Short story about the power of motivation

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The Power of Motivation

This is a fun story about the power of motivation that will also make you laugh. This year for the NBA all-star basketball game, the two leading vote-getters became the captains of the two teams (Lebron James and Steph Curry). They then took turns selecting from the remaining all-stars to be on their respective teams. The voting was done in private.

Lebron posted a list of his selections to social media.

One of the players on Lebron's team is Russell Westbrook. Westbrook is a VERY intense player. He saw his name listed last on the list and thought he was the last player selected. He also saw a player named John Wall just ahead of him on the list and assumed Wall was taken just prior to him. It happened that Westbrook's team was playing Wall's team that night. Look out! Feeling slighted, Westbrook used this as motivation to go out and score 46 points -- his hightest total for the season.

You may have picked up on the fact that Wall comes before Westbrook alphabetically and "W" is near the end of the alphabet. Yes, this list was in alphabetical order and not in selection order!!

Westbrook had made a mistake, but he used the motivation from that mistake to go out and fuel his team to a win.

This is a silly story overall, but it highlights that even the top basketball players in the world use different forms of motivation to drive them to reach goals.

I would not recommend using this type of motivation as a primary motivator, but you can use this type as a fun secondary motivator sometimes to stay on track with your goals.

This is why I recommend writing down your goals and reasons you want to be healthy and fit. Then you can constantly use this as a source of motivation that will help you make better choices right in the moment when selecting foods to eat, how to spend your time, and more. You can then give yourself pep talks and more based on your goals.

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