Motivation: “The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.”
Drive: “An
innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need.”
Inspiration: “The process of
being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, esp. to do something
creative.”
Desire: “A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for
something to happen.”
<All definitions
retrieved from Google.com>
Now we know exactly
what they are. How do they tie in together?
What I believe is
that the driving force is love. We want something because we love it.
Now is this the
driving force behind motivation, not always. Sometimes our reasons for being
motivated are all wrong. Sometimes we choose to go after certain goals to
please someone else or to get something that we think will make us feel better.
How Do I Get
Motivation, Drive, Inspiration, and Desire?
Have you been
procrastinating a task and really want to figure out how to get motivated to do
it?
Check out Marie
Forleo’s video on When Procrastination is a Good Thing. http://www.marieforleo.com/2013/10/procrastination-good-thing/
She states that maybe
the procrastination is a sign to look at why and what it is we are going after.
Do we really want it? I mean come on, how bad do you really want it
if you have to look up how to get motivated to do it?....
Why do you have to/want to do it? Maybe you have to work at a shitty job to
feed your family. Well that is your motivation right there!! Maybe your boss
wants a report in by COB today! Well you value your job, right? You want to
keep it, right? Well isn’t that motivation to get shit done!
One of the large
motivators for me is…. You are always stepping into another
position, or opportunity. You are always moving forward with every task you get
done, every small goal you accomplish.
But… You have to know what direction you are
going. You need a plan. You need to know what the next step is after this
shitty job. Are you saving up to start a business of your own? Are you
networking to get clientele for your next job? Are you working your way up to
be a head honcho in the business? Are you choosing to get some experience
in your field for cheap pay?
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
GOING!
Of course motivation
will be hard to have when you have no good damn reason to do whatever it is you
are trying to do!!
Do What You
Love and the Rest Will Follow
Do you need motivation to roam Pinterest?
Do you need motivation to garden?
Do you need motivation to go hiking?
Do you need motivation to shop?
Do you need motivation to go to the zoo and
feed the animals?
Okay a few of you may
need some motivation to do some of these, but what I am getting at is you do
not need motivation when you want to something!
When you are doing
something you love, you will desire it. You will want to do it. Inspiration will
come with it. You will get excitement about it!
And it is so much
FUN to be all giddy, excited and inspired over something.
Life Goals, Do
You Really Want It?
Look at what your
life goals are? Are they to get married? Have a baby? Buy a new car? Own your
own house? Put your children in a private school? Have a huge wedding?
Now why do you want
those things? Really dig deep. If you are only coming up with, well why shouldn’t
I want it, then maybe you need to look at your life and your goals.
Many of us don’t really
figure out want we want. So we want what others have or what we think we should
want, which we get from society.
You do not need to
be married to be an adult! You do not need to have a new car to be freakin’
awesome! You do not need to have a huge wedding to prove that you love your
husband! You do not need to have children at all, if it doesn’t appeal to you.
DO YOU! Desire
what you want. Love what you want. Inspiration will come flowing through you.
Love for it will be your Motivation!
With Love,
Kristina Ann