Self Motivation

*SELF MOTIVATION*

Have you come to a point in your life where you needed some kind of motivation to keep you going and none or very little seemed to be coming, well then, let me share this with you.

I was with a friend who is into sports. And please, it's not the kind of sport that most of us do just by going to the stadium or field for training and exercise. This fellow is into sports big time and somehow, it has been paying his bills.

Now, for a big time sports person, one expects that he goes for competitions and tournaments locally and maybe internationally. However, this fellow always represents an Institution in many of such competitions.

Lets not misunderstand this. In an ideal society, when you represent an institution or a body, that platform is expected to sponsor you because you represent it. But for my friend, the contrary is the case. My friend pays for every expense incurred in any tournament or competition.

Now, why do you think my friend kept financing every competition he participated in? Why did my friend keep representing a body that never seemed to care about it's sport Men and Women? Well, for me I just found one answer which is SELF MOTIVATION.

By way for definition, Businessdictionary.com defines Self Motivation as, "Ability to do what needs to be done, without influence from other people or situations".

You see, my friend saw that there was a thing needed to be done as far as these competitions were concerned. However, not only for the competitions, but also because this was something he had settled to do from childhood.

My friend had self motivation, and that was why notwithstanding what the situation was, there was always a drive to get the thing done and done well.

See, if we must grow and develop, we must have this basic ingredient "self motivation". External influences are not always positive. Therefore, we must from deep within us work to spur ourselves to get things done.

Self motivation will keep you going, even when no one around encourages you to. Permit me to say that the basic motivation for any success is self motivation.

Yes, I know the need for structures and policies to be put in place to encourage success, but I tell you, without self motivation,  you may or may not get some of these things, so you have to move your self to get to your expected point.

What is that thing you are passionate about and interested in? You can only achieve that when you drive yourself towards attaining it.

I leave you with this favorite quote, "if you can speak it, you can achieve it, therefore #SpeakLife".

#IamNankpak, I #SpeakLife