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There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over time - and to sustain you through it - your motivation must become an inner energy; a 'motor' driving you forward, passionately, purposefully, wisely and compassionately... come what may, every day. Inspiration is an outer - worldly - energy that you breathe and draw in. It may come from many places, faces, spaces and stages - right across the ages. It is where nature, spirit, science, mind and time meet, dance, play and speak. It keeps you outward facing and life embracing. But you must be open-minded and open-hearted to first let it in and then let it out again. Together - blended, combined and re-entwined - motivation and inspiration bring connectivity, productivity, creativity and boundless possibilities that is not just 'self' serving but enriching to all humanity and societies...just as it should be.
There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over time - and to sustain you through it - your motivation must become an inner energy; a 'motor' driving you forward, passionately, purposefully, wisely and compassionately... come what may, every day. Inspiration is an outer - worldly - energy that you breathe and draw in. It may come from many places, faces, spaces and stages - right across the ages. It is where nature, spirit, science, mind and time meet, dance, play and speak. It keeps you outward facing and life embracing. But you must be open-minded and open-hearted to first let it in and then let it out again. Together - blended, combined and re-entwined - motivation and inspiration bring connectivity, productivity, creativity and boundless possibilities that is not just 'self' serving but enriching to all humanity and societies...just as it should be.
Approximate author period: c. 2012 AD · contemporary
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- Rasheed Ogunlaru
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- Approximate author period: c. 2012 AD · contemporary
Approximate historical context for attribution to Rasheed Ogunlaru, based on documented writing activity in 2012. The library's bibliographic record identifies Rasheed Ogunlaru as author of Soul Trader, published by Kogan Page in 2012. This supplies publication-period context, not individual quotation dates. Source: HAMK Library catalogue: Soul Trader, https://hamk.finna.fi/Record/nelli19.2670000000242725 (checked 2026-10-09). This does not establish the composition date or authenticate the attribution of these words. Source: https://hamk.finna.fi/Record/nelli19.2670000000242725 (accessed 2026-10-09).
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