We all know that motivation is important, but sometimes we don’t know ways to motivate our selves. And motivation changes as we change and grow.
Motivation is important. Each of us needs a regular stream of motivation.
Why do we need a regular stream of motivation?
Motivation helps you find the business partner, team member of spouse and help get over the rough spots.
Motivation helps you define your specific goals and work to meet those goals.
Motivation provides you with the belief that you can do what ever you set your mind to do.
Motivation enables you to invest time and money in a project knowing that rewards may take a long time in coming.
Motivation provides your imagination with the ideas and the solutions to many a problem.
Motivation enables you to lead people and provide the direction needed for your family, your business and your community,
Motivation provides you the enthusiasm to motivate others to do your bidding, because its in their best self interest.
Motivation gives the self control that enables you to overcome procrastination, anger, or any of the other emotional evils and bad habits that we have.
Motivation enables you to do more than you are paid for.
Motivation ensures that you treat people pleasantly at all times, in spite of negative people and difficult situations.
Motivation means you will think through a situation, look at all your options and with accurate thinking, make a choice that moves you closer to your goals.
With Motivation you pursue your goal with concentration until you see it to the end.
A Motivated person gains cooperation from others, and co-operates to help other’s achieve their goal.
Motivation creates an opportunity to profit from failure as you will see each failure, as a way to learn a lesson.
People who are motivated to a common goal will tolerate each other’s differences, even if the differences are about race, religion or politics.
Motivated people practice the Golden Rule because they know you will get what you want by when you help others get what they want.
I have many different motivators in my life. The most important motivator is my written goals which I read and update constantly.
Motivation comes from setting goals, and slowly moving towards those goals.
[This is a summary of a much larger post located at www.zaletabakman.ca/2008/03/26/motivation/ ]
So let’s see some ways that my LinkedIn Network Motivates itself!
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The Success Stories series provides case studies from people about what it takes to become successful. Each of us is unique in our goals and aspirations, but we have things in common with others. Through the 10,000,000 people in my LinkedIn network we can share ideas and solutions that will help you achieve your goals. While I don’t always agree with all the comments I receive, I include all that are presented coherently and could help at least one of my readers.
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The Leader Builder ( Speaker, Author, Trainer, Consultant, )
My motivation comes from:
Inside — the desire to leave a legacy of people I served
Outside — modeling mentors
Motivational Change Consultancy – Business & Personal Support [danny@kelta-associates.co.uk]-LION
I have set the rules for success so they are simple to achieve and thus avoid disappointment. Set the goals and have milestones in place to keep things on track.
I understand that life can be fun so I just get out there and enjoy the journey.
Customer Support at LinkedIn
I have many ways to motivate myself. The most current one is volunteering – to some this wont make sense because it just sounds like more work, but to me it is so important because my goal each and every day is to help someone and to understand both sides of everything, which is hard if you don’t experience it.
Other small one would be good music in my car, so on the way to work it lifts my spirits. Also there are motivational books that help to read them on gloomy days. I also love just googling success stories and reading them again. This sounds silly but I love hearing the success of others! Goals are important also-I have a list of short term goals that look me in the face at work and home, as well as I have long term goals that are written out also. I always keep the big picture in mind and just reminding myself everyday that this is where I will be some day puts a smile on my face and gets me through the day.
Office Manager Informatica- Independent Travel consultant: www.onlinetravelhero.com
I look at my children’s faces everyday!
President at 7 Steps Ahead, LLC
To give a short answer to a complex question…
Motivation comes from:
- Establishing a goal or vision of where you want to go, and building up that vision until it is truly and deeply meaningful to you (see "How to Avoid Becoming Dilbert’s Pointy-Haired Boss" in the Worcester Business Journal: http://wbjournal.com/j/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3371&Itemid=139)
- Establishing a roadmap showing you how to bring your vision to reality. This can be trickier than it seems — see "Why SMART Goals Don’t Work… And What to Do About It" at http://www.7stepsahead.com/newsletters/Jan2008Newsletter.pdf)
- Make rewards feedback for accomplishing milestones, not goals in and of themselves. See "The Motivation Trap" at http://www.7stepsahead.com/newsletters/April2007Newsletter.pdf.
