Live each day as though it were your last and also live each day as if you will live an eternity.

A SMALL BIT OF SIMON ADVICE --

One would do well to distinguish between being DRIVEN or being MOTIVATED to succeed. Upon achievement, the one who arrives from the driven state feels let down - empty. The satisfactions of success go to those who reach success via the motivated route.
It's difficult to know when we cross the line from being driven to being motivated. One way to make the distinction is to observe when fear, anger, or embarrassment are part of a situation or environment; fear, anger and the risk of embarrassment change the chemistry of positive motivation to feeling driven.

These days we're all working under pressure and face the reality that short-term goals must be met. I've heard managers say that we no longer have time to motivate people. Yet those who have learned how to motivate will tell you that motivation always works better - both short term and long term. And when you really know how, motivating others doesn't take any longer.

If you observe that you're being driven rather than motivated, you can even change the situation for yourself. Don't blame others - just remember, "If it is to be it is up to me."

In these pressured times we must all work much harder and smarter. Part of working smarter is learning how to work from a motivated base.

NOW HERE ARE SOME ONE-LINERS YOU MIGHT FIND A WAY TO USE THIS MONTH.

"In times of intense pressure and fear the first human virtue to fall away is reason, the next is truth, then loyalty disappears, and finally - if disaster looms - there is a loss of awe and respect for human life."
- Arynne Simon

"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
- Dorothy Nevill

"If we would listen to ourselves more often, we would talk less."
- Anonymous

"An optimist is someone who thinks he/she has already made his/her worst mistake."
- Joseph Gallagher