Wanting To Motivate Others

This blog shall contain ideas, blender events, movies, and books that I find inspiring that may also create inspiration in you. I hope to engage someone out in the big wide somewhere with these ideas and hope that they bring these ideas to their campus. 

It has come to my attention that there is not much out there on how to motivate others. As an avid Pinterest addict (yes boo or yay to your delight) I believed that there would be more out there to create positivity but find that there is a lack of links. This is distressing to me. So here I am. I hope to somehow create positive emotions, raise esteems in others, and overall "make love not war." 

I went to a conference in Washington DC called NCSL (sorry for bragging but it was AWESOME). Naturally, at conferences you learn things. One of the big take homes for me was something called "blender events." Usually, campuses or high school clubs are focused on doing big events for the year but are surprised when they lose members. That is because there is not much to motivate those members to stay. Blender events are small things that a club or even a single person (that means you compadre) can create that will boost positive emotions or raise awareness. As mentioned before, I have found a severe lack of them on Pinterest and when I look them up on Bing (Yes, I love Bing. I think it's better than Google and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that thinks that in this universe.) it is usually geared towards teachers. Well friends, and neighbors, and strangers, I hope to find more and put those links or ideas on this blog. 

Ok, for reals-ies I will give you help now. Tom Krieglstein is a motivational (Let's see how many times I can write motivate in a blog) speaker and has created many groups such as Swift Kick and has come up with the Dance Floor Theory. Basically, he is the bomb diggity. He is also the guy that told me about blender events. These blender events are usually simple and engage others. If you were having a bad day and saw a post-it note (Click this title > Post It Note Project < for the video) on a random wall that read, "Be happier than a bird with a french fry." You may just crack a smile. Having you or a club do this does two things. 1. Makes at least one person smile. 2. Has your club involved in something. Be sure to keep it anonymous until you are asked. Having your post-its say sponsored by the blah blah club makes people automatically question the motives behind it. When asked though, the club or person has now gotten permission to explain why they want to create positivity.
Why create positivity? If you haven't noticed, our world can be depressing. I bet one of you knows at least one person who has either committed self harm, attempted suicide, or did committ suicide. I want to change that. But C Double T how do positive sticky notes or movies change that? There have been a few accounts where someone stated that just because someone smiled at them that day or hugged them or carried their books, that they changed their mind. That hurting others or themselves wasn't something they wanted to do when they witnessed such a small act of random kindness. A popular story you may have heard is Kyle's Story which is fictional. Here are some that aren't. http://www.oddee.com/item_98659.aspx. There are people like this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_nr6y601Bc who has inspired bullied youth. I believe anyone can save a life by simply being kind. Grant, some of the links I showed you involved pulling cars into traffic or tracking down a kidnapper but look at the woman who saved a stranger by simply talking to him. Or the man who organized a chain of people to save someone from drowning; just one person holding two other people's arms saved a life. Or even kind words from someone made a man trade in his gun for an x-box. Do I think that a kind word or act can save a life? Absolutely. Hopefully, I can reach out to others so they can too.

End On a Happy Note:
I will always try to end each post with something positive. Here is one of my favorite online videos, sing-a-long if you know it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzKFbUxYJys