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My motivational statement is not what you might expect. The site is filled with those subjects and people that motivate me. My real and intense curiosity on the subject of motivational statements and motivation in general is not how to write one, but where do we find the motivation to do anything? How do we get it, when every day the news of the world is more oppressive towards our ability to live peacefully and productively. Today, America is different. Some say that it better and some will tell you the opposite. It's both. It's both because over the past few decades, Americans have become complacent in their citizenship. Now, that's not the case and we see the natural polarity of participation which is as beautiful and terrifying as a lightning strike. I won't tell you that I know how to motivate people. I don't. I don't believe that you can motivate people. I do believe and know, however, how to create an atmosphere where those basic tribal, primate needs can flourish. Using Maslow's hierarchy of needs, I believe that you can create a space either within your personal life or your work life that allows motivation, the by-product of active creativity, to exist. You must be committed to the prospect though. Ironically, you must be motivated. Webster's Dictionary sites the word, incentive as a synonym for motivation. Incentive, comes from the Latin, incentivum, from the neuter of incentivus stimulating, from Latin, setting the tune, from incentus, past participle of incinere to set the tune, from in- + canere to sing. To sing. Therefore, I believe, that motivation, the impetus of creating, is dependent on the simplistic, yet intrinsic human ideal of finding your own voice and singing your own song. The key to motivation then is simply being who you are, who you've always been and either metaphorically or literally, strike lightning and sing the song of your soul for all to hear.
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