Every morning, just after my alarm has made its announcement that it is time to wake up, there is one single thought that draws me out from underneath my cozy blankets: coffee. I know that as long as I drag myself from my bed of bliss, and make my way downstairs to the kitchen, that I will soon be rewarded with a cup of piping hot nectar from the gods. Coffee is my morning motivation. As I lazily sip my very much deserved cup of coffee, I think about all the things I have to do that day. Rather it be go to work or to class, the gym or to do homework, laundry or cleaning up my room. Then I think, well what if I skipped work today. Do they really need me there? Well, yes they do, I reason with myself, or they would have never hired me. Do I really need to go to class? Well, yes I do, I have several group projects this semester and those team members are counting on me to do my part. Will skipping the gym really have that much effect? Whereas it might take a couple missed days for there to be any noticeable difference, I’m also missing out on the progress that could have been made if I had just sucked it up and worked out for an hour. And this thought process continues with me throughout the day. Do I have to do this? What is the risk if I don’t? What is the reward if I do? Risk and reward is my motivation that gets me through every day, week, month, and year. It’s not just about risk and reward for myself though, it’s what effects my decisions will have on others that I also consider. Think about a pond and what happens to the pond when you make a decision to throw a pebble in it. That one decision to make the action of tossing the pebble leads to ripples that make their way through the entire pond. By making the decision to call off work today, I send out ripples that affect countless people. Maybe my manager has to step in on the teller line to fill in my absence and doesn’t get to help a customer apply for a loan application. That customer doesn’t get a loan on time and misses out on purchasing the perfect car. Now that they don’t have a vehicle, they can’t make it to work. They can’t take their children to school. It could be anything, all because I wasn’t motivated to go to work that day. What if I don’t try my hardest on that group project because I’m not concerned with straight A’s, I just want to pass? Well, that might be fine for me, but think back to the ripples. My apatheticness towards my grade affects all of my group member’s grades. I could cause them to miss out on Dean’s List, on a scholarship, on a job. What it all boils down to is consideration for others and consideration for yourself. If you can’t find something to motivate you TO do something, for example, the reward of abs for working out weekly, then find something to motivate you to NOT not do it, like the fact if you never work out you could very well end up being over 300 pounds one day. Break your day down into mini tasks with risks and rewards. If I do this stupid project that I really don’t want to do, then I will reward myself with going out with friends or watching my favorite show. If I don’t do that stupid project that I really don’t want to do, I could end up being sixty years old, living off the government, in a trailer park with neighbors whose Rottweiler barks all night long. Maybe you don’t just yet have one thing to motivate you, but motivation can be found anywhere. I am motivated to do one of my least favorite things, waking up, just for the reward of coffee. It starts as simple as that. If I can find motivation in coffee, I’m certain you can find motivation in things around you too.
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