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Claiming that Motivation is the secret to success is the same as saying that the sky is blue. In appearance it is blue, but in reality, it’s not.

Wellcome, let’s go deep into this important concept of Motivation, that as we will see, is the second component of six in total, to achieve our objectives, our purposes, even to achieve our success.

Our level of success in everything we propose, depends on our Persistence, Perseverance, on our commitment that we impose on ourselves.

As we have known for a long time, Motivation alone is not enough to achieve our goals.

Motivation is an aspect that is directly linked to commitment, to our ability to have the persistence to achieve our goals.

This persistence, this commitment to what we impose on ourselves to achieve something, is what makes Motivation, instead of disappearing in a short time, remain with us over time.

Any goal we want to achieve, requires the ability to maintain that Motivation, that helps us overcome difficulties and puts us on the right path, that with time, effort, and work will be essential to achieve what we want.

Thus, whatever objective we are going to achieve, we will do so through the maintenance of the Motivation that pushes us, for the time necessary to achieve it.

Our ultimate success is intrinsically dependent on our persistent ability to commit to our plan and thus gain the motivation to achieve it.

We can ensure, that Motivation is one of six vital components to achieve what we propose, and those six components are:

01 - Inspiration,

02 - Motivation,

03 - Intention,

04 - Discipline,

05 - Habits and

06 - The Passion.

Although we will talk in-depth about Motivation, I would like to especially highlight the third component that is Intention.

Since by itself it has an incredible power.

The intention is something that has great value to help us achieve our goals.

If we build commitment, which is neither more nor less than the ability to persist to persevere to achieve something, we can build it in six different phases, which for some reason follows a specific order.

The benefit that we are going to achieve by understanding each of these components is very important, since it forces us and allows us at the same time, to focus on specific things at all times and thus be able to maximise our commitment and persistence to achieve our objectives.

Incredibly we tend to ignore these vital aspects and sometimes we confuse them and this is unfortunate, since ultimately we need them to acquire mental strength, since we are going to achieve our goals and purposes thanks to our ability to Persevere, and commit ourselves.

Already Calvin Coolidge President of the United States said:

“Nothing in the world can take the place of “PERSISTENCE“.
Talent will not; Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with Grate Talent.
Genius will not; Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts
Persistence, Determination, alone, are nearly Omnipotent.”
Let's start by developing these components in phases, as we will need them to achieve our goals.

01. Inspiration:

Inspiration is the spark, the desire that initially helps us to start doing the things we have planned, helps us to be on the right track in the pursuit of our goals.

Inspiration is essential, as it helps us begin to take the first step.

No habit, no passion, any kind of motivation exists without this first step, that is formed by inspiration.

Inspiration also has its dangers, since it is not sustainable over time, it is usually ethereal and easily disappears.

In general, inspiration lasts only a few hours, a few days, so we must be aware that we cannot depend on it too much.

On the other hand, a good thing we can do with inspiration, is to reinforce it in the following way.

It is known that surrounding ourselves with people who inspire something in us, is beneficial.

That's right, some people inspire us positively, just as there are people who depress us and demotivate us, simply by being close to them.

Let's look for people, things, or places that inspire us, in this way our initial impulse will be reinforced.

We hear an artist sing and we are inspired, even want to sing ourselves.

We watch a boxing match and suddenly the inspiration is born in us to also want to box.

Many people who want to lose weight are inspired by other people achieved weight loss transformations, and follow their example to find inspiration to help them start their diet, … in short, there are countless examples.

If we meet people who have previously achieved the goal we seek, the success we want, their story can also serve as inspiration.

The success stories of others, are usually one of the main sources of inspiration for us.

Let's set out, in search of achieving our goals.

On the other hand, our history also serves as inspiration, since we can remember how in the past we achieved something that we considered difficult to be achieved and after putting effort and dedication, we end up achieving it over time, so we can indeed use our past achievements as source of inspiration.

Great feats, conquests in human history, have been achieved thanks to this first step fueled by inspiration.

In conclusion, inspiration is great to get us started, but we cannot depend on it in the medium and long term.

02. Motivation:

The first thing to know is that motivation will surely stay with us longer than inspiration.

We could describe motivation as the internal desire to do or achieve something.

Motivation is always directed at something, it has a purpose, it is used to achieve something.

The Activation, is essential to achieve our purposes, since it is like the fuel that keeps us on the right track.

And it is vital because it is exactly what we need after a short phase of inspiration.

When we no longer feel inspired, then Motivation comes into play.

Unfortunately, Motivation also has its flaws, since it is not linear, it has its high points and moments of decline, since we are not motivated equally all the time, every day, every month, etc.

Furthermore, Motivation changes with age.

