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Social Work: Flavored Assortment Catch-up

by Megan M. on August 14, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

This is just a smattering of Social Work prn posts that have gone up in the last month or so. Enjoy. ;}

Social Work and the Power of Belief
My usual routine, most Tuesdays and Thursdays, is to wake up at 5:30. I stumble through finding clothes and brushing my teeth, grab some small breakfast, take my [...]

Tagged as: Bob Poole, CrossFit, Eckhart Tolle, ideas, meganpreneurship, motivation, positivity, social change, social work, Social Work prn

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CrossFit: Unicorn Warrior Amazon Pull-Ups

by Megan M. on May 5, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

I recorded this yesterday, but wanted to give Athena a little more airtime—so I held the video post for today.

After an exhaustive search, I found the series in question: The Secret of the Unicorn Queen. I can’t find a really good primary link for it, but here’s the search in Amazon, and a fan listing [...]

Tagged as: "internally-motivated external motivation", "The Secret of the Unicorn Queen", change, CrossFit, growth, motivation, warriors

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Internally-Motivated External Motivation

by Megan M. on April 26, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

Double-test: The new camera (read: the camera I bought months ago) and my Toastmasters speech for tomorrow morning. ;}

Tagged as: external motivation, internal motivation, motivation, toastmasters

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Your number has been called.

by Megan M. on February 8, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

You know… I never really listened to these lyrics. And now that I’ve have, I’ve been playing this one song over and over:

As of last night, there is no doubt in my mind that eating more raw produce puts me in a more emotion-based state of mind. I feel moved more often. I feel connected. [...]

Tagged as: action, emotion, food, health, motivation, muse, passion, purpose, raw

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Where I Rail

by Megan M. on February 1, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

Why, exactly, do you need an excuse?

Why do you need a program? Or a scholarship, or a recommendation, or a mandate, or an initiative, or somebody else’s carefully crafted plan?

Why not execute your own carefully crafted plan?*

Why do you have to wait for opportunity to knock? You can make your own opportunity, right now.

You know [...]

Tagged as: action, challenge, conditioning, courage, excuses, laziness, motivation, opportunity

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Internal vs. External Motivation

by Megan M. on January 24, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

I’ve always considered myself “self-motivated”, but in January I’ve begun to make the distinction between internally motivated and externally motivated. And although I sometimes am the former, I am MOSTLY the latter.

I still consider myself gigantically self-motivated because I’ve mastered the creation of externally-motivating circumstances. Committing to a project, signing up for a seminar, promising [...]

Tagged as: change, external motivation, internal motivation, motivation, self-motivation

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