Comments on: A ‘Squirrely’ Motivational Lesson

By: Michalpha

Michalpha — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:20:15 +0000

That was GREAT!

By: Can One Person Really Change The World? | Matt Morris | The Unemployed Millionaire Blog

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:19:13 +0000

[...] If you missed last week’s ‘Squirrely’ Motivational Monday, watch it here: Motivational Monday #17. [...]

By: WATFORD

WATFORD — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:37:07 +0000

Remember the words of Calvin Coolidge

Nothing can take the place of PERSISTANCE
TALENT will not-nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent
GENIUS will not-unrewarded genius is almost a proverb
EDUCATION will not-the world is full of educated derelicts
PERSISTANCE and DETERMINATION alone are OMNIPOTENT

IN ORDER TO SUCCEED.. YOU MUST
KNOW.. What you are doing
LIKE What you are doing
BELIEVE In what you are doing
......and never give up, beware of the dreamstealers

By: Tarsier

Tarsier — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:37:07 +0000

By: Dennis Schmidt

Dennis Schmidt — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:23:04 +0000

I did however like when the mother squirrel hung her tail over the wall as if to say, ” here, just jump up and grab on to my tail ” That’s team work at it’s finest!

By: Dennis Schmidt

Dennis Schmidt — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:11:34 +0000

Inspiring video,
I’m leaning more in the direction of enabling though. Figure it out for your self! That’s how you learn, from your mistakes and your successes. If you have a question ask it, otherwise figure it out. There is great pride in being able to figure it out for yourself. Obviously the squirrel couldn’t ask any questions but now he might start to rely on humans for help. If you always help your children with their problems they begin to rely on you to figure it out for them. When they grow up they haven’t a clue as to what to do, you did it all for them.

By: Thomas Hoi

Thomas Hoi — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:21:41 +0000

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the video… i immediately saw myself as the small squirrel who need help seriously from the big squirrel who had know how to “do it and done it”….

Also from your book, i learnt that you should model after someone whom you want to be and get help from a mentor, even from books.

I found this to be so true… I have seek out mentors already and paid for their guidance.

I know i should have done that earlier but pulled back whenever i saw the expensive price tag…

Just like what your good friend Johnny Wimbrey said:” Information costs, but it pays for itself” ….

That was my biggest breakthrough….

Blessings,
Thomas Hoi

By: Aleta

Aleta — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:58:24 +0000

Reminds me of daughter when she was five. She wanted to jump her rope 10 times in a row before she quit. So, she started…went 5 times, started over, went 6 times in a row…started over (with Greater determination than ever) jumped 7 times in a row … and missed. Started over (now red faced and VERY frustrated) jumped 9 times in a row (crying and throwing herself on the floor from frustration). Gets up with tears running down her cheeks and red faced and jumps TEN TIMES in a row. She would NOT quit. It was NOT in her vocabulary and is not to this day. She is an inspiration to me and others. She was that baby squirrel who would NOT quit and would achieve it or die trying. There was no TRY for her.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:02:40 +0000

Hi Matt,

Your success university website is down…

http://successuniversity.com/

By: Willie Robertson

Willie Robertson — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:26:42 +0000

Hello Matt,

This video was very inspirational and I saw quite a few life lessons in it.

First I saw the need and the power of a having a “MENTOR”, (the big squirrel,) someone that has already achieved what it is you want to achieve, (your goal/dream,) and that believes in YOU.

Secondly, the mentee, (the little squirrel,) “BELIEVED” in and was “WILLING” to “FOLLOW” the lead of the mentor.

Thirdly the mentor “LEAD” the mentee through all the steps necessary to reach the end result goal/dream, (getting over the big wall,) yet the mentor did not “DO” the steps “FOR” the mentee, even though he wanted to see the mentee reach the end result goal. (He knew the only way for the mentee to really appreciate his success was to experience it, good or bad, by using his own efforts.)

Fourthly the mentor kept encouraging and showing the mentee how it was done as well as the fact that, “IT COULD BE DONE,” and the mentor never left him.

To the credit of the mentee, he trusted his mentor enough to know he would not lead him in the wrong direction.

Also the mentee believed in himself, therefore he refused to give up. He wanted to achieve what he saw his mentor had achieved. He wanted to go where his mentor was going.

As hard as the little mentee tried he just seemed to keep falling a little short of the mark. Yet he “refused” to quit.

I also like the fact that there were others beside the mentor who saw what the mentee was trying to achieve, they too believed in the little mentee, so they began to give input and provide tools (back packs/bags) that the mentee could use to reach his goal.

Although the humans seemed to scare the little squirrel, causing him to run away, yet still having the end goal in mind, he returned to investigate the tools, and see if and how they could help him to get over the wall so he could continue to be with and follow his mentor, the bigger squirrel.

Notice that though the humans and their tools were “unfamilair” to the little mentee, he took advantage of and excepted the generiousity of others to help him and used the tools to reach his goal.

After multiple tries and failures, the little squirrel, reached his end result goal, getting over the big wall, to be with his mentor.

So, we need a mentor who we believe in and who believes in us. We must believe in ourself. We must be willing to except help from others along the way. And we need to overcome our fears, use the tools we have available to us and to walk out in faith, the necessary steps to reach our dreams/goals.

And most importanly, help someone else in their journey.