Hence for Sustained Success, or even in the face of temporary setbacks (not failure), mere Motivation does not help. As we discussed earlier, the purpose of motivation is to move and movement is by muscles. Question arises as to what makes muscles move. It’s the stimulus that makes the Muscles to move. Where do we get such a stimulus? It’s thru the Nerves. What triggers the nerves? It’s the Mind. So for any Action of the body three elements are involved.
That’s why it’s said,
AS THE MIND SO THE THOUGHT
AS THE THOUGHT SO THE ACTION
Therefore for the Action to be continuous, muscles must not rest; nerves must not rest. They will, by nature rest. But if the Mind is active all the time, they will never rest. And therefore if the Action has to be continuous Mind must be FIRED.
WHAT CAN FIRE THE MIND?
It’s not Motivation but INSPIRATION. An Inspired Mind never rests. For Sustained Performance Mind has to be on Fire all the time.
“It looks like Motivation & Inspiration are the same”
No. They are different.
Go thru the slide below. You will understand that while Motivation is Result Related, Inspiration is Task Related. Any activity that’s Task Related doesn’t bother about Results. When Positive Result comes the Mind enjoys. When the Negative Result comes it doesn’t go into a shell. It analyses as to
WHAT WENT WRONG &
WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED
When Results are Positive, not only does it enjoy but works on the task ahead so that Sustained Results are maintained. Whereas Motivation, since it is Result related, the moment Positive Results are achieved it gets Satiated and Tired and to get back to ACTION it requires one more Stimulus.
However since Inspiration is Task Related, it is Unsatiated and goes ahead with its job towards Perfection.
Friends,
Now we know it’s not Motivation the does
the magic
It’s INSPIRATION that’s
behind every
SUSTAINED SUCCESS
Want to know what Inspires then?
Wait for Blog 39
Training Lesson 14
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1 comments:
Wonderfully said and explained! Thanks and a Very Happy New Year to you and your family, Dr.
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