So what motivates you?
Motivation is one of the key elements to having success in all walks of life. But do you actually know what motivates you? Imagine if you knew what motivated you, don’t you think that might help you a little! Once you know what motivates you, you can use this to get all fired up whenever you wish.
Use this strategy to discover what motivates you:
Recall the most difficult experience you have had. Note down the answers to the following questions on a sheet of paper.
- What exactly was the experience about?
- How did you feel being faced with this experience?
- What did you do to decide on how you were going to deal with the situation at hand?
- What was your guiding thought on how to handle the situation? For example, did you think about how tackling this would make you feel? What the consequences could be? Or was it a gut feeling you had?
- What was your strategy for dealing with the situation?