Motivation
This page is a location for me to post all the things I come across that motivate me. It’s a mix of quotes, images, and videos.
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” – Robert Heinlein
It is not about training, it is about how you live your life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLhe5rnoLnU&feature=fvwp&NR=1
You dont get strong by lifting heavy weights: You get strong by RECOVERING from lifting heavy weights, so make your off days sacred.
http://www.reddit.com/r/running/comments/o1oxu/how_the_physical_overcomes_the_mental_lessons/
“If”
By: Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:If you can dream–and not make dreams your master,
If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools:If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings–nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And–which is more–you’ll be a Man, my son!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wthwRY_-G9A
Going to the gym
Focus on a time where you felt physically inferior to someone else. Imagine someone you love showing preference for one that is bigger or stronger than you. Imagine being compared side by side to some asshole that wouldn’t think twice about soiling your name and your honor. Now, grab those weights and show everyone who’s boss. Do not allow yourself to be physically inferior to anyone—the world is your competition.
The trick is to piss yourself off on the way to the gym. Get angry and take it out on gravity
“I run because I can. When I get tired, I remember those who can’t run, what they would give to have this simple gift I take for granted, and I run harder for them. I know they would do the same for me.”
http://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated/comments/sptr7/stop_feeding_the_weak/
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/uamlb/my_moms_life_advice_there_are_two_types_of_jobs/
A college professor stood before his philosophy class at the start of a new semester. Silently, he picked up a very large jar and filled it with golf balls. Then he asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly, pebbles settling into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students again responded with a resounding “yes.”
The professor then produced two beers from under the table and poured them into the jar, filling the empty spaces between the sand. The students laughed.
“Now,” said the professor. “I want you to understand that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things — your family, health, friends, and feeling of well-being. If everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.”
“The pebbles are the other things that matter — your job, your house, your accomplishments etc. The sand is everything else — the small stuff.”
“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there’s no room left for the golf balls or pebbles. The same holds true for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you’ll never have room for the things that are really important to you.”
“Pay attention to the things that are essential to your happiness. Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents. Take your spouse out to dinner. Smell the flowers. Enjoy the beauty of existence. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first — the things that really matter. The rest is just sand.”
One of the students then raised her hand and asked what the beer represented.
The professor smiled, “I’m glad you asked.”
“The beer shows you that, no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of beers with a friend.”
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