THE BIG MO

Can you motivate another person?

If you think you can, consider this. Each day when you get up you have a purpose for the day. Maybe this purpose is nothing formal; you probably haven't written it down or even said it out loud, but it's there. Your purpose drives your actions for the day.

Have you ever dragged yourself out of bed in the morning and had a purpose for the day of just making it back to bed that night no more behind in the game of life than you were right then? You decide to spend the bulk of the day reading newpapers or watching old movies on TV. You have no interest in interacting with others or initiating any of the projects jammed in your dusty "To Do" jar. You're already looking for the day to be over, and you haven't been out of bed for two minutes!

On a day like this, imagine you're sitting in your well worn recliner, the one with your butt marks groved into it and doing your best to avoid all human contact, when your spouse, partner, significant other, just returning from a motivational seminar, comes up to you -- and of all things -- motivates you. Now you're walking around the house the whole rest of the day being motivated, and you didn't want to be! Does that even make sense?  You may do what you're told, but are you motivated?

Can we motivate another person? No.


Lesson: All motivation is self-motivation - there is no other way.