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What is the Best Motivation?

Tonight was the Socrates Cafe’ group that I go to and the topic of discussion was “what is the best motivation?”. Very interesting discussion to be sure. We examined the various ways that human beings are motivated and I found it really interesting to consider what it is that motivates my to do different things. Of course, I have known myself for the last 36 years and I in part KNOW what motivates me to do the various things that I do. I also know however, that there are a lot of things that I would like to do but am prevented from doing due to my utter lack of motivation. This can be one of the most frustrating things in the world to deal with on a daily basis. From the items on my to-do list that are every day “stuff” that just needs to be done, to how I would like to better myself intellectually, spiritually or physically to how I treat the people that I love and care about the most. I have this driving force within me that does not want to do that which I would like to do or know that I “ought” to do.

So the key is, what is the best form of motivation. Tonight, we discussed Read the rest of this entry »