What motivates you? Really? Time to find out.

It's been a while since I've got out of bed deliriously excited about what I will accomplish during the day.  To be honest, I don't think I can remember when the last time was that I did.

Mostly, I rise with a sense of determination that I will get a few things done, things that are mainly related to work.  Occasionally, that determination is garnished with a sliver of enthusiasm.

I think the size of the latter would increase if I wasn't so afraid of not making enough money to meet all my expenses. And I'm certain that the determination could easily be replaced with a raw, spontaneous and unflinching sense of purpose that aspires to put my creative nature to good and novel use, not just for my benefit but for the benefit of others.

With that kind of purpose, who needs determination? The need to create and the application of one's mind, body and spirit to the creative process is just gloriously congealed into one's purpose.  At least, that's what I've discovered.

In the world of cognitive psychology and in corporate and educational circles, this sort of stuff is loosely wrapped up in the concept of 'motivation'.  It's complex, as we tend to discover about most things we give words to.  But, I still found this video both entertaining and informative.

Surprising too, if you haven't really been paying attention to what motivates you (or been completely honest with yourself) and others.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. And do let me know what you think.

An email to S

Oh S

This is soooooooo exciting... http://www.foet.org/

Generating and distributing our own energy...there's

a video of him talking when the site downloads.

I was talking to GJ the other day about how it would

be so cool if somehow, everything that each of us did,

like breathing, eating, thinking, walking, sitting etc

(things that we do naturally and effortlessly) could be

converted to some form of currency that could be

distributed to others and which would 'pay'/be exchanged

for all our needs, creative and otherwise.

Actually, as I write this, I realize that being creative

IS how we survive!  Creativity is not an option only

available to a select, so-called 'talented' few.  It is, in

fact, who and what we truly are!

We must stop thinking that creativity is some special

thing that most of us don't have.  Rather, we must

learn to see that our life, our survival, depends on our

creativity.

We must also stop seeing creativity as the ability to

produce things of a quantum leap order.  Instead, we

must understand that every act we perform is creative

because it is unique to us, regardless of how many

others have also performed a similar act.

We must return creativity to its orignal meaning from

which it has been hijacked!

Anyway, although Rifkin is not necessarily talking about

my idea of 'natural currency', he is talking about some-

thing that is shaping the way we move forward.  He's

also written a book, The End of Work, which you can

find at his website.

Trust you are enjoying the peace and gentleness of

this soft Sunday, TB