Nowadays, scientific studies know that motivation varies even in intervals of hours, even minutes, and this is easy to verify since we realise, that throughout the day, there are hours in which we are more motivated to do something and at other times of the same day we don't have that motivation, which we notice has been diluted.

But no worries, this is perfectly normal, and all this also depends on our "Emotional Stability".

And how could we enhance this phase of motivation?

Well, one of the best ways is to have a clear objective that we have planned ourselves.

In short, we must be motivated by something, to achieve something, that objective in time has to be clear in our plans, since Motivation is the “Final Reason for Human Behavior”.

And if we achieve this, there will be days when we will be more or less motivated, but we will continue in the effort, in the perseverance, in the persistence, in the commitment of our plans, on the way to achieve our objectives and purposes.

Any objective that has a certain value, will also have a certain difficulty, and we cannot hope to have a smooth and direct path to its achievement, there will be good days, and bad days, but motivation, if we understand it, will pave the way.

We also know again that there are people, things, and places that motivate us.

Focusing on people, we all know people who, because of their way of being, because of their love, because of their personality, are people who motivate others, and the opposite is also true.

Surround yourself with motivated and motivating people, and you will be motivated.

Look for the positive and avoid the negative.

Admit the results that you obtain, no matter how small they are, because if they are positive, they will help your motivation to be more constant.

Acknowledge your merits to yourself, and of course recognise those of others.

This factor is essential to overcome possible temptations to abandon in the pursuit of our goals and even be proud of the path we have achieved even if we have just started it.

As we see, motivation is fundamental, but it is only one component of six others that can help us achieve our goals.

That's right, people think that Motivation is the only important thing and it has been proven not to be entirely true.

We have to remember something fundamental and that is.. that Motivation is expressed graphically by waves, since it is not something linear and we have to keep this in mind at all times.

This explains that Motivation alone is not enough, it is not omnipotent, and we need something more.

03. The intention:

We can express the intention as the commitment that we acquire with ourselves to execute an action plan, to go along the path that we have proposed, to achieve our objective.

Let us remember the Tri-formation of the Human Soul, developed in other Videos, in the Thinking / Feeling / and Willing.

The Intention slides between the Feeling and the Will, leading us to the realisation of the action previously Thought, Felt, INTENTIONED, and Performed by our operating Will, that is the Will.

Unlike Motivation, which is the search for a specific objective, the intention is rather a plan that we impose on ourselves to achieve it.

If our objective is to increase our intellectual capacity, that’s the motivation, the intention leads us to take the steps we have to take to increase our intellectual capacity, the Will.

Another example, motivation helps us to visualise our goal of losing weight, for example losing five kilos, and the intention leads us to control our appetite day by day so that with the passing of weeks and months we achieve that goal, the Will.

Since there is no use having a goal and being motivated by it, if we do not intend to do what needs to be done to achieve that goal.

You can have the goal of being a successful tennis player, but if you do not intend to train eight hours a day, it will be useless to have the motivation to achieve that goal, you need the intention and the action yes or yes.

The intention helps us to mark, sign, what we have to do and what we do not have to do in search of success.

It could be represented by a plan or an instruction manual that will help us achieve our objectives.

We can be motivated to achieve a goal but the intention tells us how to achieve it.

Without the intention, the objectives are simply wishes, and this is so, no matter how much motivation we have to achieve them.

Unfortunately, the intention has its negative side too. Why isn't it self-reinforcing?

No matter how much intention you have to do something, the reality is that you have to do it, take it to the Will

This is the action, we live in a world of action and not only of intentions no matter how good they are.

This means that the intention requires work, a lot of work.

Persistence, appears again in perseverance, commitment.

But how can we enhance the intention?

Developing a specific and detailed plan that we can follow step by step in pursuit of our objectives.

Take into account that also in this plan we have to detail that there is room to make mistakes or to make variations that help us maintain our purposes.

The reality is that nobody is perfect, and we can all make mistakes along the way to being successful.

It is useless to self-flagellate ourselves, blaming ourselves since finally, what interests us, is to recognize that we have failed so that we can get back up again with more energy in search of our goals and desires.

Sometimes it is good to enhance our intention, to involve third parties who know our plans and our wishes for the future;

Since these third parties do have a positive spirit, they can help us in the inspiration phase, in the motivation phase, and especially in this phase of the quartermaster.

Through an Action Plan, you acquire the intention to achieve the goals that inspire and motivate you.

The intention helps us in those moments in which we are not very inspired or sufficiently motivated since it requires us to follow the conceived plan.

It commits us psychologically to continue.

Unfortunately, Motivation usually does not cover or match our intention and that is why we need the next phase.

CONTINUES IN PART 2/2...