- Create a "Success Mind," that has you expecting and believing in success. See "The Success Mind" at http://www.7stepsahead.com/newsletters/March2008Newsletter.pdf
- http://wbjournal.com/j/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3371&Itemi…
- http://www.7stepsahead.com/newsletters/Jan2008Newsletter.pdf
- http://www.7stepsahead.com/newsletters/March2008Newsletter.pdf
Inside Sales Revenue Acceleration Expert ? Coach & Trainer ? MyLink500.com ? OpenNetworker ? penoyercom[at]comcast.net
There is a very simple answer to this question, it may not be the only one, but it works 100% of the time — it’s called "SELF DEVELOPMENT."
The network marketing industry is very big on this and if you every meet someone who is very successful their, even though they may not have a very impressive background, you will find them very incredible folks — and it is precisely because of all the self-development they have done over the years.
Self-development is basically working on one’s self. This is done by reading and listening to inspirational materials on a daily basis. In his book "The Slight Edge" [Which I highly recommended as a first self development book.] Jeff Olsen says you need to read at least 10 pages of a good book each day, just 10 pages, and listen to at least 15 minutes of a good audio each day.
In today’s world this is easy as most people spend far more time than that in their cars — simply turn your car into a drive-time-university. In even a month or two you won’t believe the changes in your attitude and knowledge.
This kind of study gives one tremendous confidence and energy and is always motivating. You may find yourself growing so much that your motivation is to take on a new and bigger project than the one you have.
It never fails, only you can by not doing it!
You can get the above book and many other great self-development items at the website below.
Battalion Applications Trainer at US Army
My primary motivation is the lovely and amazing woman that agreed to be my wife. Her energy and strength give me the drive to be the best I can ever be.
Regional Key Account Manager – CEE at
I guess one could write a novel on this one, but it all boils down to this:
1. Know exactly what you want to Do, Have or Be in life, then
2. Resolve to pay the price (in advance)
Bank Vice President, Charity Founder
I continually write down and keep track of my goals. When ever I notice that my attention has been drawn away from my goals I redirect them back. I utilize tools – like the once listed below which is my default home page – too keep my attention to where it should be.
Chief Obstacle Buster for Inspired Choice
I’ll give you a few key motivators that work for me.
I motivate myself by being connected to a mission that is bigger than me. My mission is to help women in business learn how to move from fear to love to overcome obstacles with ease. Being other-oriented and taking my Self out of the formula moves me forward past fear.
I am currently reading and learning from Eckhart Tolle in "A New Earth" and there is huge motivation in being in the moment, unattached from the outcome and from ego thinking. (www.oprah.com to hear the 10 webcasts as they happen)
My deepest motivation comes from a focus on giving and receiving love… being loving with my clients, my prospects, to those I know and to strangers. Doing what I love generates tremendous energy and my passion is connection with others for the greater good.
Equipment Finance Specialist, Officer at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Obviously, motivation must first flow from within.
I think that it’s important to determine what sort of paths you see yourself following in the future. What sort of things are most important to you? Is it religion, family, service, or professional success. What guides you? Where do you want to end up?
Once you’ve established a set of tracks or way points in your professional life, set clear and open goals for yourself. Along with benchmarks for this success. Also understand that part of the reward to being successful is the work itself, not simply the prize. It’s more of a journey, so to speak.
Lastly, and I find people don’t do this enough. Communicate your goals to people close to you. Motivation will always ebb and flow, but if you let others know what you’re trying to achieve you will be pleasantly surprised when you’re about to give up, they come to your aid.
REALTOR-Home finder, Home saver
Sometimes work is fun sometimes it’s not. When I get to the "Not fun" days I just remember Rumpelstiltskin and start to spin the boring repetitive work into gold. I enjoy the idea of motivation because it’s all about goals and getting to your goal is a process that can be worked towards. Many years ago I listened to early Tony Robbins tapes as part of a training program at work. He outlined the steps to setting the big goal and breaking it into manageable pieces then putting those steps into a plan for each day. That’s how I learned about the process. I have to give my father some credit here too. He is almost famous for his lists. I still work from lists each day. The completion is the motivation and these days I build a reward into the completion. The best presents are still sometimes the ones that you choose for yourself! Same goes for the rewards. My biggest planned reward for myself at this time is a house in
Vice President ; Berbee
Find the elements of interest and fun within the job/project/hobby that really "turn you on", and then maximize their piece of total. If you can’t find any, change jobs/projects/hobbies, etc.
