Ruminations on Motivation

Back in 2005 or 2006 or so, I think it was, our boss decided to take the office to a motivational seminar. There was a big one coming through Dayton, with a ton of successful business-types and celebrities. Big names, too... they had Colin Powell, Steve Forbes, Bill Cosby, Mario Cuomo, and a host of littler names. I don't remember all of them, but it was definitely worth it to see those people in person, even if our seats were in the nosebleed section.

Some were good. Colin Powell and Bill Cosby were definitely the best. Mind you, this was before the scandal, and the revelation that Cosby might actually be a predator, but at the time he was definitely the big draw and the one most people were there for.

And he said one thing that stuck with me.

Move. You have to move. You gotta keep moving, or you don't get anywhere. So what if that medical degree will take you 12 years to finish and you'll be 50 before it's done? Big deal! If you don't do it, then in 12 years you'll STILL be OLD!

I still remember him now, one old man up there on stage, oxygen tank behind him, tubes in his nose, telling people to get off their butts and MOVE!

Now, with the courts not going so well for him and the scandals looking more and more likely, I couldn't tell you whether or not Cosby's innocent or guilty.

I wouldn't go and see him again. Not now.

But here's the thing; you can learn from evil men just as well as you can from good ones. If the words are true and powerful enough, then the morality of the person behind them is irrelevant.

You DO have to keep moving. Moving is life. And unless you get supremely lucky, very little will get better for you unless you MAKE it get better.

You have to MOVE.

Peace, out.