Consider this positive thinking story: Nathaniel was a guy that worked in a certain organization. He has made up his mind to use his earns to settle his bills and at the same time pay for his tuition fees in the tertiary institution he was pursuing. Unluckily for him, things turn to the other way round for him. He was sacked from his organization without any cogent reason.

He later realized that the company took the action because they have to reduce their staff strength in which Nathaniel was affected. He was very sad and thought there is no hope for him for all the goals that he had set up. During this period, Nathaniel came across a book on positive thinking, he read it and his thought and emotion changed. He was able to count the job as a stepping stone and also to detect his potentials. After reading this book, he was geared up and search for another employment opportunity that can give him more advantages than before and even permanent. Within the three weeks that he had read the book, he was able to got better job and was retained permanently. This is really the power of positive thinking.

What you should always put at the back of your mind is that after thick darkness, and then light follows. If you think positively, then positive things will always follow you. If you encounter any bad thing, just remain positive. The ball is in your court to select what you want to become in life. Choose to be positive and let positive things follow you or happen in your environment.

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PLAN TO SUCCEED

Show me a successful person and I will show you a man with a goal. It is one thing to have a lofty goal, it is a different ball game to be so committed and consistent to work out the plans. Firstly, your goals must be specific, realistic and achievable. Engage your imaginative power to visualize those goals until it actually turns reality. Do yourself a favor by specifying every detail in writing as reminder on daily basis.

· Your goal must naturally motivate you. Until your goal excites you, you can hardly be inspired to take step towards it.

· Your goal must be exciting. If this is lacking, then something great is missing. The only way out is to re-visit your plans and think through those things that gears you up for speedy realization.

· Do you allow any day to pass you by with any significant steps towards your goal? This gradual process eventually accumulates to a tangible result.

· Deliberately spend at least 15 minutes daily to evaluate the progress so far, achievements naturally motivate you.

· Be optimistic. Maintain a positive mentally and attitude. There is no impossibility in life most especially when it is broken down in bits. If only you can be positive minded, you will be fully charge of your future.

In reality, things may seems too hard sometimes, there may seem not to be light at the end of the tunnel, at this stage just maintain focus and never be distracted. Believe in yourself and see yourself succeeding even in the face of obstacles, failure and setbacks.

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STEP I:

CONSCIOUSLY CREATE QUALITY TIME

Make a distinction between the quality time and quantity time. It is more profitable to set apart few minutes of quality time at interval than hours of yearly review. Get familiar with every single members of your team for effective interaction and one on one relationship. Besides, you will have access to the job being carried out and much more understanding with them. In addition, it portrays that you are concerned with the individuals and your readiness to assist them formally and informally. The invested quality time will also facilitate suggestions and ideas from the team while you will be better position explain the vision and mission of the organization. Put everything all together it is a good motivator.

STEP II:

GIVE FEEDBACK AND COACH

As much as you should be telling every individual member of your team when they perform well, you should also be bold enough to say otherwise when their performance is below expectation. Although, your staff members are being paid for the service being rendered, it is suggested that you still give them commendation for excellent performance. This will go a long way to stimulate their happiness and also motivate them to do more. As a manager, you should always have human face, even when criticizing any member of staff; do so with love and in constructive manner.

STEP III:

Here, we are dealing with empowerment section which came into limelight for the first time in 1980s. Nevertheless, it is loaded with full potentials yet highly conflicting and confusing term in nowadays team. Empowerment is concerned with the application of knowledge skill, experience in addition to the motivating power which is no more new among your people. All over the world, larger percentage of all teams and company are not being used maximally. It is most likely that your teams have not fully discharge their full potentials.

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The way we commune with ourselves about the life matter will show may be we are optimistic or not. For instance, the mode of your reasoning mostly after the occurrence of negative happenings is the one that will indicate whether you are optimism or not. The optimism enumerates and react to the issues of the lives basically from a personal power that is too confidence which talk in a way that shows no respect for other people. Optimism is the acts of demanding legal right and uses his personal power. Optimism is the act of believing that you are capable enough to affect the level of affairs. The power of optimism could be use in three different ways:

1. The extent of lasting of occurrence as it is believed that every negativity or opposition is temporal.

2. Optimism is the act of counting all failures that comes by as just ordinary set back that can never determine the future. Optimism is the act of putting aside every negativity and will never be permitted to interfere with every other life facet.

3. Optimism is seeing every negative happenings as the insufficient application method and action used. It is never the wrong application or action used. Optimism is to consider the future and have a greater and better understanding that it is permanent. Optimism is to believe that the only solution to the problem that occurs is correction of action.

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Therefore, for you to use inspirational stories to turn your life around, it could be done in different ways. Plenty of stories are here and there about those people that have passed through tough times for them to attain their goals and make their dream come through. Merely watching such stories on television or read about them, then different pictures will be flashing your mind which can make you feel inspired. All those inspirational stories are not only for entertainment, but they make you think and take action as a serious person. By taking action or reaction, your life will not remain the same.

Not all inspirational stories can change your life. It is the type of the pictures and feelings created in you that ginger you up to be inspired. For you to get the best out of all inspirational stories, it is better to earlier have a target or dream in your mind because as you are inspired, the potentials in you will back you up in your action towards your objectives. You can start a good thing or plan after hearing the inspirational stories of other people. Inspirational stories help you in decision making and boost your potentials to attain the top.

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Given here are the varied theories on motivation.

. Acquired Needs Theory : According to this theory one seeks affiliation, power and achievement
. Affect Perseverance Theory : According to theory even after disconfirmation, there is persistence of preference
. Attitude Behavior Consistency Theory : This theory underlines that there are various factors that align behavior and attitude
. Attribution Theory : According to this one requires to attribute cause, which supports the ego
. Cognitive Dissonance Theory : this theory states that non-alignment is uncomfortable
. Cognitive Evaluation Theory : This theory underlines that one selects tasks based on whether they can be done or not
. Consistency Theory : According to this theory one seeks to gain comfort from internal alignment
. Control Theory: This theory states that one seeks to gain control over the world around them . Disconfirmation Bias Theory : According to this theory one agrees with what supports beliefs and believes what agrees with them
. ERG Theory : The theorists state that one seeks to fulfill the needs of growth, relatedness and existence
. Expectancy Theory : This theory underlines that one is motivated by things that are desirable and can be achieved
. Extrinsic Motivation Theory : According to this theory one is motivated by external and tangible rewards
. Goal Setting Theory : This theory states that various types of goals motivates one differently
. Intrinsic Motivation Theory : According to this theory one is motivated by internal rewards that are value-based
. Investment Model Theory : According to this theory One’s commitment is dependent on what one has invested
. Opponent Process Theory : According to this there is interaction between opposite emotions . Reactance Theory: This theory states that there is discomfort as and when one’s freedom is threatened
. Self Discrepancy Theory : According to this theory one requires beliefs to remain consistent
. Side Bet Theory : According to this theory varied aligned side bets increase one’s commitment towards the main bet

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