Do you remember the scene at Hunger For Success 2018? I think it was one of our exciting moments in the history of the conference aimed at providing you with the tools to learn more, do more and be more. 

I remember during the panel discussions section, a young lady asked a question that made everyone in the hall laugh. Her question was simple and straightforward. What is wrong with living an average life? 

Do you think that there is something wrong with being average in life? After all, what is average? Is it the same as mediocre? Or not pushing one’s weight? I will leave that to you to answer for yourself or leave a comment below. 

YOUR MOTIVATIONS YOUR CHOICE

But one thing I want to assure you is this, whatever level of life you chose to live, you can make yourself succeed at it. Unfortunately, life exists until it does not exist. Meaning life does not determine it’s own quality, but it’s quantity. You get to decide what satisfy you in life. You get to live in excellence or chose mediocrity. 

The important aspect of everything in life is to learn what works and what does not. Discovering what keeps us moving forward and towards the achievement of our dream is uncompromisable. It is behind the scenes of your life, it is the legacy of your life. It is the fuel of your precious life. 

In this persuasive world, people are looking for your motivations so they can influence your life. So can you imagine not having your own motives in your hands?

FIRST DISCOVER MOTIVES

You probably don’t hear many people talk about the motives except perhaps in crime series and investigators. Still, a person’s motives are the master behind every action take or not taken. It is called the reason why. Our motives are powerful than actions I think because motives influence actions, and it is from our motives we get the word motivated. 

Here is a secret in life most happenings are not accidental but intentional. 

Most at times, we fall, victims, not because we are weak but because we are unintentional. The word study comes from a deliberate observation and consideration of something. If you do not become intentional about your life, someone else will intentionally plan your life. 

Here is one thing I have learned you can’t achieve anything you are not intentional about and in other words, if you do not have the right motives you will not be motivated enough to go after it and make it happen. So before you start anything, check your motives. Do you really have it in there or not? If you do, then we can motivate you to go ahead and otherwise you will just be taking a ride around the block. 

What gets reward gets done! But how fast must the award come for you to keep up? 

A long term enjoyment of a good result comes with a long term investment and efforts. 

THE FACTORS

Did you know that people always have two reasons why they will pursue something or not? Yes, the motivational studies suggest that people are motivated by success and failure. But let start with the reward.  

1. Rewards: A straightforward example of this is you go through the cold and the hot to get to a job that you people are not so enthusiastic about. But you do all that because of the reward: THE PAYDAY. This example of motivation is an Outward driven time of motivation, and there are many examples of time will not allow me to write about. Besides the outward pushed motivation is the Inwardly driven motivations which actually are closely associated with our personal motives. (More on that in later) 

2. Success: People can be very motivated when they know they can progressively realise a worthy idle. Most people will work hard only because they know it is possible to make some happen. This is the success motivation factor in which we at YABs Network keep fuelling. Why because it is the lest exhausting form of motivation that an individual can bring up for themselves once they are shown the way. For example, this is this term in the African business world called “me-too” I know it is used for other things. Still, in a business environment, it is about someone who becomes motivated to do something after seeing someone else does it. This is the success motivation, and it is all around us.

3. Failure: Have you ever rejected a relationship just because you got scared you could never succeed ? or said no to a job opportunity because you thought you will fail at it? That is also motivation. Failure, especially the fear of it causes a lot of us not to take the risk, leave our comfort zones, mingle and move about in this free world. One of the most significant elements of motivation by failure is social acceptance or rejection by a community one identifies with. In America, black Americans used to be afraid to become successful because they thought the other black Americans will not accept them as part of their community. Another example is why we move or leave in different countries but only want to live, eat, walk, worship, do business and all the other things with the people we identify with because of the fear of failure. There is more on that, but we will discuss in another time. 

CONCLUSION

So, in the end, is there something wrong with living the so-called average life? No, I think the motivation is to not fail yourself on your dying bed. The point is to be able to look back say yes you got a lemon and you used every part of it for something delicious. 

We exist in a fast-paced world. We paddling along, trying to keep up and show up and show off but the big question is, IS THIS US? It is only by defining your motives and understanding the factors that affect your motivation that you can indeed be free and focus on going after your dreams and making them come true. 

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