Proper Motivation

SOURCE: Greg Boozier in Readers Digest.  September 2002

KEYWORDS: motivation, keep awake, risk

Tech support people like me spend our days on the phone with customers.  Many like to chat while waiting for their computers to reboot.  One man told me he’d been a long-haul truck driver.

“I’d love to drive a big rig,”  I said, “but I’d worry about falling asleep at the wheel.”

“Here’s a tip to stay awake,” he offered.  “Put a $100 bill in your left hand and hold it out the window.”