{"id":6891,"date":"2012-05-18T02:19:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T09:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=6891"},"modified":"2012-05-17T08:27:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T15:27:05","slug":"10-tips-how-to-stay-motivated-after-missing-the-decisive-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/18\/10-tips-how-to-stay-motivated-after-missing-the-decisive-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips How to Stay Motivated After Missing &#8220;The Decisive Moment&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/18\/10-tips-how-to-stay-motivated-after-missing-the-decisive-moment\/roger-boon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roger-Boon.jpeg?fit=536%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"536,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Roger Boon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roger-Boon.jpeg?fit=442%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6892\" title=\"Roger Boon\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roger-Boon.jpeg?resize=429%2C640\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roger-Boon.jpeg?w=536&amp;ssl=1 536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roger-Boon.jpeg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roger-Boon.jpeg?resize=442%2C660&amp;ssl=1 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Above image by Roger Boon)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recently on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/erickimphotography\">Facebook Fan page<\/a>, I the community the question: &#8220;How do you stay motivated after missing &#8216;The Decisive Moment'&#8221;?. I am sharing some of my favorite responses below!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deb.young.756\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1060665171\">Deb Young<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0How do you know it was a &#8216;decisive moment&#8217; if you didn&#8217;t get it? It&#8217;s the journey, not the goal :) EVERY moment counts&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"js_19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=821617347\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=821617347\">David Ngui<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0One more&#8217;s just at the corner.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/appleandmango\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=643024038\">Si Pham<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Identify 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!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/donald.burghardt\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=100000888508397\">Donald Burghardt<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Learn to draw it from the mind.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mr.0utside\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=643716093\">Fernando Ramos<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Knowing that history tends to repeat itself. If you saw something that&#8217;s because you know you wanted to see it and so, the moment isn&#8217;t about the exact characters in it as much as the thing happening and what it symbolizes to you.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Michael.Meinhardt\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=640633082\">Michael Meinhardt<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0By acknowledging how fortunate I was to even have witnessed and recognized this moment. It may not be in a photo, but it&#8217;s stored in my mind.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/folkartlullaby\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=903790710\">Robert N Thornhill<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u017d&#8221;The decisive moment&#8221; is the ever unfolding now . always happening , perspective is what makes it so .<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virgil.gabriel\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=100000064817971\">Virgil Gabriel<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Don&#8217;t stop looking! Move on! Decisive moments are happening at the every heartbeat &#8211; that of yours and the rest of humanity!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stephenpatterson1\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1058349060\">Stephen Patterson<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0I like to wear a Go Pro on a head band to never miss &#8220;The Decisive Moment&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=718240066\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:35,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=718240066\">Edward McAllister<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Just happened to me&#8230;you know my favorite shot? The next one!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>Always love hearing everybody&#8217;s input- keep posting your responses to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/erickimphotography\">Facebook fan page<\/a>!<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>How do you stay motivated after missing the decisive moment? Share your tip in the comments below!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Above image by Roger Boon) Recently on my Facebook Fan page, I the community the question: &#8220;How do you stay motivated after missing &#8216;The Decisive Moment&#8217;&#8221;?. I am sharing some of my favorite responses below! Deb Young\u00c2\u00a0How do you know it was a &#8216;decisive moment&#8217; if you didn&#8217;t get it? 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