Motives for success
Quote from Luke Stensland on May 11, 2023, 8:53 amI have found in my experiences, that the motives behind actions help determine the outcome. This can be applied to many situations.
When I was younger, I would work out for a month or two, then stop for quite a while, and usually get back into it for a month or two. It was difficult to keep a routine due to my work schedule, and I would get discouraged or lose interest after a while. My motives for working out was for looks, and to increase my size and ability to do physical things. But, I would use my visual changes as a guage for success. If I felt like I was working harder than the results I was getting, I got discouraged. I would also try to push myself to the limit and would occasionally pull a muscle or feel damage to a part of my body, and would have to take a couple weeks off, which would set me back.
Now, when I work out, my focus is strictly on health benefits. I would like to stay healthy so I can enjoy life longer, provide for my family, and be physically capable. At the time of writing this, I have been working out for an hour a day, six days a week for about five months. I have missed a couple days due to being exhausted from the prior days schedule and needing to get that extra hour of sleep, but that's only happened a few times. My workouts are not extreme. I do cardio every other day and a muscle group or two on the alternate days. The way I look at it now, an hour of activity, no matter what it is, is better than an hour of inactivity.
This is the same with my job. If I focus on making money, and that is my priority, it's easy to get discouraged if the amount of money I think I should have doesn't come. But, if I focus on doing the best job I can, learning the most I can about my job and being the best at it that I can be, I give myself value. I get a sense of accomplishment and I can enjoy my work better, whether the money is there or not. But, if I have value as a professional, the success will come with it.
Albert Einstein has said – “try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” This seems to be the key to success. Not going for financial success directly, but achieving financial success by being a person of value. Being a person of value gives more benefit than just financial, it gives a sense of purpose and accomplishment in life.
So, in my opinion, the best thing you can do for your life is to find something of value that you're interested in. Then, work at being the best you can be at that thing. If you never become wealthy doing something you love, at least you're able to enjoy life doing something you love. However, if the thing you love has value to others, chances are the success will come, and you will gain financial stability while doing something you love.
I have found in my experiences, that the motives behind actions help determine the outcome. This can be applied to many situations.
When I was younger, I would work out for a month or two, then stop for quite a while, and usually get back into it for a month or two. It was difficult to keep a routine due to my work schedule, and I would get discouraged or lose interest after a while. My motives for working out was for looks, and to increase my size and ability to do physical things. But, I would use my visual changes as a guage for success. If I felt like I was working harder than the results I was getting, I got discouraged. I would also try to push myself to the limit and would occasionally pull a muscle or feel damage to a part of my body, and would have to take a couple weeks off, which would set me back.
Now, when I work out, my focus is strictly on health benefits. I would like to stay healthy so I can enjoy life longer, provide for my family, and be physically capable. At the time of writing this, I have been working out for an hour a day, six days a week for about five months. I have missed a couple days due to being exhausted from the prior days schedule and needing to get that extra hour of sleep, but that's only happened a few times. My workouts are not extreme. I do cardio every other day and a muscle group or two on the alternate days. The way I look at it now, an hour of activity, no matter what it is, is better than an hour of inactivity.
This is the same with my job. If I focus on making money, and that is my priority, it's easy to get discouraged if the amount of money I think I should have doesn't come. But, if I focus on doing the best job I can, learning the most I can about my job and being the best at it that I can be, I give myself value. I get a sense of accomplishment and I can enjoy my work better, whether the money is there or not. But, if I have value as a professional, the success will come with it.
Albert Einstein has said – “try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” This seems to be the key to success. Not going for financial success directly, but achieving financial success by being a person of value. Being a person of value gives more benefit than just financial, it gives a sense of purpose and accomplishment in life.
So, in my opinion, the best thing you can do for your life is to find something of value that you're interested in. Then, work at being the best you can be at that thing. If you never become wealthy doing something you love, at least you're able to enjoy life doing something you love. However, if the thing you love has value to others, chances are the success will come, and you will gain financial stability while doing something you love.
