Motivation as is an emotion that propels people to act,
think and achieve beyond the obvious. I believe it is spiritual. It
gives people the ability to do things even if they don’t feel like doing so
.Motivation is action oriented, it raises our expectations in life and makes us
want to continue walking towards success. Many people are stuck in a common
phase of where and how to start even if they have the motivation to take action.
The start is indeed the most challenging phase for "the start is what
stops most people."-Don Shula. Motivation as a subject and trait has had
significant growth as many people are seeking it.
My experience as a writer/speaker has taught me that it is
not only motivation that is key but that which comes beyond motivation. The
actions we take after before, during and after being motivated form a
cornerstone for greatness. That which you continue doing at a level of
self-actualisation and even beyond self -transcendance.When one looks beyond
our African borders they see continents that have highly succeeded in many
aspects of life, but what is it that exits beyond motivation? What is it that
you see and seek to achieve?
I believe that beyond motivation is purpose.You can have everything you want in life, but a life without a purpose is like
success without a successor. Purpose is the
object toward which one strives or for which something exists; an aim or a goal.
Purpose is the keystone in the temple of achievements;
it overrides empty resolutions, half hearted desires,
incomplete thoughts and actions.Purpose lives beyond an individual’s
abilities and achievements, it challenges one to be selfless and devote time
and space to breaking new grounds and uplifting others .It
is centred on one’s ability to realise that they do not belong to
themselves or their families but are a gift to the world. Like a gift purpose
is meaningless until it is given out. The full realisation of purpose
comes when leave your life knowing that: “You can have everything you want in
life, if you just help enough people to get what they want in life.”-Zig Ziglar
.So in essence it is not about you but mostly about others.
Purpose is a virtue, it is the ultimate reason for
our existence .For what does it profit a man to live a life of
success that has no purpose?. Purpose empowers us to be masters of our destiny,
it gives us direction .Purpose is like a garden, we have to cultivate it daily
through our actions .This does not mean that there are no challenges for storms
and hot scorching days will come and go but a heart that is fixed on
purpose will never tire .Many a times we cry foul of fate. It has become a part
of our lives and chief reason why our live are a catalogue of disasters. The
more we speak about fate the more it forms a part of our reality. This way we
adopt and are adapted to its ways. Fate is result of us failing to acknowledge
and acting on our actions .Fate is what we live under if our lives have got no
purpose. A great mind is that which has unshakable purpose.
Purpose goes hand in hand with intelligence as such in
order to see beyond motivation one needs to associate with people that sharpen
their capacities and don’t have the energy to
hate other people; instead invest in ideas, simply because ideas emancipate the
mind. The mind has got its on battles that have to be fought .The important
weapon for the mind is for one to concentrate on their goals for concentration
is power. Concentration intensifies purpose with every growing obstacles encountered.
Don’t wish it were easier, but work towards being better and you will want even
tougher challenges. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi: “If you have the belief that
you can do it, you shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if you may
not have it at the beginning.”Let us live beyond motivation, it only takes
purpose.