Comments on: Shift Out of Neutral: 4 Easy Steps To Get Motivated and Get Moving In Life http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/08/shift-out-of-neutral-4-easy-steps-to-get-motivated-and-get-moving-in-life/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:11:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt J http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/08/shift-out-of-neutral-4-easy-steps-to-get-motivated-and-get-moving-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-87472 Matt J Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:24:26 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=22#comment-87472 It's good to get motivated, but these 4 steps are useless. Way to state the obvious. Steps to get motivated. 1) Decide to motivate yourself 2) Get ready to motivate yourself 3) Motivate yourself 4) Keep motivating yourself. It’s good to get motivated, but these 4 steps are useless. Way to state the obvious. Steps to get motivated. 1) Decide to motivate yourself 2) Get ready to motivate yourself 3) Motivate yourself 4) Keep motivating yourself.

]]> By: John d http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/08/shift-out-of-neutral-4-easy-steps-to-get-motivated-and-get-moving-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-18795 John d Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:54:36 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=22#comment-18795 Education is a good thing. It will help you man up. It doesn't matter if you go to trade school, regular college or a university, or if you end up with a degree or a certificate. Either way you end up making more money the further you go, and if anyone thinks they are done with school after finishing school, they would be sadly mistaken. I completed paramedic school at a community college and guess what, there are several certifications and other continuing education that go along with it... I've since moved into another field and completed my degree(s) and now I have to attend conferences and workshops regularly to keep up with changes in my field. I teach for a health system occaisionally, and they have their own inservice and annual educational mandates... but the money is good, the hours are great, and the time off is excellent. But lets not get tied up on education. It is also important to make decisions and CHANGE your mind when new information dictates that you've made a bad decision. To be a man you need to lead, follow, or get out of the way of those of us who are trying to do just that. Don't let excuses prevent you from achieving something. Do or do not do, but don't "try". Make up your mind and get going. Education is a good thing. It will help you man up. It doesn’t matter if you go to trade school, regular college or a university, or if you end up with a degree or a certificate. Either way you end up making more money the further you go, and if anyone thinks they are done with school after finishing school, they would be sadly mistaken. I completed paramedic school at a community college and guess what, there are several certifications and other continuing education that go along with it… I’ve since moved into another field and completed my degree(s) and now I have to attend conferences and workshops regularly to keep up with changes in my field. I teach for a health system occaisionally, and they have their own inservice and annual educational mandates… but the money is good, the hours are great, and the time off is excellent.

But lets not get tied up on education. It is also important to make decisions and CHANGE your mind when new information dictates that you’ve made a bad decision. To be a man you need to lead, follow, or get out of the way of those of us who are trying to do just that. Don’t let excuses prevent you from achieving something. Do or do not do, but don’t “try”. Make up your mind and get going.

]]> By: Blake Helgoth http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/08/shift-out-of-neutral-4-easy-steps-to-get-motivated-and-get-moving-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-18775 Blake Helgoth Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:02:47 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=22#comment-18775 Matt, It depends on the school and your view of education. About the manliest thing a man can do is to wrestle with the great thinkers of the ages. Education is about learning to think and discovering the truth. If one succeeds, then that man with stand on the shoulder of giants and become a true asset to the populace. Now, you are correct in saying one does not need to attend a school of higher learning. In fact, many of such schools are anything but. Their focus is teaching you a skill and filling you with PC, society owes you this, and anti-religious garbage. However, there are some great schools out there and one or two great professors can really opens your mind to reality in a deeper way. Look for a great books program. A man armed with the knowledge they will learn for m the great western thinkers and the critical thinking skills that come from the intellectual labor will enable him think for himself and do for himself. If he desires, he will also make more money, but by then he will realize that this is not the greatest of goals. Matt,

It depends on the school and your view of education. About the manliest thing a man can do is to wrestle with the great thinkers of the ages. Education is about learning to think and discovering the truth. If one succeeds, then that man with stand on the shoulder of giants and become a true asset to the populace. Now, you are correct in saying one does not need to attend a school of higher learning. In fact, many of such schools are anything but. Their focus is teaching you a skill and filling you with PC, society owes you this, and anti-religious garbage. However, there are some great schools out there and one or two great professors can really opens your mind to reality in a deeper way. Look for a great books program. A man armed with the knowledge they will learn for m the great western thinkers and the critical thinking skills that come from the intellectual labor will enable him think for himself and do for himself. If he desires, he will also make more money, but by then he will realize that this is not the greatest of goals.

]]> By: Bill http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/08/shift-out-of-neutral-4-easy-steps-to-get-motivated-and-get-moving-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-18472 Bill Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:39:30 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=22#comment-18472 Damn! This is great advice! Thank you! Damn! This is great advice! Thank you!

]]> By: Britt http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/08/shift-out-of-neutral-4-easy-steps-to-get-motivated-and-get-moving-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-14612 Britt Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:31:46 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=22#comment-14612 <a href='#comment-1903' rel="nofollow">@Bill</a> - Hi Bill, if you want to go back to school Go! An education is not about making money, though that can be a side effect, an education is about learning, being exposed to new ideas, seeing others take on things... I think it is great. I used to drive a fork lift and read all the time for fun... Now I am a physicist, and still I love to learn... Though sometimes I miss driving a forklift... At the end of the day you always had something you could point to as an accomplishment, while these days projects I am on take months or even years to bear fruit... I laud your desire to go back to school, don't fear student loans, do whatever it takes, and you will come out of it enriched in so many ways, mere money is just one of them, and as always not even guaranteed. B... @Bill – Hi Bill, if you want to go back to school Go! An education is not about making money, though that can be a side effect, an education is about learning, being exposed to new ideas, seeing others take on things… I think it is great.

I used to drive a fork lift and read all the time for fun… Now I am a physicist, and still I love to learn… Though sometimes I miss driving a forklift… At the end of the day you always had something you could point to as an accomplishment, while these days projects I am on take months or even years to bear fruit…

I laud your desire to go back to school, don’t fear student loans, do whatever it takes, and you will come out of it enriched in so many ways, mere money is just one of them, and as always not even guaranteed.

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