Daily Action Spells Success - What Have You Done Today To Make Yourself Feel Proud?

Since December 1st 2004, I have written one article orJust make a break for freedom.
potential article a day for my motivation web site. OneWhat have you done today to make you feel proud?"
or two of these have been upgraded versions ofThe song stresses daily action to make yourself feel
previous articles but so far, I have not missed a day.proud. This may sound corny to some but it is pure
I feel reasonably proud of this mainly because I amwisdom to others. It is the daily actions which create
doing what I planned to do by making a daily effort.the habits and then the character which is
Occasionally I am extra proud of an article which I thinkextraordinary and even heroic.It is also the daily action
contains some really useful or valuable ideas.which gets huge amounts of work done.
It is easy to check whether I have achieved my goalThe interviewers asked her how she motivates
or not. I have either written the article or I haven't.herself when writing songs on her own.
Because of the daily effort I have now written at leastAgain she admitted that on some days she did not
100 articles. Today is the 13th March 2005.feel like getting up let alone creating music but then
If I had sat down to write a 100 articles all at once, Isome small thing like a smile from her son would make
would never have achieved that goal but with dailyher day.
effort, a target of 100 is easily reached. I had not evenShe feels that at the end of every day you should be
realized that I had reached a hundred until I added upable to look back on some good experience that
the number just now.makes you feel that life is worth living.
Heather Small, the singer and songwriter, wasIt is a great relief to hear motivating, tuneful, music and
interviewed on TV in February 2005. She admitted toinspiring lyrics instead of the sentimentality, self pity,
being nervous before the interview because she hatesnegativity and tunelessness of some modern music.
mediocrity and raises the bar high in everything sheHeather was born and raised on a West London
does.council estate. She battled with shyness and a desire
She is always looking for the hero inside herself as into sing from an early age. She was captivated by the
her song "Search for the hero inside yourself." We allfire and inspiration of gospel music and was also
have hero potential but this might take some lookinginfluenced by '70s reggae and soul.
for.She joined her first group, the blues band 'Hot House'
Her songs are full of motivation and encouragement towhile still in her teens. Although their potential was
make the most of yourself. One of her songs is beingnever fully realised, Heather later joined a Manchester
used in association with the London Olympic bid. Thisgroup called M People. They would go on to sell over
song is already world famous. She sang it after her10 million records worldwide.
interview. It is called 'Proud'. The words go as follows:Now she is a solo artist. She has already made a
"What have you done today to make you feel proud?great contribution to both the world of music and the
It's never too late to try.world of motivation. She has done plenty to make
Still so many answers I don't know.herself and her family proud.
To question is to grow.What have you done today to make yourself feel
So I step out of the ordinary.proud? Like King Arthur and his knights, who would not
I can feel my soul ascending.eat before some one had done a great deed, you and
Can't stop me now and you can do the same.I could do something daily which would be worth
What have you done today to make you feel proud?mentioning at the evening banquet!
You could be so many people.