Motivation

MOTIVATION: The Good Ol’ Days, or How I Lost My Front Teeth

Published on: 6th January, 2003

MOTIVATION: The Good Ol’ Days, or How I Lost My Front Teeth  | read this item

By Wayne Dominowski Forty years ago, we were issued single bar facemasks. Even so, as a lineman, the line coach called me a “big baby” because I had one installed on my helmet. It was a relief not to have my nose and face hit every other play. No one wore a mouth-guard back then [...]

MOTIVATION: Making It

Published on: 6th October, 2002

MOTIVATION: Making It  | read this item

by Wayne Dominowski Who would have thought I’d make it? Forty-plus years ago when I graduated from high school I ranked 170 out of 177. According to the test or tests I took back then, I could look forward to becoming a tool and die maker. I could be happy about that, I was told, [...]

Goal Setting: Motivation In Training For Skydiving -

Published on: 6th September, 2002

Goal Setting: Motivation In Training For Skydiving -  | read this item

by Vic Napier & Paul Schienberg, Ph.D. The general public often thinks of skydiving as a “stunt” performed by “dare devils” in Hollywood films. If a movie scene did not call for characters to jump out of a plane, they would be falling off the balcony after being shot, or having a fiery crash into [...]

MOTIVATION: Encouraged By The Force Within Us

Published on: 1st August, 2002

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by Wayne Dominowski For those of you who have seen the Star Wars trilogy, you may recall Obi-Wan Kenobi encouraging Luke Skywalker with “May the Force be with you.” I’m not sure whom or what the Force actually was – whether it was God, inner-strength, self-confidence, self-esteem, or positive self-efficacy. Maybe it was all of [...]