What Does Motivation Look Like?

Motivation is what creates billionaires and global changemakers. A lack of motivation creates— nothingness. There’s motivation to be found in almost everything we do, from cooking to starting a business. I’m motivated now to write this blog. Why? Because I want to talk about this.

I wonder, how often have you suffered from a lack of motivation. I have just yesterday. I work two jobs. I was on a business trip all weekend for one, then I had to come in on Monday, then work the second job a few hours after. Tuesday, I was wiped. I didn’t want to do anything but sleep. Still, I got some things done, so that felt good.

Aside from that, lemme ask you: What do you want to do? Like, really want to do? Now, what are you feeling right now? Are you motivated to do it? Or are you someone who is not so sure what you want to do? Life provokes a lot of questions, doesn’t it? Still, what I have to tell you is feelings will always be heard before facts. That’s just how we are. What matters is when you challenge those feelings.

When I was tired and didn’t want to do anything, yet I wrote another ten pages of a screenplay because I’m motivated to make that a legit film one day, and that felt good. Just getting out of the house felt good. Now, I’m not saying you should ignore your body when it’s telling you to rest or to take it easy. Don’t work yourself to death. I slept through most of the morning, but what did I do after that? I did something to break that growing lethargy.

Entrepreneurs, influencers, or athletes will brag about their work ethic, about getting up at 4 in the morning, or working 100 hours a week, or answering the phone at 3 AM on a Sunday. I’m sure there’s plenty of days they don’t want to do those things but they do it anyway, because their motivation to succeed acts for them.

You have something that motivates you, whether it’s getting out of a bad financial situation, earning respect from your peers, or becoming the best at what you do, never let yourself fall off because you didn’t feel like getting up. You can feel tired, and you certainly need to sleep, but when you get up afterwards and get back to work, that’s what motivation looks like.