Welcome back after the long holiday weekend.

I have been reading Robinson Crusoe lately and there was one line from the book that I thought I would share.

“It cost me a prodigious deal of pains, but who grudges pains that have their deliverance in view?”

He was talking about the ridiculous amount of effort he had to put in to build a canoe with essentially now tools and no prior knowledge on how to do it. Several times throughout the book he spends months and even years building or working on something like this.

But he kept doing it. Why? Because he had his deliverance in view. He was motivated.

We all need to find that thing inside us that will motivates us through any of life’s “prodigious pains” towards our “deliverance”.

Something that will motivate us to give up present purchases for future financial security and wealth.

Something that will motivate us to make a good food choice today in exchange for a healthy future self.

Something will motivate us to exercise today in order to lose weight or get fit.

I think I have sent this out before, but every time I send something out about motivation I am reminded of Anthony Robbins. He said something like “Success is a well defined process, I don’t focus on that, I work with people to find what will motivate them to follow that process.”

We can and will endure prodigious pains when we have our deliverance in view.

I encourage you to think about what motivates you. Keep this in mind as we get closer to the New Year and you get ready to make those New Year’s resolutions. Make sure they are all backed by this motivation.

Make it a great week.

Jake