How many times have you asked yourself “How can I motivate myself?” It’s a fair question; motivation is important and necessary to accomplishing your goals and mission in life. Without motivation, you just sit there on the couch. Without motivation, you wander, meander, and drift. Without motivation, there is nothing. So how do we get this mythical motivation? What causes the stirring emotions within us that fuel the drive and impulse of creativity, igniting the fires of motivation? Well, the answer is simple. It’s desire. Want. If you really have a true desire and want to attain something, someone, a job, a title, a goal, the championship, whatever, you NEED the desire to go after it.
Have you ever doubted your motivation while doing something? Ever thought maybe you were wasting your time? It might be that the desire to pursue that goal was waning. Maybe you didn’t really want what you thought you wanted. I’ve literally stopped what I was doing right in the middle because I knew my desire for it was just gone. I used to work as a diner cook a long time ago when I was in college. It was a fun job but hardly worth the headache. I gained the respect of pretty much everyone there, except One of the owners. He decided on night to chew me and a coworker out because he was in a bad mood. Well, we both quit right there. We told the guy we were done as soon as our shift was over. And we stuck to our convictions. See, the desire to be there was small, and the paycheck was the only real thing keeping us there. Once we were disrespected for no reason we realized there was no sufficient desire to stay. So, our motivation to leave grew exponentially.
Okay, so if you have the desire to accomplish your mission, your motivation will surge. If your desire wanes, your motivation will plummet. The real test is identifying your desire. So it comes down to one simple thing: What do you desire?
