SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: inspiration defined

Today’s little treat is a continuation of last week… a project called MotivationStation USA, being started by my pal Kevin McCrudden… the man who pushed to have January 2 established as National Motivation & Inspiration Day! So here is another little ditty I created for him…FOR YOU!

INSPIRATION.   Ok, now this digs a bit deeper into the soul than simple motivation.  The elation of one’s heart often comes through witnessing incredible hardship, hearing stories of lifesaving, and learning of human beings achieving absolutely awesome feats.  If you’re looking for inspiration…it’s a bit like LOVE.  It finds you…and threads its way into your very being.  Feeling a bit uninspired?  The solution is all about perspective, friends.  Be open to the possibility of it every day  -in any person, event, thing, experience.  Believe that around any corner is tiny nugget that’s just waiting to be discovered by you.  Ironically, in the end, when INSPIRATION lights up your own life, the sparkling glow is confettiied into the world, allowing you to then be the fuel for others.     ~ KD

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: motivation defined

Today’s treat is part of a project being started by my pal Kevin McCrudden… the man who pushed to have January 2 established as National Motivation & Inspiration Day!  So I created a few little ditties for him…

Motivation.  Some folks like to toss them into the same basket with a lackluster, clichéd definition of  “that get-up-n-go-attitude”.   Yawn.  Worse still is the scenario, for far too many people, wherein they forgot what a sensation of uplifting drive and unstoppable vision  really feels like.  If you don’t know what a duck looks like, walks like or sounds like…you ain’t gonna find a duck anywhere.  Got it?  Perhaps it’s time you add a colorful and undeniably memorable definition to YOUR picture of MOTIVATION and see just how it takes shape in your daily life.  ~ KD

http://youtu.be/SHTMdWnuA1M  Support Kevin’s efforts at TheMotivationStation

Copyright 2011 by Kimberlie Dykeman.

Shop SOAPBOX® products & SUBSCRIBE to FREE feed HERE! “Pure Soapbox” book and audiobook are available nationwide . A portion of the proceeds of all book sales is donated to LIVESTRONG.

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: truth be told

Truth be told…and the truth is the only thing that matters in the end.  Right?     ~ KD

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 Copyright 2011 by Kimberlie Dykeman.

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation

The power of suggestion… what does that really mean?  After all, depending on the suggester,  sometimes the prompt had a little more ultimatum attached, especially as a kid.  Think: authority figure.  And you probably gave a good fight.  But even now, when you’re the target of egging-on, you still stand your ground… due to ignorance, ego or just plain laziness.  So when the tables are turned, and you’re the instigator, perhaps you’ll remind yourself of the battle within.  So trust that even though the ball’s not in your court, if you keep serving…  your “opponent” might just volley back a YES!                                                 ~ KD

 

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVABWBJyni4

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CONFESSION of the week

     So, here it goes… a confessional to the masses…however many folks are really reading my little craftings of the cranium each week.  I am not a narcissistic twittaholic assuming that my every proclamation and lame diurnal activity deserves a marquis and has a crowd clamoring for their release.  Nope.  I’m just a gal who figured out the power of words when she was a little kid, and who feels that writers, motivators and true thinkers who came before have passed the metaphorical baton to me. 

     So now, here I am.  Here you are.  We are here.

     But let me first start with a back-story.  When I first began writing my Monday SOAPBOX Edition…waaaaay back in 1999, I had a captive audience.  Actually, “captured” was probably a better descriptive, as my readers were the folks doling out cash for my coaching, constructive criticism, and killer workouts to attain some kind of life change.  My musings were equally for me as they were for them, scribbled each Sunday in reflection of what the roller-coaster of life had recently delivered… a great conversation with a stranger, a kick-in-the-gut breakup, a birthday surprise, a crossroads decision still hovering, a sweated-out goal finally attained.  So with pencil in hand and heart on sleeve, I had a conversation with myself and anyone who cared to read and listen.  I wrote to motivate, to entertain, to educate folks to live life to its fullest and become active citizens with true purpose and unshakable optimism.  And every week I simply felt good about trying more, doing more, believing more and loving more.  I lived my purpose.

     It’s almost a dozen years later, and I am still living my purpose.  Sure the landscape has changed, and I’ll confess the roller-coaster has thrown me off the whole damn ride a few times, but I am still here with pencil in hand and heart on sleeve.  So what’s different?  Well, I’ve had an incredible coaching business, run a marathon, become a TV host and producer, moved cross-country twice, returned an engagement ring, done infomercials in the Philippines (yes, you read that right), become an aunt, survived L.A., been published, gained weight, interviewed Elton John, survived a hit-and-run accident, and joined the God Squad (a.k.a. become a Christian).  But in re- reading my last SOAPBOX® ditty (prompted by a caring friend), I realized I wrote it to myself implicitly.   I’ve made living out my mission a challenge in and of itself, viewing it like a battle to win instead of a puzzle to figure out and solve one piece at a time.  My plans look more garbled than ever; my decisions are based out of fear; my own optimism has been shaken; and I rarely take time to acknowledge my accomplishments, my gifts and my need for rewards, rest and recharging. 

     So, where does that bring me…and perhaps you, if you come along for the ride?

     Well, I am cleaning out the clutter and starting from scratch.  Kimberlie Dykeman Enterprises will officially launch in 2011 and it means a whole fresh spin on the SOAPBOX® brand.  A new website for all my undertakings will launch, laying a foundation for more interactive elements.  The SOAPBOX® blog will feature videos of vignettes of past mini-motivations, man-on-the-street interviews, and submissions from readers.  Want to get on your own soapbox and share a story that enlightens, engages and educates others…you’ll have your chance.  It’s pay-it-forward and pass-it-on, folks.  So stay tuned…more details and surprises en route.

    Net-net: I have changed.  My perspective has changed. The world has changed.  But my purpose is still the same …it’s just been taken apart and reassembled to work, in a word, better.  I am here to motivate, entertain and educate you to live your life to its fullest and become an active citizen with true purpose and unshakable optimism.  Try more, do more, believe more, love more.  Thank you for being here with me. 

Now, CARPE DIEM… and bring a helmet! 

KD

SOAPBOX of the week: the melody of epiphany

Never underestimate the power of listening.”     – Anonymous 

So, you’ve heard that song a million times, tapped your foot to it, even sang along.  But one random radio-logged day, your steel-trap mind somehow sifts through the memorized words to unveil eerily profound meaning and magic…and something just shifts.  A veritable musical masterpiece colors your eardrums with a delightful enlightenment as the crooner sings directly to an audience of one.  At once, all other soundful distraction is eclipsed; your mind’s attention is fully focused; and understanding floods through every ounce of your being.  Amazing, you think, as the a-ha’s widen your eyes and lift your heart!  All that from just a simple song you’ve heard a million times.  Now, just think of all the points and perspectives you may have missed not truly “tuning in” to the sounds that hold much greater importance –like the voice of your loving spouse, hopeful child, overwhelmed business partner, needy friend, or special stranger… but most importantly yourself.  Prick your ears to hear the music of life and listen closely to embrace the power in its blessed lyrics whispered just for you.  

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