there, and they have to carry her, except they can’t carry her because those guys are monks. But they do anyway. \u00a0And woe Betty. So\u00a0the younger monk turns to the older monk, some time down the track, and says, “How come you carried that dirty chick on your clean wholesome monk shoulders?” and the older monk says, “I put down that dirty chick ages ago. Why are you still carrying her?”<\/p>\n I might have paraphrased a bit.<\/p>\n And your\u00a0mind goes like Boom! \u00a0Because you were carrying around all baggage and shit and now you’re a better person for having read this parable and told yourself you’re putting those troubles down. All that trifling crap like being concerned about friends and family members’ welfare. Put it down and have a me moment. And be a better person for it.<\/p>\n You see how easy this is. And you thought it was going to be hard.<\/p>\n Marketing is your friend. Stop denying it. You know Nike’s “Just do it”? Yeah, well…just do it already.<\/p>\n If the simplicity of that slogan sounds fraught with the lack of opportunities to make growth feel like the kind of experience you can opt out of (for want to the correct shoes, weather, time, haircut) then Nike gives you some unobtainable role models to make sure you need their help to just do it.<\/p>\n People like this guy:<\/p>\n His god-like ability to kick a ball is so inspiring and\/or deflating we can only take solace in the fact that he has his own range of shoes. Which you\u00a0can buy. And thereby borrow some of that magic.<\/p>\n Don’t be stupid. Only the mean and cynical write blogs. Okay, maybe that’s just me. Blogs are fraught with danger though. We’re all a bunch of mean fakes when you get down to it. And having a massively successful blog is a great way to get exposed<\/a>.<\/p>\n These are great because you can do them from the comfort of your couch. Yet you get all the benefits of feeling like you’re actually better motivated.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nTake Comfort In A Story<\/h3>\n
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