WHAT MOTIVATES YOU!?

[elbambino]

We are in something great for some reason, what motivates you? whats the reason behind you not getting any sleep and finishing that project? What is it that pushes you on a daily basis? Is it the fear of living in poverty? or is it the legacy you want to leave behind? just curious as to what drives us all to become great...

 

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[Digamma]

Nothing. Motivation is a buzzword, means nothing.
I want to make things that have impact. Sure, I want to be free and filthy rich, sure.
But above everything I want to make things that seriously change people's lives.
I guess you could say that my main motivation is not money or freedom, but power.

 

[GuestUser113]

 

[JoeB]

Nothing. Motivation is a buzzword, means nothing.

Motivation is often used as a buzzword, but in this instance it isn't. There will be a reason why you are an Entrepreneur, that is your motivation.

motivation
məʊtɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

1. 1.
   a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way.

My motivation is to be completely independent and in complete control of my future.

 

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[Digamma]

Motivation is often used as a buzzword, but in this instance it isn't. There will be a reason why you are an Entrepreneur, that is your motivation.

motivation
məʊtɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

1. 1.
   a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way.

My motivation is to be completely independent and in complete control of my future.

You're right, I misunderstood the question. Temporary lapse of sanity, I guess? Will edit now.

 

[Waisec]

 

[luniac]

Freedom.

I feel EXTREMELY insecure and uncomfortable living paycheck to paycheck. I guess I'm just looking for comfort like the average joe but my standards are way higher.

 

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[AG356]

Proving everyone wrong who's doubting me and didn't believe in me or my goals.

 

[Mark Bucks]

It's my mission in life that keeps me motivated which is to achieve time and financial freedom so that I can give more time and financial support to God's works and family.

 

[theag]

 

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[obrian]

what motivates me is time, time goes by really fast and i don't have time to waste partying alot,watching television all around the clock and some of those simple little things that eat out your time like pirahnas. if you look at it a million dollars can't buy a minute from last year, time is one of the most precious resources we have and yet still we tend to waste it like we got a thousand years to live. well for a guy like me i am a mortal lol and i don't have time to waste i am always focusing on my goal day by day because as they usally said


and that quote is really true. i don't want to be sixty years old reflecting back on my life and saying to myself only if i did have enough time i would have done this and that because that's losers talk that's why i don't waste time anymore we all have 24 hours a day and it's what you do with it that counts.

 

[RogueInnovation]

Nothin really...

I just have a big ache, and I try to not get frustrated.
I do what is necessary cuz I'm realistic.
And I improve because I know where I wanna be (just relaxed, having fun, effortless)

 

[Basilius]

I'm using a push from my current 9-5 job and a pull from seeing myself break into tears of joy when I hit my goal.

 

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[marklov]

I don't even know anymore.
It's just "rinse and repeat" daily.
Maybe i'll find that buzz again maybe not.

 

[piesandak47]

It used to be so that I could buy shit like a R8, rolexes, and a Malibu beach house...

But recently it's more so having freedom, leaving a legacy and making a damn difference in this crazy, semi-f*cked up world we live in.

Don't get me wrong, I still want an R8.

It's just not the #1 things that drives me anymore.

 

[Grinning-Jack]

I dream of freedom. Simple, I don't have another way.

 

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[Zl1996]

Freedom from an inevitable 9-5.

The desire to start a family and have enough money so that me and my wife can stay home with the kids.

The opposition of evil/ the initiation of force in all of its forms.

The desire to obtain a sense of belonging.

The desire to be respected.

 

[Ronnie Bryan]

Have you ever , even as an kid, put something together? that feeling of accomplishment? that is what motivates me knowing life isn't wasted I DID something even if what I built was an piece of crap and had to be redone. My life is that way filled with tearful moments that could have been avoided, but each one had an lesson we call it growing up. growing pains motivate me too, simply, because I like to avoid those.

 

[ryanbleau]

My parents have given me no legacy , no starting point. I want to give my children a chance at a future my parents chose not to give me and my siblings. It's pretty hard to do that with no degree and a regular job. Although public sector does have its benefits , the rush of creating something new out of necessity and having no one else to cradle the fall is its own euphoric rush.

 

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[Kymberly]

Spending time with my kid, and teaching him there's a better way. People just don't understand it can be different until much later, and then they feel so left behind, but it really is, and always was your own race anyway. Also, proving to myself that I can do it because I know I can, plain and simple.

 

[Brentnal]

I don't have motivation, i just do. I stopped worrying about motivation and trying to get it because it is only temporary.
Discipline works for me, i get more results from it then through motivation.

