Why Is Motivation Important
& Why Wake Up Eager

Since starting the Wake Up Eager website folks have been trying to understand what I'm up to and why. I've gotten these types of questions...

My short answer is usually,

But if someone really wants me to answer the "Why is motivation important" question and why I'm creating the Wake Up Eager Community, I share a more in-depth answer...

It started at an early age with my family. (Read How to Find Happiness-Two Secrets for more on this...)

I seem to have always had a strong desire to feel happy about my life. My first priority has always come back to spending time doing work that's motivating and to spending time with energizing, uplifting, forward-moving and forward-thinking people.

I've been blessed with an unbending desire and determination to do what I had to do to make sure I could Wake Up Eager as often as possible. That has included being misunderstood by some folks and retracing my steps many times.

When teaching leadership classes, and in my personal development work and interactions, I've noticed thatso many of us are spending too much time not living our lives fully and joyfully.

There's too many of us not finding ways to live as fully alive as we're capable of living. For example, there are:

• Smart and successful people who are tired, worn-out and perpetually living with low energy.
• Fitness and body-focused people who are so focused on 'being fit' they've stopped expanding their mind and spirits.
• Spiritual people who are so 'spiritual' they're not enjoying financial abundance, and are not feeling very comfortable with the world around them.
• Great leaders whose family lives are falling apart, and who are personally very lonely.
• Family-minded people who are leading lack-luster professional lives, working well below their potential and dreams.

These examples, along with my own winding and ever-changing journey, has helped drive home why I am so determined to continue answering the "why is motivation" question as best as I can, in as many ways as possible, on the Wake Up Eager site.

In October 2009 I read this article by Michael Katz, an online newsletter expert, from Blue Penguin Development.

He explains very well why I've become so inspired to answer the why is motivation important question, online. It points to trends that are important for every business to realize.

Check out Michael's newsletter, and the full article, here. Ialways read his newsletter as soon as it hits my in box. He's thought-provoking and funny.

I've witnessed, and I know you have too, that our personal and professional lives blend together in the workplace every day.

I believe strongly that we could all enjoy our lives more fully and be better leaders if we spent more time answering the 'why is motivation important' and 'how do I keep it' questions, and then living what we've learned.

Consider spending more time on our own motivation and inspiration, and less time on motivation techniques to try to push others. Our own connected energy and motivation in the workplace and at home will then inspire others to finding and getting their own energy and motivation.

I guess I have a new answer for anyone asking me what the heck I'm doing,

I add materials to answer the why is motivation improtant question, often. To be notified of updates, click on the bright green RSS feed, up and to your left.

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