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Month: August 2016
4 Motivational Triggers to Get You Started Right Now
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We all get stuck in a rut every once in a while.
Sometimes that rut is too deep to climb out of, and procrastination doesn’t help. It’s probably change that terrifies you, or starting something new feels like an impossible task, and you keep putting things off for tomorrow until you finally give up.
“Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin.” – Victor Kiam
You might’ve had countless opportunities to get up and running, and you might’ve missed them all.
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And that is more because of a lack of motivation than anything else. Lack of motivation leads to procrastination, which leads to your same old boring routine.
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Don’t you want to get out of it?
Then take a look at these tips to trigger your motivation and get you pumped and ready to take charge of your life:
1. Use Your Current Situation as Motivation
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This seems obvious, but it is something you should be doing more often.
Do you want to get out of your dead end job and start freelancing? Do you want to start a business of your own? Are you tired of your corporate job and want to teach kids in a foreign country?
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Look at yourself now. Look at your current state. Is it something you want to be stuck in for the rest of your life? Of course not.
Don’t let failure or life’s monotony dampen your spirits; if anything, they should be what motivates you to get your ass up, and get moving. Remind yourself constantly that the only way is forward, and staying still won’t get you anywhere.
Eventually, you’ll find that failure is always the greatest motivator.
2. Set Small (and Achievable) Milestones
We’ve all got ambitions.
Some of them a bit grounded in reality, some of them probably impossible to attain.
For people like you and me, who find it hard getting motivated, it is better to set small goals that can be achieved quickly and effectively.
These small goals are like milestones that count down your road to success.
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Start with something really minimal like, “I’ll wake up at 7 every day.” Then wake up at 7 next morning, and then set another target.
“I’ll start building a client list.”
“I’ll write an article for a blog.”
Increase the scope of your goals as you go along, completing every single one of them.
One of the things we lack the most is a sense of achievement, and that leads to a lack of desire and drive to succeed. Seeing every single one of your objectives getting fulfilled elevates this sense of achievement, and you grow in confidence with every passing step.
This is the kind of confidence makes world-beaters.
3. Surround Yourself with Successful People
The company you keep matters.
Surrounding yourself with people in the same boat as you makes you complacent. You tell yourself, “I’m not alone,” and you sail along waiting for the right moment.
That moment won’t come. Ever.
Not until you change your company. Surround yourself with the right kind of people – people that are more successful than you are.
What this does – you start aspiring to reach their level, or even surpass them. This will give you the kick that you need to get going, and to never look back.
4. Join Groups Working Towards a Similar Goal
It can be any group – a mastermind group, a LinkedIn/Facebook group, an online forum, a Meetup or even a Whatsapp group.
People in such groups tend to help each other out as much as possible, and you can learn things you never would’ve otherwise. You get tips, you get resources and you get experienced individuals offering you valuable first-hand advice.
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” – Helen Keller
Also, when you see other people, like you, starting from scratch and progressing steadily, sometimes that’s the only motivation you’ll ever need to get moving.
Use websites like LinkedIn and Facebook to find groups in your niche. Join a few good ones and interact daily. Join a Meetup in your city, and regularly attend its events.
Join a forum, ask questions and provide answers. Even popular bloggers in any niche generally have their own forums or communities; try to become a part of those.
Or better yet, you can create your own group. Network, connect and invite individuals you’d like to be a part of it. Use apps like Whatsapp or Hangouts to create a collaborative space that acts like a virtual mastermind group.
Doing this, you’ll realize that groups are the best motivational triggers for anything you want to accomplish.
When all’s said and done, it’s really up to you. Nothing’s stopping you from taking charge of your own life, except you yourself. Just follow these tips, and you’ll never find it hard to get motivated to succeed.
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Werner Sobek’s 2016 Venice Biennale Installation Presents a Sobering Environmental Message
The installation can be dismantled in the space of just a few hours and sorted out into its discrete constituent parts. Photo by René Müller). Image Courtesy of Werner Sobek
The appointment of Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena as the curator of the 2016 Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) has seen the exhibition take a more vested interest in social responsibility. In harmony with this theme, German architect Werner Sobek has presented a large cube with a sobering social and environmental message. Entitled “Beyond Form,” Sobek’s intention mirrors Aravena’s; it forces the viewer to look beyond the formal elements of architecture to the unavoidable issues facing it in the near future.
The cube is visually deceptive, as it floats above the floor with a certain lightness that ignores its large mass. As viewers get closer, they can begin to decipher the textual inscription which covers its surface. Intended to provoke discussion around population explosion and global warming, the Assessment Report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is inscribed in 12 languages. The black fabric acts as a veil, concealing half of the message.
According to Werner Sobek, the future of construction does not lie in questions of form, but in creating more buildings with fewer materials in a completely recycling-friendly way. Photo by René Müller). Image Courtesy of Werner Sobek
In Sobek’s opinion, “the search for the architecture of tomorrow is no longer focused on issues of form. Instead, it is concerned with answering the two major questions surrounding the future of construction. Firstly, due to the population explosion, we must find a recycling-friendly way of using fewer and fewer materials to produce greater numbers of buildings that function without any need for fossil fuels. Our second challenge is to avoid consuming fossilised sources of energy altogether. The enormous volume of CO2 emissions generated during the construction and operation of our buildings exacerbates the problem of global warming in an irresponsible manner.
Despite its volume, the cube designed by Werner Sobek for the 15th Architecture Biennale looks totally weightless. Its message is of great contemporary importance. Photo by René Müller. Image Courtesy of Werner Sobek
The extremely light, fabric covered structure can be easily disassembled, despite its size. It will be dismantled into its constituent parts on the 27th November 2016, the day that it will cease to be exhibited at the Biennale. Check out this article on Sobek’s demand for emission free cities to find out more about Sobek’s plight for climate protection and sustainable living.
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- Architects: Marcos Miguélez
- Location: Ponferrada, León, Spain
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Antonio Vázquez
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From the architect. The project is located in Ponferrada’s City Hall Square, next to the base of the Clock Tower, in one of the 5 gateways to the walled medieval city. This stretch of the wall remains intact due to its shared joint ownership with the cloistered convent of the Conceptionist, which has allowed its preservation until today.
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The walls and eaves, stairs and floors as well as the windows, railings and balconies are protected elements. Witness the different stages of the city growth. The developer is required to adapt the functions of the old building to its new use as a restaurant, while keeping its identity and readapting its spaces. We’ve decided to assess the historical phases of the building: the thirteenth century medieval wall with its overlapping phases and heights, the well, the shield and the tower define the typical features of the house in the style of the XVIII Century; the coffered plaster, hydraulic tiles and stairs that define the interior of the industrial bourgeois house of the nineteenth century; with regards to the XX Century the changes in their facades with new openings for commercial purposes define this era; and finally the stabilization and conservation works of the early XXI Century demonstrate the additional elements implemented during this era.
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The building is emptied and the superfluous layers are extracted, a process in which most unusual items appear: loadbearing walls of masonry, traditional partitions with timber frame and stone, hydraulic tiles flooring, plaster of paris ceilings decorative pieces of furniture and joinery doors, windows and grilles.
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Providing definition to the spaces of the building, the first body of the building is organized around a double height that allows dialogue between the ground and first floors. The second body revolves around the courtyard and the medieval wall. The result summarizes a project full of peculiarities, which is intended to return part of its heritage to the city.
© Antonio Vázquez
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