What do you do in life? And what is the reason for doing what you are doing? The reason for doing what you are doing is called motive. What is your motive? It is very common to hear this kind of question. Your motive is the reason for doing something. Declaring your motive is taking a right step in the right direction.
For different people there are tons of reasons for doing a particular thing or taking a particular action. Let’s take for instance the issue of work, people work for so many reasons while some work to build a career, others work to take care of their personal needs and that of their dependents. Yet others work because they derive a sense of joy and fulfillment by working. Hence, whatever reason they may give for working is the motive behind the work they do.
Having a motive in everything you do is very important. In the quest for success it very pivotal to and a strong signal to success. For you to keep a date with success and become successful in whatever it is you are doing you must have a motive. So many people have ended up in the doldrums of mediocrity either because they lack motive or they are not able to define and coordinate their motive well. It is one thing to have a motive, and another thing to declare it.
Declaring your motive
In any situation you find yourself always endeavor to declare your motive. Declaring your motive means to keep your priorities straight. It means to be well acquainted with the reasons why you do what you are doing. For instance, if your motive in life is to succeed, then you must keep your priorities straight. Whatever step that will help you succeed becomes your utmost priority. In this situation the first priority will be to make it clear that you want to succeed in life. You must make success the keyword of your mission statement.
The second priority should be to understand why you want to succeed. Is it to exploit people or to add value to their lives? And the third priority is to set your motive in motion. Ask yourself this pertinent question, ’if my motive is to succeed in life, what must I do to succeed. Explore options to make your motive of success a reality. Devise means to create values. It is the creation and exchange of values that makes a person successful.
From whichever angle you look at it, the issue of motive cannot be isolated from success. Motive is a major backbone of success without which any quest for success becomes numb and incapacitated. Declaring your motive in life is akin to declaring your interest to vie for a political position. For people to know that you are serious so as to rally around you, you must show some level of commitment. You must as well show commitment to success or you will end up in mediocrity. This you can conveniently do by declaring your motive.
Your motive and success
Like I did say earlier, you cannot isolate your success from your motive. Your motive as a matter of fact strengthens your resolve to succeed. You can only succeed within the ambit of your motive. In one of my post I did say that Purpose is one of the driving forces of life.
Understand that your motive is your purpose and it is a determinant of whether you succeed or fail in life. It helps you to succeed and to make maximum impact in life. And to do that all your efforts and pursuit in life must be driven by your motive.
Motive like Purpose is what defines and guides our actions in life. It consists of a high level commitment to a course in life. Motive is the motivation, the push, the impetus we need to succeed in life. It is a driving force behind your pursuit in life which must be harnessed if you hope to have a remarkable or landmark achievement in life. It is a success driver.
Motive driven by passion
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act – Claude Adrien Helvetius
Your motive is powered by your passion. Hence your strong passion for success fuels your motive. One important features of this motive is that it comes with ideas – ‘motive ideas’. These are ideas that inspire and help one to act accordingly. Motive once defined and declared helps you to brainstorm and generate actionable ideas.
Consequently, if don’t have motive you will lack the principle of action. Hence where there is no interest or passion, there is no motive. And where there is no motive there is no ideas, and invariably there will be no action.
Finally, what is the motive force behind your pursuit in life? In that business what is your motive force? In your career what is actually the motive force? As a politician what is the motive force behind your political ambition? Like I said earlier your motive is a strong indicator and signal of success.
Therefore in any sphere of influence you found yourself let success be the motive force behind all your pursuit in life.