Recently I was asked to talk on Motivation in a seminar. I told the organizers that Motivation doesn’t get Results. They were taken aback. I explained.
Motivation
The purpose of Motivation is to make you move. If you dissect Motivation it will look like this,
MOTIVE + ACTION
For every Action there is a Motive. It’s the Motive that triggers an Action. It’s the hunger that makes you eat. As soon as the Motive finishes its role, Action stops. For further action again, a new Motive is required. When MOTIVES get exhausted ACTION retires. Inventing new motives become necessary to trigger action. Until new motives are found there will be no action or the person who acts will go either into a slumber or get back to his previous action.
Crying Child
The child at home was continuously crying. The mother gave the child a toy and the child stopped crying. A few minutes later the child started crying again. Why? The toy which was curious at first had lost its value within a few minutes and the child needed something else to stop crying. As soon as the child was given something new and interesting, it stopped crying but after a while, after that curious material had gotten on the mind of the child, the child went back to its original slumber or previous action of crying.
The child at home was continuously crying. The mother gave the child a toy and the child stopped crying. A few minutes later the child started crying again. Why? The toy which was curious at first had lost its value within a few minutes and the child needed something else to stop crying. As soon as the child was given something new and interesting, it stopped crying but after a while, after that curious material had gotten on the mind of the child, the child went back to its original slumber or previous action of crying.
This is exactly what happens to Motivation also. As soon as a person who desires to get something which he did not have – or others had – it motivated him to achieve that. But as soon as it has been acquired he doesn’t even look back towards that and goes back to his previous position.
It’s like this, when you wanted to buy a new dress, it was fascinating until you bought it. You wore it frequently and after a few days, it lost its value.
You bought a new car. There was a great celebration at home. You wanted to give a ride to everyone in the new curious car very frequently. You cleaned it 2 times a day. After a few days, you did not even clean the car once in 3 days.
The lady at home who bought the new diamond ear stud was fascinated with her new found curious material in the ear. She checked herself ten times in the mirror while wearing it. She wanted everyone in the function to see that new diamond ear stud and appreciate it. After a few days, only when someone pointed it out she became conscious of her curious diamond ear stud.
Coming to Motivation whether it is a child or an adult the behavior of the mind is the same. Motivation doesn’t last long.
Motivation is moving muscles
Muscles by nature contract & relax
When contraction takes place there is Action
But it’s followed by Relaxation leading
to No Action
Long term No Action leads to fatigue
Chronic Fatigue leads to De Motivation
Friends,
Motivation is a double edged sword
At one end it will hit the Motivated
At the other end it will hit the Motivator also
Then what to do?
Please await Blog 37
Training Lesson 12
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