For example in sales, I learned that I really enjoyed getting to know how a business operated, it’s success factors, challenges, how the executives thought, etc. So I spent a lot of time getting to know the customer because I really enjoyed it. Many times I forgot I was there to "sell something". I found two by-products from my interest; being better able to show my products as solutions to problems, and my client feeling I was genuinely interested in their success. (which I was!)
Experienced materials chemist, product development specialist, polymer chemist
Success has to be defined.
At the end its all about the "success" of life : that life continuous and survives forever.
Survival of the biological life is the most fundamental reason for any action and short-term success should be somehow aligned to it. If you become deeply aware of the link between the "eternal continuation of life" and you small, short term goal, then your motivation is just natural and you will be as strongly focussed to get to the success as is a wild animal that is trying to survive.
The basics are there, we just have to re-link up.
Regional Sales Director at Brink’s – LION 1,400+ TopLinked.com MyLink500.com ** Open to all Invitations **
I have a very simple set of motivators – I look at my 11 year old daughters face and want to set a positive example for her and I want her to grow up in a world that is better than it is today. More than career and finances, I want her, my family, and my friends to say that I truly cared and that I showed them my love each and every day.
General Manager – Business Development at Reliance Industries Limited
I get motivated through my passion to achieve the target.
Director, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
How I motivate myself –
· Fear of failure
· Fear that I will continue with the project forever if I don’t do a great job and get it done
· Fear that someone will have to clean up my mess
· Fear that boredom and complacency will set in and I will become boring and mediocre
· Fear that what I was supposed to have learned something on the project won’t happen if I don’t do my best and complete it so I can go on with the next one
And anyway – I just don’t really need motivation – if it is there then I do it – sometimes I just create projects which cause dissention and trouble because I am bored and because I can.
Mukul Awasthi (LION {awasthi.mukul@gmail.com})
RF Manager (LION, MyLink500.com, Invites welcome) Open to all Invitations; awasthi.mukul@gmail.com
First of all one has to decide what he or she wants to achieve in the life, create a GOAL, write it up, do research, make a plan, discuss with the family members, friends.
Until and unless you do not want to achieve the goal, there is nothing in the world which can motivate you. Make sure that you have the will (family members and friends will remind you and motivate you all the time if you discuss with them about your failures and successes).
If any time you feel that you are not getting success what you desired in that given time, look around yourself, there will be people ready to help and assist. There are people less fortunate than you are around you, THANK GOD that he made you fortunate enough to have a goal and friends and family to support.
Use POST IT, write down your GOALS, stick in the bathroom, in the Kitchen, on your monitor, in your closet anywhere you think you will spend more than a minute. It will remind you your goals. Keep up with the changes in the plan and all the steps you have achieved and you will be successful in your goal.
This is what I do to motivate myself and my son is following….
Executive Branch Manager @ Residential Finance Corporation
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Post your professional goals on your bathroom mirror so it is the first thing you see in the morning before you go to work.
Sales Hunter, Speaker, Author
· Focus on the goal – what is it you really want as a result of your actions?
· Tune out the distractions – that’s what focus is for.
· Stay true to yourself
Writer/Author/Poet; Educator with Marketing/PR , Editing, Copy/Ad, Non-Profit & Cust Svc Experience
I get motivation from everyone and everything around me, as well as within myself! I have dreams and goals, the passion and drive to fulfil them gets me moving forward and the rewards I see happening once I get things in motion KEEPS me motivated, it is a SELF-Propelled circle of one, then the other, all the way to my goals and to the finish line!
My support systems are my cheerleaders and the business contacts and people I ask things of are my mentors. My Coach is my experience and knowledge and my patrons are the people I get to help both on my way and when I get to where I am going!
Director, BT Consulting
My source for motivation and success are the members of my Blitz team. If you don’t know how they work, you should. It’s the best method I’ve ever used that works so effectively at reducing barriers and competition, as well as making the unobtainable, attainable. Check out the website.
Dynamic Speaker, Insightful Business Expert, and Author
- commit your goals to paper. Otherwise they remain dreams
- make note of your small victories. Celebrate them rather than waiting for the big win someday
- Be clear on what success means to you. Don’t let anyone else define it for you.
- As you get closer to your goal, you may decide it’s not your goal anymore. Not going down the wrong road is also success.
