What is Your Motivation?

Do you know what motivates you?

Your motivator is your DRIVE.  It acts as your fuel.  It drives you forward to achieve something, or it can drive you away from something.

Various motivators may be-:

•               Independence – “I like to work alone – my way”

•               Excellence – “I am excellent at what I do”

•               Meaning – “I make a real difference in my job”

•               Control – “I like to be in control of …”

•               Appreciation – “I am recognized & respected by others”

•               Permanence – “I like to know the future”

•               Prestige – “I have status”

•               Fellowship – “I belong to a group or team”

•               Prosperity – “I am rich and prosperous”

•               Learning – “I like to learn something new and then move on to learning the next thing”

Which of the above motivates you?

It is important that you understand the influence of your motivators on your behavior and drive to do or complete something.  If you are in a job where you work contrary to your fundamental motivator(s), you will feel unfulfilled or un-energized and not know what is wrong.

Maybe it is time to find your motivator.

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What Is Your Reality?

Your reality is the company you keep – Choose wisely

(Scott Dinsmore – Live Your Legend)

This post reflects on the motivation we receive from our environment and the people we surround ourselves with.

I bet most people do not even think about how their environments and the people they surround themselves with, affect their levels of motivation every day.

I have a secret – when I feel disillusioned, disappointed, tired, low, unenthused, uninspired, not motivated and all those low, low feelings, I go to my motivational medicine – the people who inspire me and who I use as my inspiration every day.

They are

Scott Dinsmore – Live Your Legend

Will Edwards – White Dove Books

Lee Babauta – Zen Habits

Just a few posts and wisdom from their blogs and sites is enough to drive away the cob webs and get my mojo back and change my reality.

I am proud to surround myself with inspiring people – it creates my reality.

What creates your reality?

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Where To Find Motivation

We cannot motivate others and we cannot be motivated by others. Motivation comes from within us. However, we can be inspired by someone else, their life or their journey, and we can use this inspiration as self motivation.

But how do we find motivation within ourselves when a goal or tasks seem too big to achieve or we just lack the energy and focus?

We can start by hanging around people who inspire us.

We can read their stories, their struggles and the solutions they came up with to overcome the obstacles in their way.
We can find strength in knowing that we do not have to struggle alone every day, that there are others out there like us. And their struggle does not have to be similar to ours, but it can take similar effort and resources to find the solutions – something which can inspire us to be more, do more and even achieve more.
It can inspire us to not give up on our goals and plans, or to come up with resourceful ways to overcome our obstacles. Make use of the inspiring lives of others to connect with your own goals and plans, to help you find motivation in parallels with the journeys of those who have already gone before and succeeded.

Remember, you have a choice about who you hang out with. It might just be true that those you choose to spend your time with will inspire you and drive your inner motivation, or it might be that they will drag you down to further depths of despair and darkness.

Change the environment and friends you have and see how much self motivation is stirred deep within you.

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