What Motivates You?

I resumed work after my exams, telling myself that I am committed to make things happen and I had to be disciplined to finish my admin work fast and start making appointments.

Fortunately or unfortunately, I was asked by my director to attend a morning talk organised by our affiliated club. You know, talks are all supposed to be motivational and life-changing just by listening to successful people. They share their success stories to impress upon you, so you can open your mouth in awe, forgetting that you should be learning something instead.

Trust me, you leave the room and nothing has changed.

Are talks supposed to be motivational? Why is it that it doesn't help even when we go with an "open mind"? Remember, that external force is not enough to do any substantial change. You have to realise that the open mind with nothing inside can't really help much. The sweet words coming out of the speaker's mouth is bullshit if he doesn't teach you how to do and guide you on doing it. And most importantly, you must be committed to doing it.

You really want to change for the better? Talk is really cheap you know. The first step to change, is to identify the need to do so. Humans don't like change because they are comfortable with status quo. We are habitual creatures and we like to keep doing the same thing if we think is right and if people around us think is right.

Listening is not enough. Neither is reading at this post. Get your ass to work by mapping out your mission and objectives. Give yourself deadlines. Achieve or die. Have the discipline to follow through and reward yourself for doing so.

Change really come from within. And stop calling those talks motivational. They are just inspirational. Only you can motivate yourself.