Motivate Yourself - 8 Top Coaches Offer Advice

If You Need a Push...8 Top Coaches Offer Irresistible Motivation

By Sara Reistad-Long
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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You know exactly what to do. Certainly why you should do it. But for all those who are stuck somewhere between "knowing" and "doing," we've called in our triple-A-list team of motivators. If anyone can jump-start you on the road to change, they can.

1. Danica Patrick: First woman ever to win an IndyCar race

2. Alice Domar, PhD: Director of the Domar Center for Mind/Body Health

3. Jim Loehr: CEO of the Human Performance Institute

4. Cesar Millan: Host of the TV show Dog Whisperer

5. Randy Pausch: Famous for giving "The Last Lecture"

6. Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD: Author of My Stroke of Insight, about going through a stroke and rebuilding her brain

7. Elizabeth Edwards: Author of Saving Graces

8. Stephen Covey: Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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