Let's imagine that our psyche is an internal combustion engine. Motivation happens when the gas-air mixture ignited by a spark burns out and pushes the piston in the cylinder. Those. chemical changes turn into mechanical ones. Your thoughts and ideas go into action. But stobes all happened, you need the right fuel. The correct type, composition, octane number, etc. Otherwise, no transition to mechanical work will occur.
Each engine runs on its own fuel. Theoretically, you can fill in everything that burns, but not everything will work. And some liquids can damage the engine and will not work at all.
Each person has their own gasoline with the correct octane rating. These are the things, images, desires that motivate in a natural way. And there are those who do not motivate at all, as you do not torture yourself.
For example, there are people who do not see themselves as leaders. Not because they are weaklings, cowards, sociophobia, etc. They just don’t like someone leading somewhere, keeping track of who is doing it and answering for it. Yes, the idea is now being promoted that being a leader is a must. Even if you do not need to lead anyone anywhere, you still need to be prepared to do it. There is an idea that welfare depends only on whether you are a leader or not. For this reason, many people torment themselves with leadership courses, because it seems to them that it is not possible to achieve anything in their life differently. Their engine begins to sneeze and cough, get stuck and stop. These images of leading a group of people are not his fuel. The mental pictures “but in front I’m on a white camel, behind a white piano” do not stimulate.
But this does not mean that a specific person who is not called to battle for pictures of his leadership is not able to lead people. The engine is such that you can go anywhere. Almost anywhere, if it meets its technical specifications and the desire of the owner of the engine. There are people who are motivated to solve a particular problem, create projects, express themselves. These things can create the conditions for a person to become a leader for the realization of these needs. True, in this case, leadership becomes a byproduct.
And this applies not only to leadership. Why do people study? Yes fives? To do this, even pine logs are ready to be thrust into your engine, if only the necessary assessment is obtained. You can focus on the same self-expression, problem solving or creating something. Five is not important at all, the main thing is that it works and brings satisfaction.
The main problem now is that most people are taught from childhood to pour any kind of .. into their internal combustion engine that prevents the motor from working. All efforts go to the exhaust, or the engine very quickly leaves the side. Such citizens are recognized as losers and weaklings, although their fault is only that they are not aware of the existence of other fuels.
In general, if you are having difficulty motivating yourself, think about whether or not you “gas” yourself.