Inspiration or Motivation?

Which do you prefer?

The first is meaningless without the second:

http://xkcd.com/827/

Originally posted by divegeester
Which do you prefer?

Originally posted by Woodgie
I always prefer getting the idea before they use the cattle prod on me.

Originally posted by divegeester
Lol. You lack MOTIVATION!

Years and ages ago, I was notified to see my prof after class.
She informed me due to a few bad test scores, I would fail, unless I did extra credit work. I was to write an essay regarding motivation. My paper included a brief statement about fear as a motivator. She (The prof) gave the paper a C saying, "Fear is not a motivation." I was quick to reply, "BS Professor! I was in fear I would fail, so that motivated me to write the paper!"
She recanted and gave me an A.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Years and ages ago, I was notified to see my prof after class.
She informed me due to a few bad test scores, I would fail, unless I did extra credit work. I was to write an essay regarding motivation. My paper included a brief statement about fear as a motivator. She (The prof) gave the paper a C saying, "Fear is not a motivation." I was quick to reply, ...[text shortened]... fear I would fail, so that motivated me to write the paper!"
She recanted and gave me an A.

Originally posted by divegeester
Which do you prefer?

if the idea doesn't haunt you until you follow through with it, it's not good enough.