You can’t be Motivated always

June 26, 2009

Lets face the fact. You just cannot feel great and motivated always. Even a small child has its own worries and difficulties. A common phrase used by many is “Look that child, without any worries, wish I too was like that”. Well how I wish I too could be that way.. haha.. for them not getting a candy can cause them worries and feel sad. Its not about what happens but its how we react to it.

One question commonly asked by many “how do I stay motivated always”. Sorry I don’t have any strategy for making you feel motivated always. I can only help you to understand that you can step into motivation whenever you want. And its so damn boring to be motivated always.

But in the first place why do you need motivation at all? How do you define motivation? Motivation is a state at which you can think high, take more action and be strong without much of fear. However this is not a great state to have when you are doing something that needs a lot of thinking. When you are formulating a strategy if your motivation levels are too high then you would not really put efforts in evaluating your strategies on whether or not they are the right ones. Your motivation would be so high that you want take immediate action without knowing the consequences of the same. So motivation is a state that is needed when you need to take action on something that you feel is important, during which time you have fear. I would also always add up the state of motivation with a state of CERTAINTY. When you are motivated to do something, you also must be sure of the things that you are doing.

For example, when you have fear of talking on stage (Public speaking) for example, you must not just have the motivation but also be certain about what you are saying. Else you would be the laughing stock. It’s just not motivation for you to invest money in the stock market, but also be sure that you are doing the right thing and investing in the right company. So Certainty and Motivation go hand in hand.

But is it always true? Well not really because your fear is also because of uncertainty. Well am I contradicting myself? I know yes, I am but not really true. I want to read the above 2 paragraphs again. It needs a great amount of balance. Its just that your motivation must be after you feel certain. Got it? Motivation is only to beat the fear. You must be first sure of what you want and do and then beat the fear. So your certainty comes first. For example, when you are investing, you must be certain that yes what you are doing is the right and will yield you results. After that you must feel that sense of motivation to break the barrier of fear. That’s when a voice inside of your head says “Oh my! Will I fail? Will I do well?”.

So be motivated when you need to and then achieve great things in Life! You can’t stay motivated always and you don’t need to be. So just be motivated when you want to.

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8 Responses to “You can’t be Motivated always”

hameeda on June 26th, 2009 7:39 am

Nice article having indepth meaning.
Thanks Praveen.
anbarasi on June 27th, 2009 10:00 pm

an answer to a question that has always been in my mind…..thanks..
Naresh on June 28th, 2009 10:21 pm

Really it’s very much true to the fact.

Thanks Praveen
Chelsea on July 5th, 2009 6:32 am

Vey interesting article, thank you for sharing:-)

X C
Hassan on July 5th, 2009 10:50 pm

Brilliant that.. Brilliant You are….
Surbhi Mittal on July 6th, 2009 8:17 am

Hi Praveen,

Article is so good. My question is how to overcome uncertainity?

By regular practice or anything else. I have tried regular practice for my audience fear however didn’t result good.

Please suggest.
Venkatesh G on December 20th, 2009 11:35 pm

Hi Mr. Praveen,

Its Excellent article, very much useful for all
mac2 on March 9th, 2010 5:10 pm

your article is so good!thank you very much!but i have 1 question how can i convert fear to confidence?