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Motivation is nonsense

Motivation can be defined as the desire to act and move towards a goal. At a certain point in life we have all recited the "Tomorrow will be different" or "I will start tomorrow" mantra with the hope that our minds would be in line with our vision. We often spend time going through motivational videos where you have a really nice theme song in the background and your favorite actor reciting some catchy phrases that instantly pump you up  and make you feel like you can achieve any and everything. I can accurately describe the experience because I for one have been in the same loop for longer than i would like to admit. The funny thing about this is that no matter how many videos you watch ..."tomorrow" will always be tomorrow and it will never come. You will find yourself going through the same cycle over and over again. I often asked myself why this is so, even though i literally feel like Clark Kent about to take his spectacles off and ready to take on th...

The power of positivity

Positivity, the art of thinking in an optimistic way, expecting good results and focusing on making life happier. This sounds like the introduction to one of those over-priced motivational speakers but does such a state of mind exist? Is it possible to enjoy a stress free " positive " work week and if it is then how is it attainable. Welcome to Monday😀, the first day of the working week and arguably the busiest of the 5. One could actually swear management holds a secret meeting every Sunday night to discuss how best they can make the work lives of their employees worse than they actually are. The backlog, the new clients, the impossible deadlines, the emails and worst of them all, the calls😰...positivity just doesn't exist within such an environment. However as much as all this is true, it is also equally true that if Monday is not dealt with properly it can ruin the entire week and have you just begging for those "Thank God its Friday" memes to start circu...