Motivation Nation; Wait Where is Everyone?

Its Saturday night early in my semester and I decided to come home to get the last bit of R&R that I will be able to enjoy before I am overwhelmed with school. My chest infection has just about finished up and I am back to just under 100%. We all want to be at that 100% mark but find ways to drop that number with small things such as a late night or early morning. We could have ate too much or haven't ate enough. It could be blaming it on someone else or another close to you. All these little effects build which is keeping us at a 80% or 75% area. 


Is it the small things holding us back or is it really ourselves? 


Motivation is that one thing you can look for over and over again, but never find. Although it may come naturally to others. Sometimes all you need is that small spark of motivation and the fire of production will burn forever. In the late months of 2011, I found my self in a physical fitness class. It was there which I might have learned the best lesson of the year and a something that I will not forget. What the lesson was is  " If you do something for three weeks, it becomes a habit ". You will want to do it and it becomes addictive. Three weeks. Thats a week shy of a month. You can almost count the days on your hands and feet. 


If you find yourself without motivation or without that drive. Why can't you take it upon yourself to do this three week challenge. Whether its going to the gym, finishing a project or maybe something new. Give it your best three weeks and it will hopefully be the last three weeks that you have to worry about. After that you wont think about doing it, it will be now second nature. If you have anything you have been worrying about or overcome ? Share your experience.


Thanks for coming by, enjoy the rest of the weekend.

It's Going To Be A Long Journey, Lets Set Up "Basecamp"

I am part of the beloved integrated marketing communications (IMC) program at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario. This final semester we have changed our classroom into a real, running agency. I have been part of a marketing team before and have learned some of the in and outs of being a part of a team. Something new that has been implement for the agency that I haven't had the chance to use in the past is Basecamp. 

For those who do not know what it is, it is a online project collaboration tool and it is a hell of a good one too. These past few weeks were my first introduction to the program and It has instantly become a staple in my work. I find a team can go from great to flat line if the communication falls short. This program eliminates many of those problems right away. The project that our team is working on is right there with milestones, completion dates and tasks. You can also log hours, create a whiteboard and become accountable for any task put into the project. Motivation can be hard sometimes for any group, but Basecamp will give you that boost you have been looking for. I am hoping in the future where every I work has a similar program built in or even better, they will already have a Basecamp account set up and ready to go. 

Feel free to check Basecamp out to really get a sense of the program. Here is a link to their website: Basecamp