Everyone Is Motivated Towards Their Own Goals And For Their Own Reasons. What I found was, that most people have the concept of success and motivation mixed up.
Motivational speakers run around the country putting on seminars and selling their books and tapes telling people that if they get motivated, they can become successful. Well, to a certain extent, what they say is true. You do need to be motivated in order to be successful.
The fact is, however, that everybody is motivated to one extent or another. You’re either motivated to do something, or you’re motivated to do nothing. To do a little, or to do a lot. To study enough to pass a test, or not. To work hard and long enough, or smart enough to make a project, job or relationship succeed, or not. Or to select a career or vocation that will enable you to live comfortably and enjoy life, or choose one that will just allow you to get by.
It’s up to each of us to make our own choices. But regardless of which choices we make, we are motivated enough to make the specific choices we make at the time we make them, and we must live with the consequences or results that follow those decisions.