Self Motivation-the key to SUCCESS

We all know about Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of electric bulb. The entire world would have been in dark today, but for him. As a child, he did not have formal education because of his poor family background, physical deformity and learning difficulties. He had to work and earn his living right from his young age.He earned his income by selling newspapers on the road, vegetables and doing odd jobs.

When he got the assignment of selling news papers in the train, he had set up a small laboratory in a compartment and started conducting his experiments. Once when the entire compartment was ablaze, the railway authorities stopped him from conducting experiments in the train. This did not prevent him from inventing the electric bulb. He could reach his goal because he was a self determined and self motivated individual.

Young Edison was a self driven individual. He had tremendous inner fire to achieve. He worked hard to reach his goal. Poverty or lack of laboratory equipments did not stop him from achieveing his goal. He has not only invented Electric bulb but he has also invented phonograph, kinetoscope, dictaphone, carbon microphone etc. Lack of schooling and proper facilities did not deter young Edison from inventing all these. He was an person with tremendous inner fire and had immense self-confidence in what he was doing. The invention of electric bulb is not just technological product but a product of  his self motivation.

Self Motivation is the personal and the inner drive to succeed. It is the inner force or fire within the mind that keeps the individual pushing towards his goal, however difficult may be the task. Self motivation is a positive attitude which will help up us to excel in life. When we motivate ourselves positive thinking predominates and we display the strength of character and we complete our task with enthusiasm. Self motivation is inciting oneself to thinking and action.

We should think positively to develop self motivation. Thinking positively keeps us happy and helps us to deal correctly with all the people and the problems around us. We should shed negative attitude.If we have negative attitude, we attract negative energy. Our mind and body becomes weak if we have negative energy. Negative energy will not allow us to undertake any task and will not help us to reach our goal.

Students need to be self- motivated to study, learn and to excel in life. The economic status and the social status should not come in the way of studying and achieving. A student is learning for himself first. Then comes the examinations and the job. Students should be clear about the goals they  have to achieve. They should find out the ways and means of achieving it. They should put their heart and soul to achieve their target successfully.

Tips for developing Self Motivation:

·         Always remain happy and cheerful. Happy people are  easily motivated.

·         “Today is real. Yesterday is history and tomorrow is  mystery”. Therefore live fully in the present moment.

·         Do not be afraid of making mistakes. “Make no mistake, Make no progress ”.

·         Allocate time for all your various tasks. Complete the task successfully on priority basis.

·         Do not quit the task  due to frustration because of a setback. Success will be somewhere around.

·         Do not be afraid of failures. Always remember, “failure is the  stepping stone to success”.

·         Always be optimistic. Then success will be next to you.

·         Always dream of achieving something great. Visualise what you want to achieve.

·         Plan your schedule of work properly after analysing your strengths and weaknesses.

·         Avoid being lazy ; delaying your day's work will  delay your achieving the  goal.

·         Block negative thoughts and negative ideas. Always remain positive.

We have come across several self motivated individuals.Great thinkers and scientists have become great because of their work and not by birth. They have achieved success because of the inner urge and intrinsic motivation to complete herculean tasks and inspired people around them. Self motivated individuals have transformed the society. They were thinking positively and worked consistently to achieve success. They were instrumental in bringing  changes in the lives of the people  around them. They  inspired others to follow their ways.

Mahatma Gandhi, Father of our Nation is a self motivated individual. His self motivation made him fight for our nation and won us freedom from the British rule.He also inspired people around him to work for India’s Independence. He was instrumental in transforming the people and the society. He inspired people to follow his ideals of Non-violence and changed their ways of thinking.

Self Motivation is one of the important qualities one should develop. It is a very essential quality required, for students to excel in their studies. Students will be empowerd if they develop self motivation.

It lays the foundation stone of  success in one's life if practiced sincearly. Following are the steps:

·         Ignite your mind.

·         Rationalise your thoughts.

·         Find means to achieve your goal.

·         Involve the people  in your team in your task.

·         Inspire the people to complete the task to reach the goal.

Self motivation is one of  the vital and essential qualities, we should cultivate in us. Certain qualities like self-confidence, determination, rational and positive thinking, positive attitude, cheerful temperament, punctuality, logical reasoning, optimism etc are also developed in us, as a result. Life will be Cherished  and Nourished through self motivation.