Motivation Drive

Introduction  Demosthenes was a great statesman and orator of ancient Athens. He diligently learned the rhetoric of previous great orators. He delivered his very first speech when he fought a case against his relatives to save his property at an age of 20 years. He played a very vital role in uprising Athens against the new King of Macedonia, Alexander the Great. He was also recognized as one of the ten greatest Attic orators and logographers in the world. But initially, things were not in his control and he faced so many challenges in his life.  Childhood of Demosthenes Demosthenes used to stammer during his childhood and no one had any hope from him. He was a very introvert child and his father was a very rich person in Athens. But his father died when he was just seven years old and left a huge sum of money for him. Shortly, his relatives flocked to his home and started sipping his father's fortune. At that time, Athens was a republic and people of Athens used to gro...

Saudia Flight 163 was a flight that used to regularly fly between Karachi to Jeddah. 19 Aug 1980 was a normal day for that flight and pilots completed the first leg of the journey at Riyadh. In the second leg, the flight had to start from Riyadh and it started normally. Soon after takeoff, pilots observed the smoke in the compartment and decided to go back to Riyadh for an emergency landing. The flight with 287 passengers and 14 crew onboard landed successfully at Riyadh Airport. But all of the passengers and crew died just because of smoke even after taking successful emergency landing. Similarly many times we used to ruin our life even after starting our career well. There are certain personalities who always inspire us to excel in life. Bruce Lee is one such person who achieved so much in life at a very early age. If we think about speed or Martial Art then his name used to come in our mind. He died at a very young age of 32 but what he had done in such a short time is really ...

She’s considered as a big Television media Baron and also dubbed as “Queen of All Media" but her challenging story is known to very few people. Let us see how she had become the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire despite coming from a very poor family. She was born in Mississippi and her grandmother was a maid. Her mother was a housekeeper and there were very minimal chances that she can reach even a graduate school. She was so poor that her mother can’t even afford a dress for her daughter and Oprah used to wear Empty Potato Sack dresses. She was a child rap victim and suffered so many hardships. She got pregnant at the age of 14. We can't imagine what type of trauma she had faced in her childhood. After her newborn child died immediately after birth, her stepfather told her that this is her second chance. She came out of trauma and joined her college again. She excelled in her studies and got a chance to w...

It's really true that when we see a person's success then we cannot see her life struggles. Today Kalpana Saroj is the owner of 3000 Crore company known as Kamani Tubes, she is also a successful builder, social worker, and a great entrepreneur. She had won the Padma Shri award from the Government of India for her contribution towards the welfare of society. Her life story is not so sweet and she faced so many challenges in her life. She got married at the age of 12 years with a person of higher age. Her inlaws were very bad and used to beat her on a daily basis. When her father visited her house and saw her bad condition then he decided to bring her back. She tried to start her studies again but her neighbors and classmates started asking why she had come back again? This made her the victim of stress and she decided to take her life by poison. She drank poison but doctors saved her. On that day she got her new life and decided if we can die while working then why not live ...

Positive thinking is not just a matter of thinking but its a matter of perceiving and its a matter of responding to external stimuli. Two people looking out from the same window and one sees the star and others see the mud. When two people look like this then it shows the focus of their vision, energy level, and motivation. One who looks at the sky may dream, aspire and utilize his creative energy to achieve his goals but on the other hand, a person that looks at the mud might be thinking why bad things happened with me and this world is worthless. Our vision and disposition are symbiotic. What we see that shapes how we think and how we think shapes what we see. Let us understand the importance of positive thinking with the help of a short story: A very famous shoe company sent two salesmen to Africa to determine the market potential for their products. One of the salesmen was sent to the North of Africa, while the other salesman was sent to the south of Africa. Both of the s...

A person was driving his car during the afternoon. He was far away from his town and going to another town for a meeting. While driving over a bridge he felt that something is wrong with his car and he is sure that one of the tires must get punctured. He came out of his car and observed that the rear tire of the right side got punctured. He got really annoyed and started hitting the road by his foot as he has to change a tire in scorching sun heat. So he has taken out car jack and removed all four bolts of the tire and kept them nearby. Now he started pulling the tire with a force and while doing so his foot hit the bolts and all of the bolts dropped into the river. He becomes saddened now as there are no chances of getting the mechanic and started cursing himself. More than 2 hours passed but no one came, suddenly he saw a farmer was coming from somewhere. The person was sure that a farmer cannot help him. Farmer asked him how he can help him. The person becomes annoyed and to...

  Many years ago there lived a king who was not satisfied with his luxurious lifestyle. He was not able to understand the purpose of life. He sometimes becomes very angry and wanted to end his life also. One day while he was roaming around his big castle he listened to a very loud song. He followed the song and came to know that one of his Laundrymen was singing this song. There was a joy in a song of this laundryman. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much joy. The King asked the laundry man, “Why are you so happy?” The man replied, "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies." I don't want anything else. King listened to the answer and left the place. But he was not satisfied with the answer. King asked the question from one of his wisest advisers. After hearing the King’s woes ...

Eric Butterworth once said, "Don’t go through life, grow through life". Life long learning is a very important thing. Learning from our mistakes and becoming a better person day by day is very essential. The most hardworking 7 letter word is "Success". To get success we need tremendous hard work, tremendous consistency and tremendous patience. We can learn from the birth of baby Giraffe. When a baby giraffe born, mother Giraffe position herself just on top of him and give him a hard kick. A baby Giraffe who just came into the world not able to understand what's happening but while he is thinking what's happening mother Giraffe gives him another hard kick. He then understands that if he will not stand then this sequence of kicks will continue. So he stands up and while he tries to get up he gets another kick so he starts running and then mother Giraffe come to him and start loving him. This happens because mother giraffe knows that baby giraffe'...