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Pretty much everything can
Pretty much everything can constitute motivation. However, what motivates you won’t necessarily make you happy, or a more developed human being.
You might feel motivated to work harder to get a promotion. Or you might train yourself to win a competition.
But what happens if you “fail”? Was it really worth all the effort?
Great leaders are not
Great leaders are not afraid of failures: they don’t feel invulnerable.
On the contrary, they know perfection is not a human endowment, so they give up pursuing it. Instead, they aim at collective progress.
Also, they are great storytellers. They inspire you with their intriguing mix of passion, humility and desire to continuously evolve.
The inherent issue with
The inherent issue with “outcome-driven” motivations is that very often they don’t let you entertain the present moment and by definition, your satisfaction level will mostly lie on the result.
Here lies indeed the difference between motivation and inspiration: the latter connects you with something which is at the same time deeper within yourself and out of your comfort zone.
What inspiring people have
What inspiring people have in common is the attitude of turning their stories into positive energies, no matter the content and the perception they had of the events at the time they occurred.
What seemed to be a failure can become a blessing. A loss reverts into an awakening. An apparent “coincidence” finds its thread. A constraint is transformed into an opportunity.
Great leaders can share
Great leaders can share a great deal of funny, larger-than-life stories.
HUMOR is a precious element in the business world. Laughter is one of the main endowments to reset our strained brain and release stress.
What makes us feel even more connected to each other is the power of vulnerability. Great people share their struggles, failures and losses, and bond on the deeper level of humanity that we all share.
Everyone has inspiring stories.It
Everyone has inspiring stories.
It turns out, the best storytellers document their life by journaling.
They take a short note of any event or idea they find worth recording, and later elaborate on them. Or perhaps they simply keep a diary.
When you meet these
When you meet these people, let them inspire you. And if you have the chance, tell them your story.
You may find out, you can inspire them, too.
Great leaders have the
Great leaders have the capability to own stories and drive others through them without polishing, make-up or politics.
We all want to love and to be loved, we aspire to work on something meaningful, we get boosted by laughing regularly, and feel comforted knowing we have someone to hug when we need to cry tears of joy or sadness.
The truth is, being
The truth is, being inspired often makes you inspiring for others.
When you are inspired, your energy surrounds you and naturally expands your capability to attract and lift others. When many inspiring people meet, they create a reciprocating virtuous circle.
