This
question has been on my mind for sometimes, after so much pondering I concluded
that as humans, we are all made to be significant in our respective circles.
The purpose for work may differ in different people but there is a common
denominator we possess in each of us regardless of our position on the social
stratification chain.
Everyone
wants to make a difference but idly have we asked ourselves for a moment, how
do I wanna make that difference and why? What’s the driving force, what are my
motivations, my paradigms towards the way I wanna make such a gigantic difference?
The purpose for a thing may sometimes nullify or better still negate the effect
or advantages of that thing, I mean if you wanna buy a house in Beverly hills-
would you go rob the bank? Here we are gonna be looking at the reason for our
motivations towards some certain actions which tilts especially towards wealth
creation and financial acquisition.
There
are so many driving force depending on your world-view but I see them divided
into basically three which are:
·
PAIN
·
GAIN
·
GIVE
PAIN:
This can be described as a somatic sensation of acute discomfort, pain is an
emotion that can be described with so many synonyms which include ail, anguish,
annoyance, botheration, hurt, infliction, irritation, nuisance, pain in the
neck, trouble etc. it is a logic of fear and avoidance. When the needs of an
individual are met through the threats of lack of abundance necessary for
survival, that person keeps fighting to get out of that position of discomfort
which relatively lasts as long as he or she is out of the discomfort zone.
Unfortunately people on this tier are either poor or in the middle-class. All
they ask for is just some breath of fresh air, some form of convenience and
nothing more. They are motivated by the fear of pain which inflicts more injury
than pain itself.
GAIN:
If you call gain another pearl to you neck you’re not far from it. Gain is
described as a logic of acquisition. You can also say deriving benefits from
something pleasurable. Like the first there are so many synonyms you can
describe this with like; acquire, addition, advance, amplification, attain,
benefit, derive, earn, increase, profit, win etc. Here there is a desire more
than the basic necessities of life (i.e. food, clothing and shelter). When the
need revolves around the desire to have more of something that is not necessary
for our survival. Many of the rich and a few middle class reside in this zone.
There is a strong passion to have a little more and yet a little more and the
thirst for more never stops. According to Adam smith, “Human wants is
insatiable”. But the individuals in this tier have their passions burning, if
the equation is still balanced.
GIVE:
The give zone is a very wonderful realm, only a few in our society ever gets to
this zone, some statistics says 3-10% some 12% but everywhere you find yourself
this little group of people are not just distinguished because of their purse
but their motivation. They are the ones who are the most influential in many
social structures because they derive their drive from contributing to the
development of any organisation they find themselves. They’ve cultivated an
attitude of giving back to the society. The reason why they acquire wealth is
to give most especially because they can fend for themselves regardless of what
economic laws are been passed. Their motivation is to see that human lives are
been empowered not necessarily in times of financial or monetary empowerment.
Give is the logic of meaning and
fulfilment. It represents the fundamental desire to contribute to the
accomplishment of something outside ourselves. This level of motivation can
elicit the deepest human energies, and lasts as long as the purpose is
considered worthy of our effort. Many of the great changes throughout history
were powered by causes people believed in and were willing to make sacrifices
for in order to achieve.
So dear readers whatever the nature of our desire or motive
for learning is, they will impact how we function.
When people operate out of fear,
what they see, the things they do, the results they get, and their evaluation
of those results will be different than if they went through the same process
based on the desire to achieve a great purpose. So what are your paradigms, how
do you see the world, what are your beliefs and your belief systems. In terms
of human performance, the higher up the continuum, the more effective and
enduring the motivation will be.
I close with this, whatever you do; Live, Love and Learn.
Thanks
