How do all those energetic, do-everything kind of people get going, keep going and just do, do, do all day, every day. Chances are they sleep well, eat well and ... have little mantras that inject that last little bit of spirit when they need it most.

Here are some of our favourite mantras - so that when you need to go, go, go, you can.

Every journey begins with a single step  - old Chinese proverb, or something said by Maya Angelou? Either way, it's a way of saying; whatever the length or scale of the task, just start and plug away.

Little changes can change everything - is your little bit of power economy, of weight loss, of exercise a seemingly insignificant one? Bit by bit, when everyone does a little thing, that thing adds up to a big thing when we all do it. Do your little bit. Because it's not little.

Don't let your mind hold your body back - we all know the power of the mind. For better or for worse. Don't let negative thoughts de-power you. Change the conversation you have with yourself in your head and don't let your mind stop you doing something way before your body is ready to let up.

It's the start that stops most people - we've all got a dozen reasons to not start something; taxes, getting fit, learning the piano. The difference those who do and those who don't is generally they started.

Find your favourite mantra for whatever it you want to do in your life then put it on a handband. Maybe it's something the family, your club or your school could live with.  Contact us at Handbands and we'll show you how hundreds of organisations use handbands to motivate themselves and the people around them.