Five Minute Motivation
We take everyday motivational quotes that you see on your social media feeds, and break them down into real world advice to help you to be a good person and make the world a better place.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
Chasing rabbits.
In this episode, we discuss focus and attention.
The quote is:
"A person who chases two rabbits, catches none."
We sincerely hope you enjoy this episode of 5 minute motivation. We see the numb…
Life is just like a voyage.
In this episode, we discuss a quote that addresses challenges in life. The big ones, the everyday struggles, and everything in between being a matter of how we look at these issues and overcome them…
The sky is NOT the limit.
In this episode, we delve into one of our favorite genres of music to cull some inspiration from the prolific rapper Logic. Although, like other rappers, he may have borrowed the quote from someone e…
Feel the rain.
In this episode, as promised in the previous episode, we have a deep quote from a true musical and spiritual legend, Mr. Bob Marley. Although, after further research it turns out that both Bob Marle…
Smile in trouble.
Good old Leo DV was a pretty smart guy. Invented a lot of stuff, created some amazing art, and gave us this episode's quote...
"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from dis…
Find out who you are.
We have to assume that there are various types of people listening to our humble show. Those who know themselves well, and are striving to tweak and improve that person; and, those that are still se…
In this lifetime.
This episode's quote is from an author named Daphne Rose Kingma. She is an author of many books related to love, the loss of it, and the search for it.
"In the end, nothing we do or say in this lifet…
Gratitude and attitude.
Life is challenging. And, if it's not...maybe you aren't challenging yourself enough.
How you experience your day to day is very much about how you perceive the things that are happening around you, …
There is no magic wand.
The quote in this episode is:
"There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline."
Thanks so much for listening, and we'll see…
Have friends at a distance.
The quote in this episode is:
“Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.”
Thanks for listening, and we'll see…
Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally.
This episode is a doozy...or a doozie...however you want to spell it. There's a lot here. Patrick was feeling it in this one for sure. His quote:
"Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally…
Life is a full experience.
This episode feels particularly powerful. Do you agree? Even a simple quote, relatively general in its scope, can lead to some very important revelations...and that's why we do this. For you and f…
Break clean away.
This episode features a quote from naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of Amer…
I am the only problem I will ever have.
The quote that we break down and discuss in this episode is:
"I am the only problem I will ever have, and I am the only solution."
We greatly appreciate you listening, and hope that after yo…
The reason people are miserable.
The quote from this latest episode is:
"The reason many people in our society are miserable, sick, and highly stressed is because of an unhealthy attachment to things they have no control over."
Simply be yourself.
The quote in this episode is:
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, you will truly know happiness."
- Lao -Tzu
Thanks so much for listening, and we'll see you in 5 minu…
I don't like that man.
The quote from this episode is:
"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”
We always ask that you find the common ground that you share with others, and today is no differen…
I still find each day too short.
The quote from this episode is:
"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”
We don't laugh.
The quote from this episode seems very timeless...
“We don't laugh because we are happy, we are happy because we laugh”
Thanks so much for listening, and we'll see you in 5 minutes!
How to win in life.
The quote-like thing in this episode brought to us by Patrick (not Pat) comes from Germany Kent:
“How to win in life:
- work hard.
- complain less.
- listen more.
- try, learn, grow.
- don't let people tell you it c…