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I’ve been toying with a thought a while now, as to what motivation is made of.

I’ve come to a conclusion that seems right, and can’t seem to find the flaw, so I’ll leave it to you to make whatever you want out of it.

Motivation = Energy * (Desire – Fear)

If energy = 0, motivation =0.
If fear >= desire, motivation <=0, meaning it works against you and drifts you away from your goals.

And ideally, if fear = 0, and both desire and energy have high positive values, motivation becomes unstoppable.

A nice tidbit of theory, but what to make of it?

Energy is the outcome of good health, which itself is the outcome of a good diet and exercise, if disease is taken out of this picture (just for the sake of theorizing).

Desire is more subtle. If you’ve found your passion, you’ve found desire. If you’ve fallen in love, you’ve found desire.

But if you do not feel desire, does it mean it is not there?

Fear is complex. Within fear there is fear of negative outcome, or more deeply rooted, unexpressed fears with forgotten motivations. I think most people will agree that fear can exist, even if it is not felt.

If these postulates are accepted, then we come to the conclusion that there can be ardent desire and paralysing fear, both unfelt. Or perhaps, if you only accept that what exists is actually felt, high desire and fear can have worn each other out over time.

So the concrete application of this rant would be: cultivate energy, dominate and dissolve fear and both desire and motivation will emerge by themselves.

Diet, exercise, breathe and meditate on your fears, and you will see light on the path. You will have the motivation to travel that path, and find your heart’s content.

This has further meaning. You may currently be pursuing false desires, enduced by family or societal pressure. What if simply taking the time to relax, listen to the fear and dominate it, cultivate some energy brought forth the revelation that you are, unknowingly, going in the wrong direction?

Couldn’t that lead to an unprecedented turn in your life, and for the better?

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