Experienced Web Technologies Professional
Well there are a lot of views I could share on this topic, but these are the following which I learnt from my life experiences.
When I started my career, I was labelled as "Not likely to succeed". My academics were plainly mediocre, I just managed to get through my engineering course. And almost everything was wrong about me, my communication skills, my body language. In fact I was written off. But while people wrote me off, I refused to write myself off. I knew I had the potential to do well. And I thought well if no one backs me, let me back myself.
I guess the first step in becoming successful is Back Yourself and Believe in Yourself.
My career path was never smooth. It had ups and downs. There were times when I goofed up badly. I took on assignments which were pretty tough and had a high chance of failure. Most of the time, I picked up tasks which had a lot of complexity built into them. I remember the first time I worked on a large scale project. The module to which I was assigned, was the most complex one. It was my first shot at such a complex assignment. And it was not an easy task, there were many times I failed badly in that. At one stage, my project manager openly stated, he did not have any confidence in me, and it was better to get some one. I did not let that dishearten me. I learnt from every failure and every mistake, and a stage came when I was identified with that module. When I left the company, my project manager told me only one thing "Initially I thought you were a liability, but now we are going to really miss you, none could have handled this module better".
And that’s my second point, never let fear of failure deter you from going ahead.
And now the most important part of motivation. Be clear about what you want to do. In my initial years after passing out from college, I was confused about what path to take. Should I do management, considering that was the flavor of the day? Should I appear for Civil Services exam, and end up as a bureaucrat? Should I go to the
Know what you want to do in life, and do it, is my next key for motivation.
Management Accountant; Writer
You live only once. Make the most of it!
Try your utmost to live life the way you want to, and to do the things you believe in.
PM at Atharva
Indian philosophy advocates one’s purpose for living. You will find the purpose of your living when you ask yourself a question " Ko Aham ?"(it’s in Sanskrit) (meaning questions like – who am I ?Why did I ever born and that to in the particular family? Why do I meet particular individual at particular time ? What is purpose of my living ?)
And then you will find your true motivation for life. Success has many colours and shades. One’s success is not comparable to another as everybody’s purpose of living is different.
I certainly believe "Whatever you do in your life echoes in the afterlife? I think it should be one’s motivation to become successful.
Owner, www.WaterCoolersDirect.com
Motivation obviously comes from within.
It is personal and relates to not only where you are but ‘what you did’ and are currently ‘doing’ to achieve family and business goals.
I heard a few years ago of a highly successful former Professional English footballer, (Matt Le Tissier of Southampton and
Also keep thinking ‘win win’ because the motivation that can be drawn from knowing that you are helping others to succeed as well as yourself is very powerful.
Fred Cairns-Palmer also suggests this expert on this topic:
President of SalesManage Solutions … for Coaching People from Good to Great™, Recruiting and Coaching the Best™
"What’s the definition of SUCCESS?"
After studying every coach with 3 major championships or more, I’ve discovered that 95% of them defined success as … "Doing your best for the benefit of others while striving to get better each minute of each day."
"How do you MOTIVATE (start moving) yourself for success?"
Find something that moves you to give your best, preferably something important for the benefit of others … for the benefit of that significant person in your life, or your client, or your company, or your boss … When we motivate ourselves to success, it’s about laying down in our beds at the end of the day having given all we’ve got toward the accomplishment of important goals … ones that save, protect, provide for, or help people … that’s the great salesperson, sales manager, father, business owner, etc.
We motivate ourselves to success each morning as we get up and remember who we are, the value we bring, the people we fight for …
Now, let’s go and make things better!
Strategy researcher randorinho@gmail.com
I am totally focus on understanding the cause for every market move. What motivates me is a need to find new trends, markets, products, services, way’s of living, experiences, opinions that can give me free knowledge.
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My motivation comes from my “why?” If I have a compelling enough “why” then I know I can do anything I set my mind to (with the possible exception of flying but hey who knows)
Strategic & tactical procurement at Getronics PinkRoccade
My motivation is my knowledge that I only put my energy in those issues that
- I like the most
- I find very important
- brings me the ‘best’ result
- results in a satisfying added value
and so, my motivation is already in me. Don’t let it take away from you by for example not daring to say no.
Boutique Financial Services Firm –
Goal setting is an extremely important part of staying. Well, that’s what I was told and I do agree. The problem is determining how to set your goals. If you meet your goals every day, they’re too easy. If you don’t meet them they’re too hard. So you can’t win, or can you!
