What Motivates you ?

Of course proper incentive is able to motivate you. Pleasure, money, etc.
But, in my case, what really motivates me is the process. I have learned to appreciate and enjoy each and every step of the process. I know my reward will be waiting for me, i just know it, but I don't make that the core of it. If you do the job right, you'll get your prize, that's for sure, but don't make the prize the reason why your working. Find the prize or the pleasure in the process. If you do it right, the rest will come along.

I am very much agree with this statement "Constant implementation is leads to massive success". Generally we get motivation by our mentors.

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Honestly... My family especially my wife & children, offline jobs and successfully in making money online motivate me

When I look at all the unhappy people with "real" jobs, plugging away everyday to scrape by, this motivates me to never settle for anything less than what will make me happy. I believe life is too precious to spend the bulk of my days doing things I resent.

I like being motivated by hope!! I know there is a great future for me but to get there I know I need to work hard. Knowing that my efforts will yield great results keeps me going! Knowing that doing nothing is the first step to failure pushes me even harder!

I'm greatly motivated by the picture of what ''I'm becoming''. I'm a work-in-progress, and in a sense there's no end to my growth. I love the feeling of motion--dropping bad habits, acquiring better ones...the process of continuously shaping my ''self'' into something/someone more beautiful, smarter and lighter. I'm motivated by that vision.

I have a goal, that makes my motivation keep alive.

My family, goals, money and expensive toys

Having enough money to spend in London next year in college! This is my prime motivation!

Personally, what motivates me is thinking of people who are less fortunate that i am very lucky i'm not one of them.

The pleasure of earning money motivates me actually.

Being able to look me in the eye every morning and know I had a positive impact on someone's life the day before. I try to do it surreptitiously so it doesn't look like I'm running around trying to garner praise. I learned that trick from a very successful man when I was in my 20's. 40 years later and it still works.

the pleasu(r)e awaiting is great motivation to me...

But seriously though, I suppose avoiding something negative (like not being able to pay rent or care for your family) can be strong motivation for some folks, but I'd rather take the positive approach.

I think my biggest motivation is to quit my job completely. I have recently gone part time to dedicate more time for my " online endeavors". I am a single mom, so I want to spend more time with my son, and not work over 50 hours and never get to see him. I can not wait for the day I can quit my job and do IM full-time. I LOVE the internet. I can " work" for hours and not notice. This is something I love to. Also when I have an order for a new site or re-design, that really motivates me!

Negative emotion from people who told me I couldn't do it.

I'm motivated for several reasons. However, what really motivates me is wanting to prove the naysayers wrong.

The potential for greater enjoyment, bliss, and joy motivates me!

I do IM purely because I am materialistic. Don't get me wrong, I only have a few wants which I have over my work station which I look at every time I sit in front of the computer to work on my business which are

1) The type of house I want which backs onto my private beach which I can fish off.
2) My modest fishing boat.
3) Top of the line Shimano light tackle salt water fishing gear.

Ideally, my end goal is to have financial freedom by building my own little internet business empire and being able to look people in the eye and tell them I have a successful business which makes me really really good money.

No, no not pleasure but success ! I am motivated because I like to have success

The thing that motivates me the most is knowing this is what I want to do for a full time income. What keeps me going is that this is something I am passionate about and I know that I can help people with the same qualities get the same results.

So essentially just knowing this is possible challenging but well worth the time and effort to get yourself there knowing all of this is what you did and put your effort and heart into.

What motivates me... is freedom.

I'm 22 and I live with my mother. She gives me food, money and shelter. She maintains me in every way possible. I had a job as a math tutor and did well, but quitted because I wanted to work on an "Internet project" this year. I was also attending University; my uncle was paying for my overpriced tuition (for which I'm thankful), but I decided to stop receiving his help primarily because my relatives were using the "if you don't do what we order you, we will tell your uncle to stop paying you da university!!!11" in order to control me and control very personal aspects of my life.

