10 Tips How to Stay Motivated After Missing “The Decisive Moment”

(Above image by Roger Boon)

Recently on my Facebook Fan page, I the community the question: “How do you stay motivated after missing ‘The Decisive Moment’”?. I am sharing some of my favorite responses below!

  1. Deb Young How do you know it was a ‘decisive moment’ if you didn’t get it? It’s the journey, not the goal :) EVERY moment counts…
  2. David Ngui One more’s just at the corner.
  3. Si Pham Identify what you missed, identify the clues leading up to it and write it down in a list so you might recognize the signs next time!
  4. Donald Burghardt Learn to draw it from the mind.
  5. Fernando Ramos Knowing that history tends to repeat itself. If you saw something that’s because you know you wanted to see it and so, the moment isn’t about the exact characters in it as much as the thing happening and what it symbolizes to you.
  6. Michael Meinhardt By acknowledging how fortunate I was to even have witnessed and recognized this moment. It may not be in a photo, but it’s stored in my mind.
  7. Robert N Thornhill ‎”The decisive moment” is the ever unfolding now . always happening , perspective is what makes it so .
  8. Virgil Gabriel Don’t stop looking! Move on! Decisive moments are happening at the every heartbeat – that of yours and the rest of humanity!
  9. Stephen Patterson I like to wear a Go Pro on a head band to never miss “The Decisive Moment”.
  10. Edward McAllister Just happened to me…you know my favorite shot? The next one!
Always love hearing everybody’s input- keep posting your responses to my Facebook fan page!

How do you stay motivated after missing the decisive moment? Share your tip in the comments below!