Welcome dear avid and faithful reader to this beautiful and blessed Tuesday. I want to write today about SELF MOTIVATION: Self motivation is one of the keys, ingredients and condiments to success in life. Are you a self motivated person? Oftentimes we rely on family and friends, loved ones and well wishers to motivate us in life. What then Happens when all these people are there but don’t motivate us, what happens when they are there but don’t motivate us enough. What even happens when they are not there at all. What do you do? Every human person needs motivation, inspiration, a little pat in the back, a little push, encouragement and a little boost in order to succeed. We often need someone to challenge us to greatness, to sting us like bees to action, to wake us up from slumber to attain greater heights and higher goals. Unfortunately people are not always there when you need them the most. Therefore, in that case, we need to learn to be strong for yourself, to uplift yourself, to comfort and console yourself, to advise yourself, to motivate yourself, to inspire yourself, to direct yourself and to push yourself. Sometimes, we feel like quitting, self motivation tells you to keep going and to remember why and when you started and how far you have come. Self motivation is when you tell yourself that even though I am from a poor family, I am going to break the jinx and chain of poverty in my family by working harder. Self motivation is when you don’t feel like going to classes or studying but you tell yourself no and got up and went to class And study because your future lies in good education. When you come from an illiterate family or less influential family and you tell yourself, I am going to be the first person in my family to be educated and be influential, that is self motivation. No one in your family has traveled abroad and you are like I will be the first person in my family to travel overseas, that is self motivation. Self motivation is when you tell yourself that you will graduate with first class and you work hard and put in extra effort and at the end you made it. Self motivation comes with determination and sacrifice. There are seeds of greatness in every person. What you make of yourself in this life depends on you. You can complain all you want, relations and friends may not help and support you, you may cry you have no money or opportunity, you may be limited some sort of but how far you are able to surmount and rise above these challenges is what makes you a hero and a successful person. Everybody will not be there for you. Everybody may not believe in you but you need to believe in your self that you can be great and successful. Self motivation is an attitude we have to adopt and a skill to be learned. When people doubt you and your ability, motivate yourself. When people refuse to help you, motivate yourself and make the best of the little you have. When people reject you and turn their back on you, motivate yourself and move on. Do not depend on anyone. Do not rely on the affirmation, praises and flatter of people to make you look good, do not wait for people to tell you that you are good enough.Tell yourself, you are awesome, talented, wonderful, blessed, strong, handsome, innovative, creative and great. Whether people agree with you or not, it doesn’t matter. How you see yourself matter. Go ahead and prove them wrong by motivating yourself. Do not be intimidated by other’s success and achievements, tell yourself that it is a question of time that you will overtake and surpass them and be greater than them, that is self motivation…..written by Ifee Ifee(For paid invitations to speak, speaking engagements, remarks, comments and reactions, email me at speakingengagement81@gmail.com)