Thus, given that I currently don't have a job, and my mother maintains me, I'm currently her "slave". She has ALL the rights to meddle in my life, and order me to do whatever she desires. She says she "supports" me and wishes I do good in my "Internet projects"... but inside, she hopes I fail misserably and start University again like a good tamed corporate slave.

If I want to be free, to have my own place, to go out and return home whenever the heck I want, to make MY own rules, to see whoever I want and do whatever I want with the people I know without nobody meddling in... to live without having to answer to anyone...

... I need money.

And when I learned about Internet Marketing I was in awe about the endless possibilities of a much greater life that I could have ever had with an overpriced cardboard that says "Ingeniero de Sistemas". I wanted to try... and use IM as a tool to break free!!

Freedom motivates me. To me nothing is more important in life than to actually be in charge of your own destiny, and not having to do what others tell you or they kick you to the streets and starve to death otherwise...

... however... when I get trapped by Internet distractions like DeviantArt and Youtube (I don't have a Facebook, yayz!!), and I waste massive ammounts of time... I wonder if freedom really motivates me enough...

I'm a slave... but it's comfy. That "comfyness" and instant gratification that Internet entertainment offers can really screw up one's motivation and progress...

Hey, thanks for reading!

I am motivated by knowing that what I am doing will impact someone else positively.

What motivates me? Not the easiest question to answer in a brief post.

I would say it would have to be pleasure - I find it really hard to do anything that isn't fun!

My children inspire me...lives of achievers encourage me and ofcourse money motivates

The Money, nothing more

When I was younger, it was the money and living the good life. As I get older, I realize that helping people achieve their dreams, hopes etc. is more important. There are actually people out there that need my knowledge, experience. Talk about motivation!

Currently, the finite nature of time motivates me, so I guess fear of wasting time. I wish it were something else! This didn't sink in until almost the end of my college years. I was always terribly afraid, but like a switch, I suddenly had strong motivation to not remain idle and progress in everything that i chose to pursue.

I love watching an idea from my mind form into a profitable venture, definitely.

What motivates me though? Taking care of my family.

Good books, appreciation from friends and family and clickbank pay checks ;-))

We only have one life to live. So my own mortality is what motivates me. There is no way I am going to the after life sucking hind tit in the accomplishments department behind you turkeys.

Success motivates me. Both when I do something and see results and when I see and read stories of other people's successes. I keeps me moving forward knowing that it is possible and is happening for many people everyday.

well personally, self respect and appreciation makes me motivate to move on, and it is psychological fact even too, instant appreciation really drives the one to motivate towards the core goal.

Is it a question of either PAIN or PLEASURE?

I think its a bit of both.

What motivates me:
- loved ones
- good life
- dream lifestyle
- material things that would give me comfort/make my easier & more pleasurable
- being able to travel around the world
- FREEDOM
- being location independent

that sums up everything..

but seriously, with IM, it can be really hard to motivate yourself sometimes. I know all of my inspirations, but I really have to give myself a kick in the butt sometimes to get me moving (It's just a figure of speech ) It's harder to sustain your motivation when you're not seeing results from your efforts.

But heck, i keep telling myself, if I want instant results, I'll just stick to my job (or find an online job), since that would give me guaranteed pay-outs. But that is still trading my time for money, which is actually what I'm trying to get out of.

Knowing that I am in control of my future, not someone else ! Well as far as work is concerned anyway. That is what motivates me.

There are different things that motivate me. One thing that always seems to motivate me is being encouraged by someone. If I feel valued, then I want to continue to give the project my best effort. It makes me feel appreciated and that always pushes me to try to get better. I'm also motivated by having people around me that I can trust to bounce ideas off of. If someone will listen and provide feedback I'm able to implement the results of the conversations we have.

My family, people around me, every single day, small things like. sun, smile etc., Helping other people, Goals and my successes, travels. Also I love watch inspirational videos, read inspirational quotes, visualization with my dream board and a lot of other things.

That I still have the life all in front of me, and I am becoming more smarter year by year. It motivates me that life can take a lot of shapes