I got invited to speak at a Parkinson’s support group today and tell them my story of bicycling across the U.S. I started my presentation by saying, “I hate riding a bicycle”. That got their attention. I went on to say that the only reason I ride is because I want the next 10 years of my life and ministry to be more productive than the first 35 all put together. The only way I will be able to last is by exercising a lot. It is that desire that motivates me to get up out of my chair in the evenings when I am super tired and have already got stiff and the last thing I want to do is get up and ride my stationary bike. So I keep that dream and desire in front of me all day long and the more I meditate on it the more motivated I become. It is sort of like throwing gas on the fire. I am becoming an expert at motivating myself which is self leadership. One fine teacher on leadership said that no one can lead others until he first learns to lead himslf.