Site Rebranding: Clever Motivation to 3 Step Motivation

Look forward to exciting stuff in the coming weeks 🙂

Why I am re-branding from “Clever Motivation” to “3 Step Motivation”:

When the site was Clever Motivation, people asked me, “WTF Frank, what does that even mean“? Especially those on 3 Step Motivation’s Facebook Fanpage. (If you haven’t liked the page, what are you waiting for? 😉 )

I had a huge brainstorm session with some friends, and eventually settled on “3 Step Motivation”, which illustrates what all the content I was uploading was centered around. “Actionable steps to gaining the motivation you need to finding and pursue your passions“, paying forward what I had learned.

In the coming weeks, I will be re-branding the site, and adding content more in line with the above statement.

After the break is my story as to  why I started 3 Step Motivation:

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[Exercise] [Video] Propelling out of Procrastination – The Surprising Truth

“How soon “not now” become “never”.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.

Have you ever sat their procrastinating in front of youtube for 2-3 hours or in front of the TV, and then felt like crap? I sure have. And I hate myself every time I do it. When you feel efficient, you feel great. When you procrastinate, you feel like crap. If you are one of those that procrastinate, keep reading. It’s time to prevent procrastination.

I’m sure there are amazing things that you want to do in life. Many of which you put off and think that “someday” you will achieve them. This can include things such as:

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[Video] Why we experience less and less fulfillment, and how to prevent it

Fulfillment ONLY happens when you do something for someone else. Over 90% of people don’t feel fulfilled at work. And it’s because we don’t help anyone anymore. ~ Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek just keeps delivering great thought provoking and inspirational content:

Trust

A company, community, culture or country is a group of people with a common set of values and beliefs. When we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, something miraculous happens: trust emerges.

When we trust someone, we are:

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[Video] Why you should limit yourself from too much social media & technology

 

Very insightful talk about the perils of using smartphone and social media technology too much

Do you get a feeling of lonliness when you read your Facebook news feed? Well, a lot of people have.

The following are the key points of Sherry Turkle’s Speech on technology:

–          Technology is taking us places we don’t want to go

–          Our smartphones are so physiologically powerful, that they don’t change what we do, they change who we are

–          People text or email during corporate board meetings, at friend gatherings…everywhere

–          People seem to want each other if and only if we can have each other at a distance in amounts we can control

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[Video] The Blenz Coffee Guy on Success: His inspiring speech

Inspiring speech by George Moen of Blenz Coffee:

Below I have summarized the key points of his presentation at Networking with Purpose organized by Ricky Shetty, an amazing individual (which I highly recommend you check out) enhanced with my views:

–          Most great wealth has been created during tough economic times. You can make money in both good and bad times, if you are looking for it. It’s the moment you stop looking, that you’ve given up the opportunity

–          People lower their dreams to meet their current financial income, but remember that what you think you are worth is what you’ll be worth

–          Build value and build trust first with people, before trying to

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