Motivation leads life
for campus speaker
by Darla Canright
reporter

“Motivating and inspiration is what I do,” a speaker told 35 SE Campus audience members Wednesday.
Robert Criner presented Discovering the Power Within, part of the SE Campus Black History Month celebration.
Criner began by asking the audience to stand up and push their negative energy out and pull positive energy in.
“Discovering the power within,” he said, “is basically to reach your goals and live life with much enthusiasm.”
Criner provided his audience with three rules to meet goals. First, a person must see the goal; second, be able to act, and third, be able to communicate.
“Destiny is a matter of choice not a matter of chance,” he said.
The former owner of an outdoor advertising firm, Criner very much believes “what goes around comes around.” He stressed the importance of being positive as well as acting positive. If one dishes out negative things, one should expect negative things, he said.
Self-talk, Criner said, is very important, and it must be positive.
“If you do not program yourself, someone else will,” he said.
Criner said he strongly believes the programmer will not program another person in a positive manner. Therefore, he said it is important for people to program themselves positively so they can reach their goals.
Choosing the right career is also important, Criner said. He told his audience they need to think about what they are going to do after college. He suggested they plan on doing something they really have passion for.
According to Criner, Marlin Wayne best described that passion when he said, “A job ain’t nothing but work.”
Criner encouraged the audience to open their own businesses or do something that really fulfills them, not just work.
Criner challenged the audience to think about the word power. For Criner, the word power has a special meaning. He explained that each letter of the word adds to its definition: P-Passion, O-Opportunities, W-Willingness, E-Enthusiasm, R-Responsibility. With those five POWER qualities, Criner said, people can achieve anything.
“If you don’t put anything in, you don’t get anything out,” he said.
A self-described religious person, Criner said, according to the Bible, “with God all things are possible.”
Criner reminded the audience of the importance of staying focused and achieving goals. With responsibility comes commitment, he said, adding that commitment means ‘focus like never before.”
For more information on Criner, visit www.mrenthusiasm.com.