What Activities About Motivation Can You Recommend?

Hi,
I’m hoping this will help.
There are two stories that I have used to good effect for students that I was mentoring recently.
If you go to Google and type – Daniela Garcia – Chile -in the ‘search box’, you will find her story. Briefly this is it – Daniela was 22, in her fourth year of medical studies. She was traveling by train and fell between two carriages when the train was in motion. She lost parts of all four limbs and spent a couple of years in recovery, completed another five years of her medical studies and is now a fully qualified medical practitioner working in a hospital for disabled children.
I tried to copy the entire story, however, Yahoo Answers has a limitation on the amount of text. I promise you that this is one great story about the human spirit, about motivation and not giving up on life.
The second story can be found in YouTube and you search for the name – Jessica Cox-Tucson. This beautiful young woman was born without any arms, nonetheless, she did not allow her disability to stop her from achieving her goals.
She acquired her Driving License and also a Pilot’s License for a small Aircraft and I believe she is considering a career in Motivational Speaking. You will find beautiful photos of Jessica pursuing various activities that you and I take for-granted every day. The words ‘I Can’t’ are not part of her vocabulary.
I notice many letters from young students on the subject of ‘motivation’ along with an expressed lack of interest in continuing with their studies. My usual response to these is to point out that the work they do should be seen as an investment in their future and in building a solid educational foundation on which they can build their College and University studies.
Sometimes for good measure I ask them to consider how they would react if their parents decided that they couldn’t be bothered to be motivated and how that might affect their life style.
The stories about Daniela and Jessica will provide solid examples of how these two people showed a powerful determination to overcome their difficulties and went on to become an example to the rest of us.
*“Until you acknowledge that you are not a passenger in your own life and take responsibility for what’s going on, you’re going to be looking for excuses instead of solutions.”
I hope this helps and wish you every success with this most important topic.

To GET MOTIVATED you need something to GET MOTIVATED about!
Have a clear vision of what you want to achieve.
Create/write down your goals.
* Brainstorm what you want in each area of your life
* Allot timescales for each – 1 year, 1-3 years, over 3 years
* Consider the less than 1 year goals
* Pick two from each of these
* Write down convincing reasons on what makes achieving them in less than a year, a must
Don’t put things off for later. Start Today!
Good Luck

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Flipping people off is very motivating