When I became a stockbroker in 1985 I was 20 years old and gung ho (“Gung Ho” a great book by Ken Blanchard). I asked my manger what he thought I should set as my goals. “Bill, to make it in this business you need to open 2 accounts a day, every day!” So I had my goal and I started to hit the phones and I wasn’t leaving until I hit my goal, 2 new accounts.
Unfortunately, on some days I ran out of time zones. I would start on the east coast and call until 8 PM. Then move to the central time zone until it was 8 PM there. Then off to the west coast for two more hours of calling. My boss told me that
I started by interviewing the top brokers in my office. The one and only question I asked was, “How do you open 2 accounts a day?” The answer was the same from each of them. “Bill, it’s a numbers game. If you make enough calls you end up opening enough accounts.” Well, how many is enough? After talking to a lot of very successful brokers I came up with a formula.
My goals then looked like this, 2 new accounts, if not then, 10 qualified prospects, if not then, 30 contacts, if not then 200 dials. If I met at least one of these goals everyday I new I would be successful. Never again did I leave the office mad about not reaching a goal. Never again did I start the day with a negative attitude because I missed a goal.
Every job has a formula. What the formula for your job? Find it and set your, “If not then” goals! Meeting goals is very motivating.
CEO, Caroo Media USA (a division of www.Tarsus.com) sendRD@gmail.com [LION]
I saw a formula once that I will never forget:
S=F2 (Success = Failure Squared)
The way I look at it, if you look at every attempt as a new learning opportunity, it makes trying a healthy addiction.
Owner, The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur
I have three things that have really helped me with motivation.
- Having a long term vision, one year goals and then breaking these down into 90-day goals. 90 days is a short enough period of time to keep me on track, but long enough to really move forward.
- Having an accountability partner. She’s another business person and we "meet" by phone twice weekly. We share our goals, hold each other accountable and bounce ideas off each other.
- I write my quarterly goals, along with monthly milestones, on a white board next to my desk. I keep a running tally of how close I am to meeting my targets. Tracking my progress this way really keeps me motivated because I see my progress daily. There’s no forgetting about my goals because I’m too busy – they’re always in my face.
Director, Procurement Engineering, Global Procurement at Flextronics (babhui@yahoo.com) TopLinked.com [LION] 7000+ 12M+
My school motto, "THE BEST IS YET TO BE", has been the driving force to spur me on and on to strive for excellence and continuous improvement.-
Cassandra Mason (formerly Mack-Wright)
Director, Relationship Management at eCommLink
Normally I have a pretty strong reserve of self motivation but when I am drained, I do find motivation in being somewhere truly amazing like Palm Springs in March at a resort where you can smell the orange blossoms or I might spend an entire day in the business section of my local bookstore getting some fresh perspective or I might see a sad movie that makes me remember that I am lucky and talented and so on and so on…
Mostly, I gain more motivation from thinking how far I have come in my life. I grew up poor, had no assistance from family or financial reserves and have made it to a six figure income at age 32 so I feel that I’m doing alright but still I want to see how far I can push myself and that is motivation enough. …Now if I could only translate some of that ambition to my ability to lose weight…then I’d really be on to something!
Visionary Entrepreneur with the human touch!
Yielding to CHANGE
Adjust, Adapt and Align.
As in the book by Ilene Hochberg, "Who Stole My Cheese" (http://www.amazon.com/Who-Stole-Cheese-Ilene-Hochberg/dp/0762412364). The story is about four characters: Two mice named Sniff and Scurry, and two little people named Hem and Haw. These four characters live in a maze and live on cheese. (It is an allegory. It doesn’t have to make a lot of logical sense.) The story describes what happens to each of the characters as they face having to deal with the change that occurs when the cheese is no longer in the same place it has always been. The story makes the point about being prepared for change as well as coping with change when it actually happens.
Change is a constant. We can avoid change even if we stick our heads under the ground like an ostrich. We have to embrace change and move on… Therefore, make adjustment to the changed situation (as change loves to creep upon us when everything seems alright), adapt and then aligning and move forward!
Objectives
Any path that we take, whether we are jogging for exercise or taking the route to success, there must be milestones and objectives along the way that motivates and rewards us along. We need to be able to set key performance indicators or metrics in the road to success to allow us to slowly but surely motivate us to move on that sometimes very tough road ahead! Set objectives and be focus!
