Comments on: An Employee’s View on Motivation

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By: Phil Gerbyshak

Phil Gerbyshak — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:42:08 +0000

CK – Thanks for sharing your insights. I think you are absolutely right about inspiration coming from within. True leadership is REAL and AUTHENTIC, no doubt about it. And no worries about the misspellings! Thanks for being so excited to share your ideas!

Eugene – I wish everyone was like you. If they were, my life as a manager would be much easier. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen, at least not visibly. What do YOU do to inspire yourself? How do you push yourself on to do great things?

csbmonkey – Perseverance is definitely inspirational AND motivational, at least for me. If others can achieve it, I know I can too! I’ve not seen any of the movies you recommended (yet). Thanks for sharing them.

And you’re welcome for sharing your insights. Thank YOU for sharing them with us!

By: csbmonkney

csbmonkney — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:36:09 +0000

I agree that the best motivation comes from inside one’s self. Nevertheless, inspiration can come from other places, other people, the achievements and output of others. It’s why I keep that list. It’s why I read blogs too.

As an avowed movie geek, I often walk away from some movies feeling transcendent as a result of what I have watched. For a lot movie goers, and I fully understand this, that is the result of the story the movie itself is telling, and certainly that is a huge component of my own feelings. I also end up feeling inspired by the achievement that I’ve witnessed as well. The entire thing in my mind starts to come home as the grand result of so many small things and so many day to day things and as a great example of perseverance of both individuals and a team. Perseverance of individuals such as writers and directors and perseverance of entire teams of people that it takes to make great movies. THAT is very inspirational to me.

Motivational? I am not sure if it’s a motivation, really, but absolutely it is an inspiration.

Of course, I can see the eyebrows raising when I point out that some of my favorite inspirations are movies like Grindhouse and the French horror film Haute Tension. :) In those cases, the inspiration is all about the driving visions of the filmmakers pushing to realize their ideas that go well against the grain of existing sets and ideas in movies.

Thanks for the post Phil! It was quite a surprise to see my response from the posters roll through my Google Reader. :)

By: Eugene

Eugene — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:19:49 +0000

If you are waiting for people to motivate or inspire you then you may have a long wait. You have to dig down with in yourself. You must first believe in yourself and then go for it. Don’t wait for others to push you. If you go ahead and and do then you maybe a motivator for someone

By: CK

CK — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:50:57 +0000

Sorry for my misspellings – I didn’t stop and look to edit before I hit ’submit.’

By: CK

CK — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:47:53 +0000

In my opinion, inspiration and motivation comes from within. As to who do you try to emulate or model is a different story! Regardless, if you have high regards to an individual, that provides the ’spark’ that is needed to light your desire to become a better person, manger, leader, spouse, then by all means! But there is one thing one should remember, you have to be you and in order to bring true leadership it has to come from within. Employees can root out a fake emotion, speach, etc. in time and then you could loose the credibility that you had worked on so hard to achieve.

As to movies … ever seen the one “My Side of the Mountain”???