1. have a cause

i can’t think of a more powerful source of motivation than a cause you care about. such cause can inspire you to give your best even in the face of difficulties. it can make you do the seemingly impossible things.

while other causes could inspire you temporarily, a cause that matters to you can inspire you indefinitely. it’s a spring of motivation that will never dry. whenever you think that you run out of motivation,  you can always come to your cause to get a fresh dose of motivation.

1.找到一個理由

“在激勵里，沒什么比理由更有力了。這些理由能在困難當前時把你激發起來。它能讓你去做一些看起來不可能的事。”

盡管也有其他一些動機理由能臨時刺激你，與你休戚相關的那些目標能無限期地激發你。這是一口永不干涸的激勵泉水。什么時候你覺得沒動力了，就去找找自己的目標以獲得動力的泉水。

2. have a dream. a big dream.

only as high as i reach can i grow, only as far as i seek can i go, only as deep as i look can i see, only as much as i dream can i be.
karen ravn

your cause is a powerful source of motivation but it’s still abstract in nature. you need to make it concrete in the form of a dream. imagine how the world will be in the future. imagine how people will live and work.
having a dream is important because it’s difficult to be motivated if you don’t have anything to shoot for. just think about people who play basketball. will they be motivated to play if there is no basket to aim at? i don’t think so. they need a goal. you need a goal. that’s what your dream is for.
but just having a dream is insufficient. your dream must be big enough to inspire you. it must be realistic but challenging. it must stretch your ability beyond your comfort zone.

2.要有一個夢想。還要夠大。

“能摸多高我就長多高，能探多遠我就走多遠，能看多深我就看多深，能做多少夢我就做多少夢。”

你的目標動力對于激勵來說是個挺有力的來源，但還是太抽象。你得把它具體化成一個夢想。想象一下未來的世界會怎樣。想象一下人們怎么生活工作。如果你無的放矢，根本沒法激勵自己，所以做做白日夢還是挺重要的。想想打籃球的人。如果根本沒有籃筐去投，誰還有動力啊？我看就沒有了。他們需要目標。你也是。不然你白日夢拿來干嘛。
但光有白日夢還不夠。這個夢得足夠高遠，那才能激勵你。它得既現實主義又不是可以一蹴而就的。它還得能迫使你離開安逸的環境去大展身手。

3. be hungry

wanting something is not enough. you must hunger for it. your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.
les brown

to be truly motivated, you need to have hunger and not just desire. having mere desire won’t take you through difficult times since you don’t want things badly enough. in many cases, hunger makes the difference between the best performers and the mediocre ones.
how can you have hunger? your cause and your dream play a big role here. if you have a cause you care about and a big dream related to it, you should have the hunger inside of you. if you think that you are losing hunger, all you need to do is to connect again to your cause and dream. let them inspire you and bring the hunger back.

3.要有饑渴感

“‘想要’什么那還不夠。你一定要對它充滿渴望。你的動力一定要足夠霸道，那才能跨過總是出現在路上的那些障礙。”

要想真正得到激勵，你得不僅僅是“想要”，還要是“渴望要”。僅僅是普通欲望沒法幫你渡過困難，因為你又不是非要不可。很多時候，有沒有饑渴感就是將軍和士兵的差別。
怎樣才能有饑渴感？這里就得看你的動機目標和夢想了。如果你又有關心的目標又有和之相關的白日夢，你就該有一種饑渴感才對。如果你認為自己正在喪失這種饑渴感，你所要做的就是再一次連結起目標和夢想。讓它們繼續激發你并給你帶來饑渴。