DO YOU NEED INSPIRATION? Watch this clip from Rocky 4

Just quietly, I am not a fan of the Rocky films. I don't dislike them but have never had a great deal of interest or excitement in them. But I do aknowledge that this clip is marvelous. If you are looking for a boost, you've found it here. This clip embodies the essence of moving on and overlooking all the horrible things that one thinks and has happens to them on the way - not to get dragged into that dark hole of lack of self belief. It reminds you to listen to your self as well as being strong minded. 

ON MY WALL: Motivational Quotes

I went through a phase two weeks ago where I was intent on putting a list of some good motivational quotes up on my wall for various reasons to motivate me.

A lot of the quotes are by Napoleon Hill - a young version of the man above.
For those of you who don't know Napoleon Hill wrote the book Think and Grow Rich. Hill's works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role they play in personal success.

As part of a series of articles in 1908 he was writing about famous and successful men, he interviewed industrialist Andrew Carnegie. At the time, Carnegie was one of the most powerful men in the world. Hill discovered that Carnegie believed that the process of success could be outlined in a simple formula that anyone would be able to understand and achieve. Impressed with Hill, Carnegie asked him if he was up to the task of putting together this information, to interview or analyze over 500 successful men and women, many of them millionaires, in order to discover and publish this formula for success. Hence the creation of one of the best selling books in the world.

Enjoy the quotes and take careful not of Napoleons.

There is no money to be made lying in bed.


Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
Madonna


Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.
Napoleon Hill


Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
Napoleon Hill


Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Napoleon Hill


Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
Napoleon Hill


Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
Napoleon Hill


Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Steve Jobs


Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.
Madonna quote


If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Napoleon Hill


Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Napoleon Hill


Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Napoleon Hill


Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Napoleon Hill


There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
Napoleon Hill


There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Napoleon Hill


You give before you get.
Napoleon Hill


You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Napoleon Hill


No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt


The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
Barbara De Angelis


The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
Maureen Dowd


We are each responsible for all of our experiences.
Louise L. Hay

We think about all of our tomorrows, but we don't know how many there are, so let's start making the most of our Todays!
Ivana Trump


Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?
Ivana Trump


If you are not in the mood to do anything and can't seem to focus, start and have a meditate then start again.

BEST MOST INSPIRING COMMERCIAL EVER

This commercial I have forgotten about for years! Have no idea why but it popped back into my head before. So thank-you modern technology and youtube, I found it again. It is by far, the most inspiring, best commercial I have ever seen. I used to be obsessed with it when it first came out. If you need something to give you a boost for the day, I hope this is it. The ad is superb and it even features the now old golden boy of swimming, Ian Thorpe. As well as David Beckham and Muhammed Ali. Don't really like Ali's pretend camera punching though at the end. But the rest is great.



Voice over -


Some people listen to themselves
Rather than listen to what others say
These people don't come along very often
But when they do, they remind us
That once you set out on a path
Even though critics may doubt you
It's ok to believe there is no can't, won't or impossible
They remind us that it's ok to belive
Impossible is nothing

QUOTE-A-THON - A fun blog find

There is this fun blog I've been following called Bits of Truth...All Quotes - it basically has photos of quotes and pictures, like the ones you see in giftware shops to give your Grandmother to put on her fridge but a little bit more daring and fun.

Take a look at her blog, it's FANTASTIC and a good bit of daily inspiration and below are some good ones I've picked out for you.

QUOTE APPRECIATION AND INSPIRATION: Richard Branson

He is the man with the cheeky chops smile but as most of you would be aware, Sir Richard Branson is a highly successful and flamboyant British entrepeneur who has built his Virgin empire to include over 360 different companies. 

I really admire the way he does business, he doesn't believe in doing things into the traditional business sense that they teach at universities, he believes a lot of that is rubbish, he believes in people having fun and enjoying themselves in their work - when he first started out people used to get offered almost double their pay to work for other companies but they refused because they just felt so good and fulfilled working for Richard Branson.

Now I won't go into his extensive background and biography, if you want to take a further interest you can view that here and view his own blog or this article is fabulous too. But I would like to inspire you with a few fabulous quotes by him:

• Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.

• I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going.

• A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

• I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.

• Fantasizing about the future is one of my favourite pastimes.

• Well, I'm somebody who is just living...living life, and if I get frustrated by something, then I like to try to put it right

• Business opportunities are like buses, there`s always another one coming.

• Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.