A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT MOTIVATION || FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Recently, I read a short tweet about motivation and I was moved by it. It was quite different from what I had always thought and getting to know this gave me a second thought; How true could this be? Okay, I guess you must be thinking what is this misconception about?
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The misconception is that one needs to be motivated before any action can be taken place. And truth is, that is what I have always thought. My thoughts as always been one needs the motivation to start before he can actually finish but now, I am getting to reason it from a whole different angle.
If we wait for motivation before taking action, then we may likely not begin at all. That's the reason why we find people procrastinating because they refuse to take action first and choose to wait for motivation before making any move.
You don't need to wait for any perfect time before you take action. You don't need to be in the right mood, you don't need to wait for someone to motivate you, you don't have to be in a good situation or good mood. JUST TAKE ACTION!
Because if you wait for the perfect time, you may never get it. If you wait for someone to motivate you, you may never get it. But one thing is sure, MOTIVATION always come after the ACTION needed has taken place. That is when you derive motivation from your inner self being or from people around you.
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Wow... This has opened my eyes. Nothing will be get done if action has not taken place.
That's true so we have to always do well to make efforts first before assuming we can't.
when I graduated from high school I got a very good job offer, at that time I turned it down with the excuse "maybe it's not the time" and I felt "I'm afraid I can't do well", basically a lot of stupid fears that I ended up not accepting the offer that, and 3 years later I just realized that my mistake was not daring to start / try it first before rejecting it.
it was a big mistake i have to admit.
So sad you missed that opportunity to your fear of the unknown but it's all well and good, you've learnt and I think that's what matters now.
👍👌.
The most important thing you need to learn is believing in yourself and your abilities. Also even though they are things above you, then you should learn to challenge yourself!
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Wow Star, this is a lot of replies. You are doing really great 👍.
You made most of the replies! Thank you!
Hehehe, it's turning into my hobby I guess.
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Wow.You have been creating good articles which I have been following up.You deserve high upvote,but since my power will amount to nothing I decided congratulate you only. Keep on doing a great job sir thanks.From @Chiomaj
Thank you very much! A good way to engage with others is to always share your opinions about their content. Not just appreciating them.
Yeah, that's what I just said even before seeing this. Now my voting power is getting really low but I just try to leave a comment and if possible reblog any post I come across.
I agree with you dear. He has been doing a really good job with the content he creates and sadly, we don't have enough votes to curate but at least our comment is something 😁.
Wow, this guy...you have come again with mind-blowing content as usual...
The last time, you talked about fear and failure as a factor that motivates human beings which is true.
Today, you unfolded another side of being motivated and this misconception is quite true ...
I think I agree with the tweet and your points here. This is because taking an action first will push you to be motivated along the line when you start noticing a little progress. But if you wait to be motivated first before taking an action...you may or may not see what will motivate you to start at the end of the day, so action first👌
Let me share a part of my life story with you guys: when I resigned from my job in January last year, I met with a good friend of mine..a success-driven lady, and explained to her my little complicated family issues and the need for me to stay home for now looking after the kids as requested by my husband. She advised me I should register with a real estate company and be marketing their product online. Hmm, it didn't make any sense to me at the beginning because I was not certain I could get any buyer and other reasons of mine. I told her, that I will post first and see if I can get a buyer before I register 🤣🤣, but then she said I should take the first action which is registering with the company, undergoing their training, and getting a hint on how to make sales. To me, I needed a buyer to motivate me first but then action was needed first from me and that action will lead me to get many buyers which was my fear..hahaha.
Finally, I listened to her, take action first, registered, and got trained. Since then, it has been awesome ...in fact, I have been a bit scarce here due to some real estate deal transactions 🥰🥰😄
Action first guys!!!
You are busy chopping money without inviting me... Chineke! Life no be like this now.
It's good you were able to take action first! Now I believe you would get the motivation you seek after!
Smiles, my content is mind-blowing 🥺🥺🥺
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Hahaha
My belly oo...lolz
My dear...I need all the money I can get now, a bunch of responsibilities left, right, center and back🤩, and the economy not smiling you know..🤩
Oh, yes...I am motivated to keep pushing by seeing some results.
It's mind-blowing oo, you need to borrow me some 🧠 brain 🤩
As in ehn, nor be small. Abeg Ma'am @nkemakonam89#2884, please show us way oo 😏.
Hahaha
Relax o🤣
I'm relaxed oo, very relaxed if not by now I will be in Lagos, hahaha 😂😂.
Wow, our mummy boys have spoken again. That's why I always like being around experienced people, you will have a lot to learn.
This your story just made it a lot clearer and understandable, nice contribution Ma'am 💙.
The misconception about MOTIVATION before ACTION, truth be told you never do something without motivation,the misconception here is that people think that motivation is when someone tells you or push you to do something, but have we ever think of self motivation,before taking an action they is something that brings up the ideas, that sponsor that thought of your,to take actions, so to me self motivation comes before taking action, people idealogy about motivation is that it must come from someone,not necessary and often that it may come from someone it may also come from you.
This is true, for me we are our own motivation but there are times when the words and actions of other people just give you the push to motivate yourself. The work actually starts from the individual first.
Nice contribution @chillyanca 👌💙.
Yes, the work actually start from you, thanks
That's right. You're welcome @chillyanca.
For me, I will say this misconception is a fact. Without an individual making up his / her mind to do something, they won't get motivation from anywhere.
No wonder there are times when we achieve success in something but we still abandon them because we are not yet motivated in ourselves to do such things, we will tell others when they ask that we were just lucky that's why.
Action only comes to play when an individual is aware and willing to act. And when you act, you start getting motivation from almost every thing you do, see and hear.
Nice content Star 👍💙.
Smiles! Yeah exactly, if one doesn’t make up his mind or apply action even when the motivation comes, the person may not still make action because the mind isn’t made yet!
Exactly.
Oh, this made me question myself and my thoughts. Maybe you are right.
Whenever I am lack of motivation, I go to Quora to find inspiration and motivation but maybe...the fact that I went to Quora is already an action.
Watta plot twist!
Yah, exactly. The action has been made and the motivation came through!
Hmmm...deep, isn't this?
Waiting for motivation equals procrastination and then an eventual birth to unproductivity.
It's quite sad that we humans are always searching for motivation to do something, when the obvious is to "just do it".
Motivation is a twisted topic, and the with or without it, there's a duty everyone has; the duty of achieving one's aspirations You owe it to yourself before any other person.