Who is the driver of your life?
If someone asks me that what is my most memorable childhood memory, I would narrate my one dream which was always with me, whether I was sleeping or awake.
The dream was: I am dressed up in a business suit and sitting on the back seat of the car reading the newspaper and the driver is driving my car. This was a dream which never allowed me to sleep and this dream became true when I became the Training Manager for an organization and got a traveling role.
The only difference was that instead of a newspaper I had a laptop in my hand.
Has anyone of you seen such a dream?
Do we ever think what that one thing which drives our life is? What is that parameter which inspires us to move forward with our ambitions? What is that one attribute of our life which keeps on boosting us to follow our goals?
Everyone has a different attribute towards this. Each one of us is driven by some of the other factors in our life.
So let’s see which are these factors and then find out which one implies to us.
1. Dream
This one is me as I told; I am driven with my dreams.
These people dream of doing something and then their thought process moves in the same direction. They are ready to do sacrifices, ready for all the oppositions and always come out of the comfort zone to achieve what they want. Here I would like to tell you one more secret about these people. They love taking small naps. Do you know why? They are not feeling sleepy; rather they want a few minutes to visualize their dream to keep them focused.
2. Deadlines
These people will work only with deadlines. They will not touch the work until they know that the deadline is approaching. They might take it easy all the time, but when the deadline comes, they will put their whole energy, whole day and night to complete it but keep to the commitment. They are committed, people.
- Reaching a milestone
These people set up their standards, give themselves a target and take small steps each day to reach there. They will keep on thinking about the strategies which help them to achieve the milestone. And once they achieve it, they will set up new goals and new milestones.
- Lifestyle
These people do everything for their desired lifestyle. They are fond of luxury cars, different cuisines, they want their clothes dry-cleaned, and they love branded clothes. So the price tags of the brands become their motivation to work and achieve what they want.
- Recognition
These people love to be recognized among other people, they want to feel on the top of the world so they keep doing remarkable things in life because once they are recognized, and they become more confident to move further
- Madness
They are the crazy people who are mad about something. If they think that they want to do, they will not quit without doing it. I have heard many stories of people who in spite of facing disasters in life decided to climb the mountains and they achieved it. They are mad but this madness makes them a pioneer in whatever they do and thus become a role model for many.
- Power and fame
Who does not love this? But few people drive their life with this. They will find a career in which they can become a millionaire overnight. They will risk their lives but will get power and fame.
- Fear of embarrassment
This category of people is unique. They are always fearful that what others think about them. They are focused more on practicing because they can’t take any negative feedback. They will put in all the efforts to be the best.
So these are the different parameters which imply to us, there are many more too besides these.
So it’s important for us to know which one implies to us. It is also a helpful tool for entrepreneurs because this will help them to know how to run their team. They have to just find out which person in the team is driven by which one of these.
We all have one life to live, so let’s find our driver and drive safely on this journey.