Motivation

Motivation What does it take to motivate you? How about one of the people that some would consider heroes in our society? Is there a special boss, teacher or mentor that has made an impact on your career? How about a catchy slogan or your favorite bible verse? Some people need no external motivation, they drive themselves and strive for the best. However, for the rest of us, sometimes we need that extra push.

Pharmacists, like anyone else, can fall into that mode of simply performing a jog, when in fact we are providing a vital role for our patients. No matter what our practice site, each of us can use an extra push, a pat on the back or simply an acknowledgement for a job well done.

I believe that pharmacy continues to try to define itself, so we as practitioners need to push the envelope, try new programs and not simply buckle under the pressure put forth by insurance companies or even sometimes by our employers.

To launch this web site I would like to share with you a piece that should touch each of us:

A Difference of One Degree

Did you ever notice what happens to water at 211 degrees Fahrenheit?

Well, not much, really. Although it gets hot and it may develop some little pinpoint bubbles, for the most part it just lays there in the pot. But add just one more degree, an increase in heat of less than one-half of 1 percent, and that same water begins to boil. The steam generated by the boiling water can lift the lid of a teakettle or drive a huge turbine engine. One degree of heat makes the difference

In life, the margin often is just as slender between success and failure, winning and losing, mediocrity and excellence.

In the 1988 Olympics, American swimmer Matt Biondi lost the 100-meter butterfly event by one one-hundredth of a second. The loser in a 50-mile bicycle race was exactly one inch behind the winner.

In those same Olympics, Mary Lou Retton won a gold medal by five one-hundredths of a point. And she got a perfect 10 in the vault - a 10 that she had to get in order to win.

What does this teach us about our own lives? Simply that it's the last little bit of effort that will often make the difference between success and failure. The losers in this world never seem to realize how close they are to winning just before they give up - and the winners never forget that an extra effort at the end is often the slender margin of victory.

When you're tempted to give up, to settle for less than your best effort, turn on that extra burst of energy, the extra degree of fire that gives you the satisfaction of knowing - win or lose - that you have done your very best. - Joseph P. Klock

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