Motivate

There are many things that can motivate someone to do something. I think what makes the someone do the something is the intriguing part. Why does one man achieve great heights of his success ladder while another man wallows in his pit of despair? I think many things can temporarily motivate us. Money, love, self-interest, people, feelings are all things that can motivate someone.

Napoleon said, "There are two levers to set a man in motion, fear and self-interest." Obviously he had a way of motivating men into action. My disagreement with Napoleon comes because I think there are more than two things that has and will motivate someone. My question today is what motivates you? More importantly, what should be motivating you that isn't?

Do you have a sense that what you're doing matters to God and to others? We will only find satisfaction and deeper motivation in what we're doing when we feel that we are giving our lives to a cause that counts.

Until next time...

Free Invites

Seth Godin is giving away free invites to his Triiibe network to readers of his blog. This is a great idea. Seth Godin has a pretty good feel for things. He already has an amazing readership on his blog, now with his exclusive network all he has to do is invite...and be picky at who he accepts. I tried to get in. No word yet on how it's going, but it takes a few days.

It gets me thinking though. When you're creating a network for leaders, what's important? Does the design of the website need to be good? Does the content really play the biggest role? What about being able to build solid relationships with other leaders? Do leaders like giveaways and "special network only" discounts?

What about you? What do you think is the most important part of the networks you've joined? Why did you join in the first place?

Until next time...

Accountability

This is a leadership blog complementing 10thStreetCoffee so I feel it's important to start with leadership ideas from the beginning. As I was looking through the internet I ran across a great blog by Craig Groeschel dealing with accountability. I think Craig's got IT.

What do you think?

http://swerve.lifechurch.tv/2009/03/11/avoid-failing-fatally/

Until next time, Have a great day!

Adam, Director
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