{"id":20364,"date":"2025-10-09T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20364"},"modified":"2025-09-28T10:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:42:36","slug":"motivation-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20364","title":{"rendered":"Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4059.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" data-attachment-id=\"20289\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20289\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4059.jpeg?fit=1125%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1125,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1756121432&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0018518518518519&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4059\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4059.jpeg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4059.jpeg?resize=700%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20289\" style=\"width:463px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4059.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4059.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4059.jpeg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThere is no more powerful motivator in the human universe than self-interest.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alexander Hamilton<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trick is, and Hamilton grappled with this, to align people acting in their own self-interest with the needs of the group. The Constitution is an attempt to find this balance. <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo is of a shady portion the Meadow Trail in the Wawona section of Yosemite NP. It is wide and smooth and not too steep. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere is no more powerful motivator in the human universe than self-interest.\u201d Alexander Hamilton The trick is, and Hamilton grappled with this, to align people acting in their own self-interest with the needs of the group. The Constitution is an attempt to find this balance. 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