Exactly Where DOES Motivation Come From?

Motivate: To provide with a motive. Motive: A conscious or unconscious need, drive, etc., that incites a person to some action or behavior; incentive; goal. Ok, that's all fine and dandy. Basically, if you break it down, Motivation is the required ingredient needed to get ones butt in gear! At least that's my take on it anyway.



Without motivation, nothing is gonna happen. Nothing is gonna change. No moving forward....with ANYTHING. Without it, you're pretty much screwed! Looks like lots of couch time is in your future, that's for sure. So where can you go to get some of this motivation stuff?





It's not like they have a huge chain of stores, like a Motivation Depot, MotivationMart or perhaps a MotivationRus kinda thing. Nope, it ain't gonna be that easy. Hell, if motivation was that easy to find, everybody would have it. Jeez, how cool would that be, to see everybody flyin' around, bein' productive, gettin' stuff accomplished, livin' their dreams? Pretty cool, I'd say.



Nope, this is even harder to find than a Crack Dealer on a Detroit street corner. Oh, come to think of it, just about anything is harder to find than Crack in Detroit. Bad analogy. How about harder to find than a $2 Hooker in Detroit? Jeez, that might not be so hard to find either. Anyway, forget the analogies. let's just leave it at motivation can be friggin' hard to find. How's that?





So what do you do if your Tank~O~Moto is empty? Are you just plain outta luck? Do you just give up, pack it in and call it over and done? No doubt that's not the way to go. If we all did that, they'd have to start making tons of new couches for everybody to lay around on.




Hey, wait a minute. All those couches would require businesses to manufacture them, which would require employees to run the machines that build the couches, which would require more employees to run the Stores that sell the couches, next thing you know, the Economy is jammin'! Holy crap, I just invented a new Stimulus Package!



Only one problem. This is only stimulating the population to lay around and not do anything. And lazy people hate to be stimulated into doing anything. That would basically cancel all the plans for those people on Welfair. So I guess that's not such a good thing after all. Bummer, thought I was really on to something for a minute there.





Ok then, so exactly how & where are we gonna find us some of that good stuff? That oh so elusive elixur, that missing ingredient from lifes recipe, some motivation because without it, we can't even begin to cook.




When it comes right down to it, looks like we're gonna have to make our own. Yep, we're gonna have to find it....somewhere....somehow.....no matter the cost. Without it, we're surely doomed to a life of misery and so it's imperative that we do whatever it takes, WHATEVER IT TAKES to find some motivation!




Why not try goal setting? Yeah, that's it. If we set goals, in order to achieve them we are gonna need some motivation. So is this to say that goals create motivation? Not in a direct way but they are intertwined. Without motivation of some sort it would be very difficult to reach any goal that you have set for yourself.



But what is it that creates our goals? Is it our dreams? Possibly. Our dreams help to propel us forward towards the things that we want out of life. Whether it be material, spiritual or otherwise, I think most would agree that just about everything in life begins with a dream.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Yes, I truly believe that so much in life is created by our dreams. Our dreams create hope, giving us the passion necessary to move forward towards achieving our goals, in essence giving us our motivation. Our motivation to strive for more. More out of life. More out of ourselves.

Don't be afraid to dream....because without your dreams....you have nothing.



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