 Did you leap out of bed this morning, excited to start the day? Or did you hit the snooze button three times before crawling out of bed and wondering why you weren't born independently wealthy? It's okay if you snoozed. Even the most successful people sometimes grapple with a lack of motivation. Motivation is the carrot in the horse cart of life. Lose motivation and the horse stops, waiting for someone to dangle a new carrot. Motivation, the reason or desire to do something, can be intrinsic, coming from inside oneself, or extrinsic, provided by an outside force. Extrinsic motivators such as money, power and a windowed office are offered infrequently and usually short-term motivators. Most of the time, you're going to have to dangle the proverbial carrot for yourself with your intrinsic motivators. If you are in a leadership position, you also seek ways to motivate or inspire those you lead. Who doesn't want to follow an excited, motivated leader? As much as any leader desires to motivate their subordinates, one fact remains: you can't start a fire by blowing on sticks-no matter how hard you blow or how badly you want a fire-unless there's already a spark.
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