Motivation Breeds Success!

Motivation Breeds Success!

Last night I watched a basketball game and one team was already assured of making the NCAA Tournament and the other was on a downhill slide. For the team on the slide, it was their last chance to get the attention from the committee making the choice. The team that was already assured won the game. The motivation was the fact they still had a chance at the championship of the conference.

If you are happy in your “present” you may not be looking for motivation. If you are looking for more then, you may want to look for your motivating purpose to change your reality. For some it may be more money, others it may be a different home, for many it is personal happiness.

I feel it is a personal thing not only to want something different but to have the motivation, to actually get it. Edison was highly motivated to invent the light bulb if not he would have quit after hundreds of failed tries. Some people don't want it, some don't know how to find it.

So it is up to you to determine your goal and then find the means to accomplish it. Simply wishing things will change will not make it happen. If you are going to attain those goals you need to find what your motivation is to sustain your efforts. Remember it is easy to wish for something, to succeed it normally take's consistent effort. Motivation is the engine that keeps our focus and actions moving to our successful accomplishments.

As an example if you are not happy with your present job you need to determine why you are unhappy, and if there is something you can do to change it. If you feel a change is necessary, then you need to decide what your possibilities are. After you have listed your possibilities, assessed their reality, and found the path you intend to follow, you need to insure that you have your motivation in place to keep you on track.

I am a big sports nut so let me give you a couple of sports examples. A few years ago two freshman quarterbacks, both talented, one started school early and participated in spring practice, and won the starting nod. The other freshman got into a few games showed a couple flashes of brilliance,but was a non factor that year.

The following summer the starter seldom showed for off-season workouts. The other worked diligently to learn the things a starter needed to know. He gained knowledge of the playbook that he could not learn in the short period between entering school in the fall and the start of the season. The pair came to summer camp and the starter lost his position, not only did he not start, but at the end of the season he was kicked of the team. The player that made it as a starter the second season is now getting ready to compete in his senior year, and is a early Heisman candidate.

The other is Justin Verlander of the Tigers, last year he was the Cy Young winner the League MVP

and is about the start spring training. Every year he thoughtfully tailors his off-season workouts to keep improving his game. When he was asked what he expected for this year, he replied he wanted to become a better pitcher this year. His motivation is to be the best and he is willing to do the work to get there. He is motivated.

True Motivation=Action=Success!