When we talk about success, most of us, especially motivational speakers, talk about commitment, dedication, and hard work. Some of us really talk about why other people are more committed, dedicated, and hard-working than others. Hardly any of us talk about where the hard work and dedication comes from in the first place.
We fail to recognize that dedication and hard work only happen when we are emotionally connected to our goals; hard work and dedication are the result of setting the right goals that speak to our hearts and move us. Nobody works hard on goals that do not excite them. So in order to be successful, you need to emotionally connect with your goals so that you start to feel the need within you to do whatever it takes to be successful; whether it’s waking up at 4am in the morning to write a business plan or going on a strict diet to achieve your fitness goals.
You might be wondering how you emotionally connect with your goals. One of the best ways to do this is to harness the feeling of love in everything you do: love for yourself, love for others, and love for what you do. Use love as a fuel for significant success in your life so that you pursue goals that speak to your heart and automatically gain the ability to work hard on those goals.
Here are the three things you can do to use love as fuel for your success:
- We’ve all had times in our lives when we were filled with self-doubt and questioned our abilities, whether as parents, spouses, or in our careers. This could have caused us to have a negative image of ourselves and to doubt our abilities. Love yourself enough to forgive your past mistakes. Remember the things you have done well in the past and reflect on them. Let all the positive feelings dwell in you by remembering the past.
- In our busy schedules, most of us neglect to take time to spend with people who truly care about us and believe in us. Allocate time, schedule a lunch or dinner meeting with someone who truly loves you and believes in your abilities.
- Start spending more time reflecting on the things that move you emotionally and move you. Make a list of some of these things and spend more time doing them. It is from this kind of attention to what you love that they set out and pursue big, life-changing goals. Everything great was made from a place of love, think of the Wright brothers’ invention of the airplane, or Bill Gates and Microsoft, Kaizer Motaung and Kaizer Chiefs, even philanthropic heroines like Mother Teresa and Malala Yousafzai were born from a place of love. .
When you start from the place of love, hard work, dedication, and creativity automatically flow to you and help you achieve your goals.
Thanks for reading this article. Stay inspired, move mountains and all the obstacles that stand in your way to success. Don’t you dare give up on yourself and your goals.
