In life you have got to be motivated.

“You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.” ― Roman Payne

Things won’t move unless you move.

You got act in the now.

“Do not sit still; start moving now.

“In the beginning, you may not go in the direction you want, but as long as you are moving, you are creating alternatives and possibilities.” ― Rodolfo Costa, Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes

Motivation can be both external or internal.

However, it is the internal motivation that sustains.

True enduring motivation comes from the inside out.

Motivation, is that thing that pushes you and drives you to accomplish what you set out to do.

What you do is important?

What you choose, what you focus on, or what you let stand in your way sets a course for your success or failure.

Even more important than defining “what,” is defining the why?

Knowing why you are doing something is called motive?

Why are you doing, what you are doing?

A lot of people have what mixed up with why?

Thus, nothing seems to go right or get accomplished.

Such simply are unable to pin down their motive.

Defining the why is the secret to unlocking everything you want..

Many fail to lock the secret of success because of the lack of pure directed motive.

They think they know what they want, but they have no idea why they want it?

Defining the why, or uncovering your motive, will help you determine what is driving you.

It will give you direction in life.

Just a little example

Many believe that they have their dreams on lock (they have full assurance that they know what they want to do with their lives).

They are directed individuals.Therefore, nothing should stand in the way of their accomplishment. Yet, it does.

Why?

Let’st take for example those that  profess their love of singing, acting, and playing sports.

Those, whom define the undertaking of such as an employee as a dream come true.  At least this is what they tell the world.

However their actions do not quite coincide with true love or passion.

Singing, acting, and playing sports in and of itself does not fulfill them.

It seems they cannot be happy unless they are reveling in someone’s applause or standing in a spotlight.

They fear being undiscovered. They fear a life of singing, acting, or playing sports in apparent obscurity.

Such people are vexed with great confusion.

Though, they hold to the stance that they are in love with such activities, doing such on the small stage of life does nothing to boost their morale.

Such soon find that they are not as successful as they would like?

Why?

They don’t possess the motive to drive a deep passion, which brings about success.

They motivated by the wrong things to support the fulfillment of what they seek.

Their passion is not as rooted in their dream as they would like others to think.

Their true motive for action is  fame not the activity in and of itself.

Their true desire is to be seen, applauded, and revered.

It really does not matter what end accomplishes that.

However,

Fear makes it difficult to achieve.

However, those who truly are passionate about their craft outside of the limelight will hone and nurture it just because.

The love of their gift, will make way for them.

Their passion will be evident.

No matter where they are called or the size of the audience they will happily share their passion.

It will not take huge audiences. It will simply be an abundant blessing to simply have another opportunity to share and grow their gift.

With the same token there are those who have been given fame but yet fame is not their true goal.

Such often shirk the attentiveness of crowds and the clamor of stardom and prefer to hone their crafts in solitude.

They can be often found sharing their gift just because they love what they do.

Why is always important?

It is directed passion that gives one the edge.

It is purpose and reason that pushes one forward.

Thus, knowledge of self  and the true desires of self is essential

Know what it is you want by determining why you are invested?

Is it a specific career you want or is it rather ambition, fame, fortune, or position.

If it is a specific career you want it will never matter what stage of life you will be put on to carry out that skill.

You will be happy, wherever your gift takes you.

If it is ambition, fame, fortune, or position you clamor for you will only be happy when you are in reception of those who will give you such and never otherwise.

Stop and do a mental check-up.

• Does what you dream of doing make you happy?
• Could you do it even if you had to do it all by yourself, without anyone ever knowing that you accomplished that particular goal or objective?
• Could you do it for free?
• How often do you actually engage in activities that work toward your goals, do you ever think that there is never enough time to invest in development?
• How often do you get lost in those activities?
• Does someone have to make you engage, or do you do it readily, daily, and with enthusiasm?

If you have a hard time answering any of these positively in  regards to the goals and objectives you have set forth, you may want to check to see if what you have chosen, is truly something you really want to do?

If it’s not something you really want to do, explore why you chose that course in the first place?

“People always ask me, Son what does it take To reach out and touch your dreams?” To them I always say Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? Is it a fire that burns you up inside? How bad do you want it? How bad do you need it? Are you eating, sleeping, dreaming With that one thing on your mind? How bad do you want it? How bad do you need it? Cause if you want it all You’ve got to lay it all out on the line” ― Tim McGraw, Tim McGraw — Live Like You Were Dying: Piano/Vocal/Chords

Remember long-lasting achievement comes from intense internal motivation.

If you want to achieve.

Know yourself.

Know your motive.