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The Power of Need as Motivation

by Marvin Johnston
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A friend of mine and I were talking about motivation, and he related a short story.

A motivational speaker at one of the seminars he attended talked of a person who wanted to become successful in his business. So he went to a guru to find out what was required.

The guru said to meet him at the beach the next morning and he would make everything clear.

The next morning, he went there to meet the guru, and the guru told the man to follow him as he walked out into the water.

This seemed strange but the man did as he was told. As the water started getting deeper and he was almost up to his neck, the guru put his hand on this guys head and pushed and held him under water.

At first the guy trusted the guru and was trying to figure out the lesson. But as he started to run out of air, panic set in and he started to fight the guru to get his head above water.

As he was about to black out from a lack of oxygen, the guru pulled him up and took him ashore.

The guy was ticked at this point, and asked him where the lesson was in trying to drown him.

The guru stated, when you have the same passion for your business you had when you were trying to get air to breath, you will be successful.

Marvin
#motivation #power
  • Profile picture of the author Lulu Chil
    Thanks for remainding me of this. I once saw a video about this. I agree with this, when one needs something badly, they find way to succeed.
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  • Profile picture of the author mervyngoh
    Yes agreed, you must have a burning desire to achieve something then you will succeed. You must know the "WHY?" in your life.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michela
      Originally Posted by mervyngoh View Post

      Yes agreed, you must have a burning desire to achieve something then you will succeed. You must know the "WHY?" in your life.
      A burning desire absolutely! And persistence. Pick yourself up if you fall, assess, keep moving forward.

      My absolute favorite saying, not my own. Just Do It.
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      • Profile picture of the author Gianni
        Originally Posted by Michela View Post

        A burning desire absolutely! And persistence. Pick yourself up if you fall, assess, keep moving forward.

        My absolute favorite saying, not my own. Just Do It.
        I agree with you on that one.

        A burning desire to see results no matter how many mistakes we make along the way.

        Thanks for your share.
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    • Profile picture of the author Gianni
      Originally Posted by mervyngoh View Post

      Yes agreed, you must have a burning desire to achieve something then you will succeed. You must know the "WHY?" in your life.

      I agree with you my dear friend.

      In order to succeed we must believe in what we are doing.

      Thanks for your share.

      All the best.

      Gianni.
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    • Profile picture of the author Gianni
      Originally Posted by mervyngoh View Post

      Yes agreed, you must have a burning desire to achieve something then you will succeed. You must know the "WHY?" in your life.
      WIthout a burning desire to succeed would be very difficult to achieve our dreams.

      We must believe in our dreams and in our abilities to succeed.

      All the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author BugHo
    "The guru stated, when you have the same passion for your business you had when you were trying to get air to breath, you will be successful."

    How true!
    This last statement sums up the idea. If only our passion is just like an indispensable resource in our life like air, water and food, in which without them we will die.
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    • Profile picture of the author Marvin Johnston
      Originally Posted by BugHo View Post

      "The guru stated, when you have the same passion for your business you had when you were trying to get air to breath, you will be successful."

      How true!
      This last statement sums up the idea. If only our passion is just like an indispensable resource in our life like air, water and food, in which without them we will die.
      This also resonated with me. Anything I've been able to accomplish in life has always been a result of passion.

      And that passion also gave me the ability to say NO to things that I wasn't truly passionate about. But this took a long time to learn, and I'm still having trouble applying the word NO .

      Marvin
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  • Profile picture of the author underworld90
    I've heard the same thing mentioned time and time again by successful people: like what you do, or find it a passion, and success will follow.

    I believe that is true to a point. There can be people who are passionate about helping others through charity or organizing a charity. If there are people like this that truly care about helping others in less fortunate situations, then why is there still so much trouble in the world and even locally within your community?

    I think that the problem doesn't lie with finding people with passion, it's in making certain that your goal matches up with your passion. If your passion is to help others, is it better than following a passion to *eliminate* that problem plaguing others?

    Think about the challenge from a different viewpoint. You may uncover a whole new way of looking at the method and discover a means that no one else has.
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  • Profile picture of the author bartm
    Motivation comes from outside. Inspiration is much stronger, when all your values, goals and actions are alligned... So passion goes hand in hand with that, otherwise you will give up when something fails..
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  • Profile picture of the author jushuaburnham
    But sometimes it leads you to frustration if you did not satisfy what are expecting to happens.
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  • Profile picture of the author danielreynolds
    Motivation is major factor that show way to success.If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. Hope for best!
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  • Profile picture of the author KickAss Marketing
    I definitely agree, like what i always say All things are possible with God. If you really want to be successful just believe that it is possible for you to achieve your dreams and your goals in life.
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    • Profile picture of the author Gianni
      Originally Posted by Don Adrian View Post

      I definitely agree, like what i always say All things are possible with God. If you really want to be successful just believe that it is possible for you to achieve your dreams and your goals in life.
      Faith in God and in yourself will help you to make positive strides in your daily life.

      Thanks for your share.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kyle Rude
    Thanks for the post man. I found this awesome motivational speech on youtube that I really liked. I would share the link here but i'm not sure if i'm allowed to.

    I'd look up
    This is How Winners Are Made - Inspirational [HQ] Best Speech Ever
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