Your Power Source of Motivation and Action

Many entrepreneurs get burnt out after pouring so much work and energy into what they do.

What is it that gives some of them the energy to keep going week after week, month after month, year after year?

For the most part, it really is their vision, or what some call their “big why.”

A “big why” is the core motivator that gives some people the seemingly limitless energy to keep fighting the “good fight.” It’s a calling or a vision that expands beyond their own life and world.

Maybe your “big why” is to help thousands of families feed themselves. Maybe it’s to stop heinous crimes against humanity in third world countries. Maybe it’s spread a message of love or freedom. Maybe it’s to have a lasting impact on your children and the world.

There are a lot of things that can contribute to a “big why” but here is a way that you can start to discover you own.

Is there a certain thing about the world that you wish were fundamentally different?

If you can’t think about something specifically from this question, look back at your own life and examine the core struggles you’ve dealt with in the past. Now ask yourself, what would the world be like if no one ever had to deal with those challenges again.

For most people, this will help reveal a substantially motivating “big why” to inspire them into action.

Here’s a big clue to know if you’ve got good enough vision to fuel your fire: Your vision is something that you will never be able to complete in your lifetime.

That may sound discouraging at first, but it is actually a good thing. When we reach a point of completion, we often feel unmotivated and complacency can creep in, but if you find yourself constantly “dreaming the impossible dream” like Don Quixote, you’ll find that you have a bottomless wellspring of motivation and passion to fuel you to make lasting changes throughout your whole life.

Plus, a huge vision to impact the world will help you create an almost gravitational field around yourself that will draw the people you need into your life to help you on your journey.

So if you don’t have a “big why” yet, take a few hours to sit down and meditate on it and think about what kind of change you’d like to see in the world.