Unique
All of us are unique individuals and the definition of success is different from one individual to another. Don’t benchmark yourself against others because as the Chinese saying goes.."one mountain, there is always a higher mountain". This means that there is someone better than us! Use ourselves as the target or benchmark of our success and always strive to beat our very own current success! Its challenging and realistic while motivating because we are fully aware of the situation and obstacles that are present within us and we need only manage the external factors!
Training Programmes Director at Marcus Evans
Personally I use a combination of written and spoken affirmation techniques and a combination of short and long-term goals, planning and time management from Stephen Covey and the branded Marcus Evans Professional Training Techniques.
These must be combined with physical exercise, good nutrition, relaxation, meditation and self -thought management.
May I add that this tool system is designed to be subject to revision and adjustment as per fluctuation in requirements.
Finally, it takes conscientious effort and self-focus to design such a system and stick to it. It is a constant struggle with oneself, with past habits, the opinions of colleagues, bosses and sometimes friends, but it is worth every minute, and not only for sales reasons, but because this discipline helps YOU in all areas in life. Not your company, not your colleagues or bosses or friends. YOU!
Sales Representative
My belief is that any action taken in pursuit of a goal has to reflect your inner value or identity because, if not, this action will be short lived and a successful outcome will become elusive.
This is very important because you need some initial momentum (your own discipline) to generate an outcome you feel is valuable. This has the dual effect of creating a sense of value within yourself.
Having the belief that what you do is a valuable contribution, creates a feeling that is self reinforcing. When you believe in the value of yourself, to such an extent, you begin your tasks with the end in mind and not the difficulties and obstacles encountered at the beginning.
So motivating yourself becomes easier when you believe that you are capable of repeatedly completing/achieving progress at work or family, because the feeling of value that you have about yourself gives you the self confidence that is needed.
Arvind Sukhija arvindsukhija@yahoo.com
Experienced Marketing & Sales Professional
My Formula is simple:
I work on principles learned at Procter & Gamble 14 Years back. What ever I do is based on:
O = Objective
G = Goal
S = Strategy (How to Do)
M = Measure of Success
My Motivation Comes from the Objective I set for the particular TASK.
Goal of the Assignment leads me to SUCCESS.
Owner, Health and Wealth Travel Solutions, Open Networker: linkedineagle (a t) gmail (dot) com, http://sitkatravel.net/
I use a cd called "Unstoppable Motivation Now!" from ThinkRightNow.com I’ve been using their cd’s for about a year now, with great changes in my attitude, motivation, mood,etc.
The company calls them "Accelerated Thought & Behavior Modification Programs ".
Project Manager, Ford
The conviction that I can make a difference towards achieving a goal, whether of an organization or a person or family, however small or big my role is, motivates me like nothing else. Rest is prioritization.
Open Source Web Developer
Recently, there are four places that motivate me:
- Watching the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley. The part where Mike Markkula walks into Apple’s little garage and gives them $250k of seed money is every geek entrepreneur’s dream.
- My friend’s website Upcoming.org. Knowing that both of us worked in a tiny, shady company and then one guy going off to create something bought out by Yahoo made me realize that anything can happen if you work hard at it and believe in what you do.
- My family’s constant money problems and my dad’s recent death, reminding me every day that I need to do something big soon because life is just too short.
- My lack of trust of this world and people. People are inherently unreliable and you have to be completely dependent until you finally reach the goal that you are seeking. No one gives you a thing in this world unless they want something back. So in order to get what you want, you gotta be independent and achieve everything on your own merit.
Data Support Analyst at Reuters
I have tried a number of ways to motivate myself.
But, the best that works for me is the thought that I as an individual can make a difference in this world. I can make a difference in the life of people around me. I can contribute in my own way in making my organization grow and prosper. I can play my own small role in making a world much better place.
Greatest motivation in the world is since of community and sense that you belong. A sense that makes you feel that you are a part of something and you can make a difference.
Experienced Management Consultant, MBA
A small provocation: success should be the best possible motivation.
If the expected success is not enough to motivate, it may be wise to rethink what we are doing.
Add your insights and opinions in the comments section below!
Success Stories are part of my Success Through Balance approach to life. I believe that Success comes from living a balanced life. You can read more about being successful and the skills required here.
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