Motivation

It is Friday night and the kids are in bed. I'm at the computer, trying to get a few more hours of work in before I collapse. I have my "to do" list at hand, but here's the catch - I don't want to do anything on that list. I want to read some of my favorite blogs and news sites. I want to catch up reading some Twitter updates from the hundreds of people I'm following.

The Olympics is on TV in the background and I stop from time to time to watch a race or a match. I am overwhelmed and impressed at the capabilities of the athletes I'm watching.

Then a thought occurs to me.....

For them to achieve the success they have achieved, how many times did they force themselves to tackle the task at hand, even when they didn't want to.

Winners don't just do the hard work when they feel it. They do the hard work whether they feel like it or not.

Time for me to get back to work and start crossing items off that "to do" list.