I find it challenging to summon up the power of ‘why‘ while I’m striving for my goal/s in order to carry my motivation from the first of the year deep into the fiery bowels of late fall into December carrying as much fervor with me as I did on January 2nd.
I understand that we do things for two reasons: the carrot or the stick. Pain or pleasure. In the past, I never wanted to entertain the idea of doing something because of anger or pain. I didn’t want to entertain the thoughts of those low energy emotions. I wanted to choose a higher energy such as Love. But, the truth of the matter is this; We will do more to avoid pain than we will to gain pleasure. I have many examples of that in my life. I will do more to avoid pain. And for me, the regret of not doing something is a powerful motivator.
There are past experiences that haunt me to this day where I know deep within me I didn’t give 100% effort and because of that I came up short of reaching my intended goal. But for me, it wasn’t so much about reaching that goal as it was the effort I gave. I knew I could have given more.
That’s enough for me to reassess where my fears are located and square-up to each and every one. I don’t want to live my life with the pain of regret in my heart. That hurts too much.