The principles of life

Ok so I lied. This isn’t really going to be an article about THE principles of life, but instead it is about A principle of life. This principle often accounts for 95% of everything we do excluding those things we have to do (like breathe, eat, etc). Even those things we do naturally, if this element of our beings wasn’t there, could very easily be left to the wayside. And this principle?

MOTIVATION

Simply put motivation is defined as the act or process of motivating which itself is defined as to provide with a motive and finally motive is defined as something that causes a person to act. It is by far the number on principle in our lives that causes us to do things. Good things, bad things, little things, and big things. Without motivation we do nothing.

The questions is, what motivates you to blog? Seems like a fairly simple question to answer, but sit down and give it some thought. If you can’t answer it you need to spend some time working that out for yourself. Not because anyone will quiz you, but if you’re motivation is so poor that even you don’t know what it is you can bet it will disappear altogether before all is said and done.

There is no right answer or wrong answer to the question. This isn’t a post meant to tell you how to be more motivated. It’s not meant to cheer you onward and upward. It’s simply meant to get you to think about it, and if need be define it for yourself. That’s really the key. This is about you, not me, not your readers, not your friends, not your family. This is about taking an introspective look and deciding two things.

1. What exactly is it that motivates you?
2. How motivated are you really?

I lied again. I said this was for yourself, and that’s true, but it’s also for the readers. What motivates you?

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