Amber-Lee Dibble
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
- Henry Ford
A motive is an impulse that causes a person to act. Motivation is an internal process that makes a person move toward a goal. The key to motivation is understanding that you have the power to change both your expectations of yourself and the value placed on a task.
I offer you this, as a reminder: You are not alone.
Something we all have experience with, as parents, as professionals, as adults and even earlier for some of us, is " pushing through." Finding the determination, the reserve of strength, the faith to keep moving forward when the part of you that just wants to stop, possibly even needs to stop, is all you hear inside your own head.
Monday Motivation: Make a Difference Being amazing isn't easy. Taking risks isn't easy, either. Both are necessary to make a difference in the world.
"Learn to smile at every situation. See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability."
The mountain is you. The great climb, is our own acknowledgement of who and what we are, what we are willing to give, learn and do, to summit the great mountain of our own thoughts.
Today's motivation is that strong knot at the end of your rope, there, just as you are ready let go of the dream, the goal you have been working towards.
Recognition and praise. Two incredibly precious gifts to give, but also, two valuable motivators and inspiration to receive. Recognition is appreciation or acclaim for a service or achievement.
The courage it takes to Stay the Path and the courage it takes to follow one's calling when it seems the whole world conspires and stands against you, can weaken your resolve at times.
Do you feel as if you living the Adventure of your life fully?
Strange topic for Monday Motivation, you say? I say, it has to be discussed, " Let's talk failure."
A few of the strengths and characteristics required of a guide to be able to excel as a Professional Guide are confidence, self-motivation, readiness and observation.
You are on the right path, you have invested in time, blood, sweat and most likely, a few tears... What are you doing, just standing there?
Are you risking it all? Your dream, your goal, that shiny spot that you are aiming for. What are you willing to give to reach it? What are you risking? If you are not risking it all, you are in danger of never reaching it.
I was tired. I felt as if not one thing in my reach was under control. I was also determined. ~ It made all the difference.
We all know that when the feeling is on us, nothing can stop the forward momentum. But what do you do when you plateau? When it feels like you are just spinning your wheels and you really want to feel like you are moving forward, what do you do?
This is something that happens at some point, for everyone. When life just sucks the big wienie, how are you supposed to keep going, stay the path and do the job?
These posts are for you. Monday Motivation is the way that I do what I can, to help you stay YOUR path. To do what I can to assure you, that you truly are, fighting the good fight. It is all about you. It is ALL about you, except, really, it's not.
Stepping out of your comfort zone. Walk your talk. Be careful what you wish for. Walk your talk. When one door closes, another opens. Walking the talk... These and a few others are what the whispers I can hear in the background in the silence of the early Alaska morning.
Some days, we all have to search for the motivation to Stay the Path. When those days hit us, it is good to remember your why, your reason, your plan. It helps especially if your day starts out with conversations about Rams and plans.
When we come to the moment, as we all do, that our lives have become GO!GO!GO!GO!GO!GO!, and it continues for what seems like beyond time. That moment, when the evil lizard that lives inside each of us, whispering hopelessness and dream destroying drivel to us when we are tired, stressed or operating at overdrive for too long.
So much time is spent in frustration, worry and hopelessness. So much more time is spent pondering, searching and asking for the reasons why. The reasons we do what we do, the reasons we each feel what we are feeling, thinking what we are thinking. Monday Motivation: The Six Reasons Why has those answers.
You've been working towards your goal for a long time. You have made sacrifices, studied and worked hard. If the joy of and in the discovery and progress has dimmed a little, that is just the way life is. Right? Wrong. You may have gotten off track, strayed from the path, so to speak, somewhere along the way.
Pioneer Outfitters is all about Horseback Adventures, Winter Excursions and Big Game Hunting in the remote Alaska Wilderness deep inside the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve. But that is not all Pioneer Outfitters is. We are also individuals, family, friends and a Team.
A bit of Motivation to remind you Don't quit, don't give up, take one more step, try one more time ~ always.
Be Fearless! Fear is an emotion induced by a perceived threat, which causes entities to quickly pull far away from it and usually hide. When I first entertained the idea of having a one-word theme for an entire year to base not only my own actions, writing, teaching, learning and thoughts on ~ I can admit, I thought it would be much easier than it was.
Following our One Word focus for 2014, Fearless! Today's Monday Motivation focuses on the first letter of " Be Fearless!" B as in Be Bold and Brave! It isn't always as easy or cut-and-dried as simply deciding to be bold or brave, but both are needed to become Fearless.
Amber-Lee Dibble, aka Alaska Chick, is a United States Navy Veteran, Professional Alaska Guide and Manager at Pioneer Outfitters. Author of My Identity Crisis and for the Alaska Commercial Services...