 

[RogueInnovation]

I don't have motivation, i just do. I stopped worrying about motivation and trying to get it because it is only temporary.
Discipline works for me, i get more results from it then through motivation.

True that.

I don't even know how much I want to make anymore. My does-not-give-a-sh#t-o-meter is sky high.
Money is ironic to me. Everyone cares about it so much, but what does it ever give you?

You just do it, because you wouldn't NOT do it.

 

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[Brentnal]

True that.

I don't even know how much I want to make anymore. My does-not-give-a-sh#t-o-meter is sky high.
Money is ironic to me. Everyone cares about it so much, but what does it ever give you?

You just do it, because you wouldn't NOT do it.

Yeah exactly, i don't have to be rich and i don't have the motivation to get rich. But it is my goal and i just do what i have to do.
Make life simple don't worry and just do what you have to do.
So so simple...

 

[Bono]

Freedom, Helping people, and.... a Porsche 911

 

[Andy Black]

Because I have a belief that I can help millions of people.

Because I have a vision in my head that I want to make a reality.

Because of the satisfaction I get when I just help one person.

Because I aspire to be the man I'd like my sons to grow up to be.

Because I have an itch that I can't scratch, that means I can't NOT do what I do.

Because the very thought of getting a job makes my shoulders slump.

Because I have been driven all my life and didn't know why until now.

Because it's my own story for me to write.

Because I am one stubborn, contrarian, mofo who won't be accountable to anyone.

Because I'm obsessive compulsive when I get my teeth into something.

Because what I do totally fascinates and motivates me.

Because I'd do this even if it didn't pay me.

Because the journey is so much bleeding fun!

 

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[Brentnal]

Because I have a belief that I can help millions of people.

Because I have a vision in my head that I want to make a reality.

Because of the satisfaction I get when I just help one person.

Because I aspire to be the man I'd like my sons to grow up to be.

Because I have an itch that I can't scratch, that means I can't NOT do what I do.

Because the very thought of getting a job makes my shoulders slump.

Because I have been driven all my life and didn't know why until now.

Because it's my own story for me to write.

Because I am one stubborn, contrarian, mofo who won't be accountable to anyone.

Because I'm obsessive compulsive when I get my teeth into something.

Because what I do totally fascinates and motivates me.

Because I'd do this even if it didn't pay me.

Because the journey is so much bleeding fun!

Holy sh*t you have alot of motivation

 

[Guest14692]

I am by no means fastlane yet. But to relate to MJs book, I am "Mr. Almost- Lucky- Bastard" and I, unlike Mr. Lucky Bastard Hater, am at the plate taking swings [Page 64 ].

A couple of years ago I would have said that $$$ is what motivates me 100%. It sounds wrong and fundamentally disagrees with the points MJ has made in his book, but I'm also aware that making a change in the world for the better, creating a better product, solving a need, etc. is how to do achieve financial success. Therefore it was never a blind, idiotic claim like everyone on this planet so often wishes for.

However, after working in multiple positions where I didn't feel like I fit in (still succeeding however), I would say what truly motivates me is autonomy. I want to live an autonomous life. It makes me cringe to sacrifice for my job and feel like a piece of me died inside or that I dedicated way too much of my time for an enormous company where other people are truly benefitting from it. Time is our most important asset. If your on this forum, you are inherently more self-aware and objectively observant than the average, and this would you make you just as upset.

True story: Upon receiving a promotion 1 year after starting and making $60k a year (less than 2 years after college) in a location which costs 84% less than in Manhattan, I should have been happy. Instead, I would walk into gas stations and restaurants and contemplate quitting, working as a delivery boy to make way less money but not have to deal with the irrational stressors and a culture which so resembles a sweatshop that I'm baffled they haven't imploded by now. After leaving that firm, I've had 3 different employees jokingly bring the same scenario up to me! Every single person organically went through the same mental scenario. Quite fascinating actually.

Therefore, I want a fully autonomous life. Obviously, to do that, is to be financially free. Which is why I'm here.

 

[ryanbleau]

because wearing pants to the office is highly over-rated.

 

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[Bellini]

what motivates me is time, time goes by really fast and i don't have time to waste partying alot,watching television all around the clock and some of those simple little things that eat out your time like pirahnas. if you look at it a million dollars can't buy a minute from last year, time is one of the most precious resources we have and yet still we tend to waste it like we got a thousand years to live.

This reminds me of a quote from The Sheltering Sky..."Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well, yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really.
How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more, perhaps not even that.
How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless..."

 

[Kay Rockley]

Whatever you do, it's important to do something that works on "pull motivation". Push motivation will only get you so far, where pull motivation will continue pulling you towards that thing you want to achieve until successful.

I've got more info on it here