Motivation

Well... There are significant questions around what motivates people. What keeps people in the game, what pushes people to perform, to train, to continually improve themselves?

I think that there is an innate behavior the forces man to compete to push themselves to be better than the next.

In my quest to get back into some semblance of shape i often ask that of myself, what gets me on the bike, what pushes me over the next hill.

For myself it is the reality of not succumbing to the ride, the bike, the hill, or myself. It is the belief that I can improve, that i won't be conquered.

I still find it hard to get on the bike, to motivate myself to get out an ride, it is always easier to sit around, work, or even play with my daughter (the latter being very noble) but in an effort to get in shape so that i can see her graduate, and walk her down the isle all in the next 20+ years I find myself saddled up, out on the asphalt.

Motivation for the super athlete is most likely about winning or more to the point, getting paid, for us mere mortals, it is most likely a combination of things, family, our innate will to perform, our humanity of resolve that pushes us forward. The trick is to figure out how to tap into the motivation that is all around us so that we can be better people.

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