http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog The Innov8motivation Blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:58:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Getting off the London underground train I heard a voice blurt from the overhead speakers: “Mind the gap! Mind the gap! Mind the gap!” Suddenly I realised that this concept has wider application to life than a mere warning of passengers that there is a gap between the train and ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=270 The virtues of thinking big and having big hairy audacious goals have been documented by many people. I am also one of the people who advocates for thinking big and having big dreams. The challenge for most of us is that the big dreams soon become nightmares because we wonder ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=267 The saddest thing in life is not that people die but that they die and plateau while they are alive. Some people have such a small circle of association and depend on other people for their self worth that they may think they are successful simply because they are using ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=253 The whole world is certainly not like home. Exposure to different places in the world or other cultures is always enlarging. St. Augustine once said: “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.” Apart from enlarging our perspective to live travel enlarges our ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=255 A good number of the people that I meet have lofty goals and great dreams. They are not held back by poor breeding, circumstances or lack of education. Many of them are simply prisoners of fear. Some fear to try, others are too scared to venture and some are simply ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=249 The only way an Eagle can grow up is to be thrust into the air, in displeasure, by its parent, who ruffles the nest as training of adulthood begins. The mother places thorns and rough twigs in the nest, which cause much discomfort for the fellow, who then begins to ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=247 I was pleasantly surprised and grew curious when I came across these words of Charles F. Kettering who said: “Problems are the price of progress. Don’t bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.” One would have thought that this was an idle trouble causer. But, wait a minute ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=241 Each of us is a personal services brand. Whatever we master increases the value of our personal brands. Greatness and success are never accidental. Personal mastery is also not an accident but a deliberate process. Lipkin and Lascaris, in their book Fire and Water, define a brand as “a total ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=238 Plants are amazing! Why? Because they mirror our lives in many ways. Plants do not grow anywhere and in any condition. There are plants that thrive in the shade and others that just love sunshine. Some plants need plenty of water and others survive in dry arid places. For any ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=234 If you cannot dream there is no reason why you should sleep and if you cannot wake up to pursue your dream there is no reason why you should wake up. Of course, you may as well stay in bed and we all know that no amount of sleep ever ... http://www.innov8motivation.com/blog/?p=107