Who motivates you?

Dearest friends,

The topic of my blog post today derives from a question that was proposed to me in an interview. I certainly think it is an interesting question because not every one have someone in particular that motivates them. Furthermore, people need motivation for different things, whether it's for perseverance, for creative ideas or simply for a more effective way to do things. For me, other people's success is a motivation to me. But instead of thinking how 'lucky' they are, I ask "HOW DID THEY DO IT?" Often, I often find that it is not luck, it is their work ethic.

Personally, I have two people who motivates me. First, Lance Armstrong. He won Tour De France 7x after he recovered from cancer. He had 7% chance to live. People like to say he is a drug cheat. After reading his bibliography, I learnt that he did it by pure hardwork. "I rode when no one else would ride, sometimes not even my teammates...To win the Tour I had to be willing to ride when no one else would ride." He also said "Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever." I truly believe that someone can be so dedicated to their goals, and they are able to achieve unbelievable results because of their deterimination and hard work.

I am not a bike rider, but I was and am inspired. When things get hard, when they don't go my way, when I get lazy and go off course. I ALWAYS return to these quotes. I remind myself that "hard work yields results". So I have to keep fighting, to work harder. I have to keep trying.

The other person that I inspires me is my parents. I won't go in to the details of our personal lives. Let us say that life was not always easy, it is still not for my parents anyway. The reason why we have what we have, and the reason why I am so fortunate is because of my parents' hard work and what they have sacrificed. When other parents take holidays overseas or goto dinner parties, movies, casinos, or even the church and etc, my parents will be working. Things don't magically happen. I learnt that good things in particular,are usually generated by hard work and a lot of sacrifice.

I have a passion for procrastination, therefore I constantly need to draw inspiration from my motivators. It is pretty simple really. Life is too short for regrets, I need to work harder.

Who inspires you? What do you need the inspiration for?