Why do you go to Work?

What's you’re answer - money? BS! Question that answer - Money to do what? Have a certain lifestyle? Question that answer and keep questioning you’re answers and you will soon realize that the real reason you go to work is to realize a dream. We all have different dreams and work is a stepping stone to helping us get what we want, what we want to be or where we want to go. The problem is, do you know where you want, want to be or go in the next 3, 5, 10 or more years? Need help in that area then order the book or the special combo "Online for Life; The 12 Disciplines to Living your Dreams" now!

That is what motivation is all about - desires and expecting to make your dreams a reality. If you know where you want to go, you would realize how your job is helping you. If it not, maybe you should consider other work. If it is, you are probably naturally motivated and excited about doing what you are doing.

Motivation is a desire held in the expectation that it will be accomplished. It all starts with desire - having a burning passion for something. Without desire, you cannot be motivated. Once the desire has set in, you must see, hear and feel your dream - be able to visualize it in detail as if it already exists. This is the only true form of motivation because it comes from inside you.

Motivation is a motive for action. We are motivated toward images of success, which we expect to provide us with pleasure and gain. At the same time, we are motivated to avoid failure, pain and loss. If we keep images of success, pleasure and gain in our mind, we will be motivated toward them. However, if we keep images of failure, pain and loss foremost in our mind, we will be motivated merely to stay away from them, or just not motivated at all.

Unfortunately, so many people waste their time on the latter, and are not self-motivated at all. They rely on external motivators, like lottery tickets and incentives.

These many forms of external motivators have a problem - their effect doesn’t last. As soon as you acquire an incentive, you’ll want a bigger and better one. As soon as you face up to a threat, the threat will no longer stop you. The only true form of motivation comes from you, for you.

Motivation is the ability to see, in the present, a projection of the future that you want for yourself. But the process doesn’t end there. You have to take your desire and put it into motion by developing a plan for its achievement. Move steadily towards that vision day by day. We discuss this in Part 2 of "Online for Life; The 12 Disciplines to Living your Dreams - Creating your Future, One Step at a Time.” If you do not already have a copy, order it or the special combo today!