In all the busyness of these past few weeks – my youngest daughter has a new baby – I totally forgot to mention that I had another article published in Powerful Women Magazine. It’s a great little magazine and Kaz Design Works, does a terrific job putting together each of the issues. You can get the print version or read it online at the above link.
Here is the article I wrote. This issue was all about motivation, one of my favourite topics.
Moving Along the Journey of Life
When a baby is learning to crawl, successfully moving forward motivates her to continue. Eventually, that crawling becomes walking, then running and climbing – each successful step motivating that child to strive to do more.
If that baby’s attempts to crawl never resulted in any movement, maybe she would have eventually given up and remained where she was. So it seems that three factors help to motivate us: a desire to move from where we are, a willingness to try new things, and some success to encourage us on.
I look at my own life and see how I’ve moved along in this journey called life. Adulthood included staying home to care for my six children. Since I had only a grade 10 education, I finished high school during those years. When my youngest child started school, I found a position at a university library and was trained on the job.
Years went by, and although I learned new tasks, work no longer challenged or motivated me, until Continue reading
