During my leisure time I fearlessly express gratitude to elevate my spirits and feel blessed.
Research has proven that taking gratitude visits not only elevate our spirits but result in everlasting happiness as well.
Nothing summarizes the virtue of expressing gratitude than this iconic quote of Simon Sinek.
The following quote from Dan and Chip Heath further strengthens the above argument:
“Expressing Gratitude pleases the Recipient of the praise, of course, but it can also have a BOOMERANG effect, ELEVATING the spirits of the GRATEFUL PERSON.”
Finally let me sign off telling you how the construct of a gratitude visit may look like.
My first name as well as my identity starts and ends with motivation. I PileOnMotivation will explain you in this blog why I love my first name, Motivation.
Motivation is needed to remain Optimistic in life to drive away anxiety and fear from our lives.
The origin of PileOnMotivation was related to piling on motivating together with preachers and seekers of motivation. This in turn would provide us the faith and optimism to imagine a brighter future for ourselves.
I love these quotes of Simon Sinek on motivation and hence Optimism.
“OPTIMISM is NOT the DENIAL of the CURRENT STATE. OPTIMISM is the BELIEF that the FUTURE is BRIGHT.”
“Optimism is the ability to focus on where we are going, not where we are coming from”.
“Optimists FOCUS on the PLACE they are GOING. Pessimists FOCUS on the OBSTACLES along with ROUTE. To become an OPTIMIST, simply look AHEAD.”
And finally let me end with a famous quote of Zig Ziglar.
To motivation yourself and feel optimistic feel free to read these blogs meant to motivate the unmotivated.
In my view a DREAM FULFILLING JOB is one wherein one should return home fulfilled and can’t wait for the sun to rise to report to work, the next day.
Work occupies a huge part of our life and hence we should do a job we love.
For us to love our job, work should be like play. This can only happen when we are doing a job that suits our passion.
I love this quote of Simon Sinek which echoes my sentiment about a fulfilling job.
“Returning from work feeling inspired, safe, fulfilled and grateful is a natural human right to which we are all entitled and not a modern luxury that only a few lucky ones are able to find.”
Read some very insightful blogs around the topic of fulfilling work.
Though it has numerous benefits, just for its numerous side effects and addiction, if I could un-invent something it would be avoid of SOCIAL MEDIA overuse.
The proliferation of social media platforms and instant gratification associated is leading to numerous harmful side effects.
For Gen X millennials, addicted to social media and the expectation of instant gratification is leading to increasing cases of depression, anxiety and suicide.
The ONLY way to avoid this addiction is to guard against OVERUSE of social media and use it judiciously.
Read these very insightful blogs to understand the harmful effects related to addiction of social media.
The positive example of when i have felt loved that I am going to share is of being part of TRUSTING TEAMS. Leader of a trusting team encourages vulnerability.
Though in hindsight it might seem odd, but its true when members of a team feel trusted they are open to share their vulnerability.
Trusting teams are ones where everyone loves to play a role and more often than not these end up being high performance teams.
I have had the good fortune of being part of TRUSTING TEAMS wherein members have felt comfortable of being vulnerable and sharing their individual weaknesses without fear.
Needless to say these are environments wherein you feel a sense of belonging and hence loved.
Simon Sinek has shared multiple insights related to trusting teams which can be found in these blogposts.
The Central theme of life revolves around Motivation. This is the reason I chose to adopt and spread motivation as my mission.
In Simple terms this is what my mission is:
“The mission of this blogsite is very SIMPLE: To share best practices, lessons learnt, frameworks from best sellers on motivation and inspiration. This would enable piling on motivation in your daily lives to make it more fulfilling. My goal is to provide you the much needed bout of motivation and ensure that together we can feel motivated and make the world a much better place.“
If someone could give me my greatest gift, the gift would be of blessing me with an infinite mindset.
Infinite mindset wherein we think of bettering ourselves by the day instead of comparing with others, is the most important skill we need to compete in the infinite game of life.
The game of life is truly infinite wherein winning does not matter, what matters is to keep playing with an infinite mindset.
Infinite mindset embraces abundance and recognizes a worthy rival from whom we can learn to hone our skills by the day.
To know more about Infinite Mindset and how it can help you effectively play the infinite game of life, please read the below blogs.
Simon Sinek’s The Infinite Game is a must read for all those who want to adopt an infinite mindset.
I have attended colleges right till post graduation yet I can’t help but think why we not have OPTIMISM as a course curriculum in many colleges.
Optimism is an essential skill that needs to be taught all individuals especially the new age millennials. This becomes more important in the modern age of social media and instant gratification.
Simon Sinek has done a lot of work on Optimism and is an evangelist of optimism. I would highly encourage all of you, especially new age millennials to listen to his speeches on motivation and optimism.
These links will give you a sneak peek at the Optimism Company, which I very dearly follow.
Any sports team to be a high performing one, needs to be a trustworthy team. The Navy Seals would be my mascot since they are the ones who always put trust over performance. The Color would be Orange, the color of Optimism, as in Simon Sinek’s The Optimism Company.
Simon Sinek has mentioned at length in his book The Infinite Game, that NAVY SEALS encourage trustworthiness through trainings such as BUD/S program.
Since the Navy Seals put Trust over performance there are able to do wonders as a group. Any self centered muscular individual this way gets ostracized.
