INSPIRATION

"I know how inspiration is to me. I make it a part of my daily routine to read and listen to positive, inspirational information. When I wake up I take time to pray and meditate and read scripture or listen to something positive because statistics show that if you read or listen to something positive in the first twenty minutes of your day your productivity will go up dramatically. Why is that?

If you woke up this morning and it was rainy and cold and wet and clammy outside, what does your body usually want to do? Go back to bed!. Yet, if you wake up and the sun is shining and the birds are singing and it's a beautiful day, you are more apt to want to get up and take advantage of that day, so as not to miss one minute of it.

The same is true for your psyche. If you wake up and hear how bad things are and how many negative things happened overnight, it creates a cloud above you. You might get up but you are not enthusiastic about jumping into that day. But if you wake up and read something positive like Lion and Gazelle, which states:

Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up and knows that it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed and eaten, also every morning in Africa a lion wakes up and knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle...when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

Whatever you do, make it a habit to wake up and start your day with that which is positive, powerful, and inspirational. When you start your day in a positive way, you begin your day with a new perspective, a new attitude, and a new excitement. You are excited about being alive, and if you are excited about being alive, you are more apt to try more. If you try more, you are more apt to achieve more. Choose to program yourself rather than letting the negative naysayers program you. Choose to win."
-Willie Jolley