In anything we do, the motivation to do it and the desire to complete it are IMPORTANT for making it successful. We all know this. Right ??
If we are working on an innovative product or for a
non-profit organizations or started teaching for the needy then you might have
the kick on the butt always to make us feel that our work is WORTH spending
your life on. And this motivates us to even go that extra mile.
Very few of us are involved in such activities, most of us
are spending our lives in 9-5 jobs doing coding , trying to sell
not-so-different products to the customers, preparing the sales reports to our
managers, etc. These jobs may not give us a wow-I-am-making-a-difference kind
of feeling. But if we don’t have that, how can continue to be consistent in
giving our best ??
What will motivate us to go to our jobs daily(I don’t believe
money is a true motivator) ?? How can we feel the work we do is important ?? How can you tune yourself ? How can we come out of this
I-am-doing-stupid-stuff feeling.
If you are expecting an answer these now then I am sorry.
Even I am a victim of I-am-doing-stupid-stuff feeling.
Months back I decided to be consistent on my blog. From that
time I regularly used to open word pad, write something, but they all ended up into my
drafts as I felt they may not impress the readers. So my idea to be consistent
on my blog ended into being consistently dumping things in my drafts folder.
Forget about what the reader will think after reading what I wrote. If I did not find
my work worthy how can I even click the publish button ?? After all it is just
a blog post. Even if I don’t get any good reviews it is not going to effect
me in anyway. Right ?? But still I attached a more-than-needed attention on what the
feedback can be.
If you are writing book and you find that your
work is not worth writing..how can you even finish it?
If you have started a company and if you don’t believe in your
product, how can you even think of making it successful.
In my company, we had a meeting few days back with our manager. He is a star in my company - as the youngest manager. So with the hype around him we are naturally interested to know more about
him.
When we asked what motivated him to keep that extra effort in his work at the beginning of the journey. His reply was, “The fact we have to
understand is that, there is no work that is perfect. Only some part of our work
might be interesting and it is that on which we have to focus. The work which I did initially, years back, may not be an inspiring one but I did it with the
same enthusiasm and alertness as how a CEO decides each of his decisions. I tuned myself to feel that what I did was IMPORTANT. That made my work interesting to me, because of which I excelled in it and that lead
me now to this position. So finding your work interesting and motivating is the most important part of your
career. If you do not find it interesting, you cannot excel at it. Use your own ways and make it interesting.”
This reminded me of what Robin Sharma always says about - “To Lead Without A Title.”
Do the work you wanted to do, from the place you are, with whatever available to you.
Most of us do work hard just to get a better increment in the next
appraisal or for a promotion. But not because we like what we are doing.
On one side I am trying hard to write on my blog at least
once in a month but my friend Karthik Puvvada started a new blog and he is
consistent on it !
Influenced by Seth Godin’s works, he is contributing his 2 cents to inspire people to work better,
be happier and achieve maximum in the short life span we have.
There is a clear Godin’s effect
on his thoughts but he is presenting them in his own style.
When we say to write a new story or to give something new to the
customer, it is not always about a whole new content, it
is mostly about using the already existing resources in a new way.
Do you have the skill to offer an old
service in a new way ?? Do you have it in you to present an old story in an
entirely new way giving a different impact to the reader ?? Can you offer an
already existing product to an entirely new market ??
If yes. Start
now. It is all about using the old resources in a new way.
When I asked Karthik on what is pushing him to write continuously, he said, “I believe that my thoughts will inspire the readers. Though I, sometimes, share things which many might be
knowing already, I do it in my style with the motivation that I am the only
person sharing it that at that particular point of time and that it will reach at least one who is not aware of it before reading my post..”
What a simple but great motivation !!
Sometimes it is not about how much difference you made but whether you made any.
Don’t wait to do the things which you want to do. There is
not perfect time. There is nothing to loose. You are going to die in few years anyway. Don't attach a lot of value to others opinions.
If you want to share something share it. If you can add
value to something, however small it might be, add it. Forget about what people will say. Do it for your
satisfaction.
Believe that your work will make a difference to someone,
somewhere at sometime in some way. Nothing is a better motivator than this.
