Posted on December 27, 2007 - by rdilipk1

The Motivational Session

I happened to attend this motivational session conducted by my organization for managers on the day of Christmas. The speaker was a renowned motivational guru. Before the session began I found this man of short height explaining something to a person and by the sheer look of him I could guess that he has to be the speaker. He had a pleasing personality and a confidence that was lacking in the rest of the people who were present in the room that day. Our shoulders told the story and he stood there with his shoulders upright, with a confident grin on his face.

The session started and it went on for some time and we forgot all that was the normal routine in our work life. We were all managers and were stressed out when we entered the room but gradually there was a feeling of relaxation that was creeping into us. The speaker was humorous and entertaining and we, for a minute felt that we were indeed motivated.

We left the session, discussing how energetic the speaker was and felt that there was some change in us. We were motivated. Or,probably we thought so.

As we moved back to work, we walked across our boss who wanted our teams to work an overtime that day and we felt we were loosing motivation. As we walked into our workstations, we saw the gloomy faces of our team members who knew that they cannot be with their families on the day of Christmas.

It was then that we realized something. There is no motivation other than Self-motivation. No motivational speeches can motivate you unless you are self-motivated. Speakers and Orators could be influential for the moment they speak to you, but this would not stay for long till one is self-motivated.