What is your motivation?

Lately I've seen many embittered and sad persons say things like "Why am I not getting upvotes for my well-written posts that took me hours to research and construct?". Believe me you. You've seen people make loads of money from their daily posts yeah? Many times the posts aren't even worth it, either it is not well written or it's not qualitative enough. But the road doesn't end there. Let me tell us something...

This renowned success didn't come as a result of chance or luck, it's as a result of hard-work, the influence they have on the community and the effort they have equally put for the betterment of the community. Some of them may have encountered this success by luck or favor, but majority of these people got theirs through constant dedication to the community. In other to reach the apex here on this community, it's best to be persistent and consistent, knowing the happenings around the blockchain rather than looking for upvotes. If the sole reason why you came to this community was for the sake of money, then you can keep reading this post...

I'll quickly examine the two kinds of motivation we have, they are outer and inner motivation.

OUTER MOTIVATION

Outer motivation means motivation that comes from outside, just like a reward for doing something. (money etc.), doing everything possible to stay out of punishment, survival . When you have outer motivation, whatever you are doing, you're not doing it just for doing it but it's seen as a means of survival, something you'll wanna dig deep into. If this same spirit can be applied here, you won't be here on steemit for the sole aim of wanting to make money but to strive to give quality content and be like most successful individuals on here.

INNER MOTIVATION

Inner motivation is the direct opposite of outer motivation. Inner motivation, means that you get reward from doing a thing, be it a task, project or something else. The spirit of motivation comes from the inside and the burning desire to succeed, passion, value and interest. Inner motivation is the driving force that increases our well-being and ability to discharge our duties in order to succeed.

CONCLUSION

There's a thin line between the two kinds of motivation mentioned above. In order to strive to be better and successful, we need inner motivation more than we need outer motivation. Most individuals have them both, which really isn't a bad thing. It is inner motivation that'll make a user keep writing and persisting even though his post isn't yielding the required or expected outcome.

Thanks for reading...

Until next time, I remain @osigbhemeh

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