Have
you ever wondered if there is any single factor present in the
lives of all successful people?
Albert
Rothenberg, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University,
did. He undertook a study of successful people in sport, art,
business and science. What do you think he found to be the
number one cause of success? Talent? Personality? How about IQ
or qualifications? After an exhaustive study Professor
Rothenberg found only one factor that in his words was
‘absolutely, across the board, present in all successful
people – motivation’.
BUILD YOUR
LIFE
Right now, think about a time when you
have been motivated to take effective action – perhaps
you started an exercise programme or developed an
entrepreneurial idea.
What kind of emotional state
were you in at the time? How can you create that state again?
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Great!
But what is motivation? The dictionary describes motivation as
‘an emotion that produces action’. Success is your ability to
induce the emotions that lead to positive
actions.
Next week, discover the
emotion
