Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Motivation vs Inspiration

The person who is willing to stand out of crowd, the person who dedicate his/her life for welfare for others, the person who is successful always talk about one thing: Motivation and Inspiration. In his/her life, there must be some events or incidents which lead him/her to be successful and do what he/she is doing in present. Motivation and inspiration are the two key factors for happiness and successful life.

For some people they are the same side of the coin, while for others they are two different sides of the coin. According to me, they are the two different sides of the same coin. Both plays there own important role in our life. This is my first post on this blog, so I decided to write about the foremost important aspect of becoming unstoppable in life.

Let's talk about motivation. Be normally hear motivation is one of the key to success. But, what is Motivation? Motivation is a feeling when our brain secretes
dopamine, which accelerate our heart beats and bring self confidence. It can happen due to anything: by watching a movie, by listening to some good story, by coming across any event or incident, etc. There are numerous ways to get motivated. When we are motivated, we become more determined, we set our goals, we have a wide vision. This motivation can be for anything, it can be to achieve good marks in exam, to get dream job, to have girl as your girlfriend on whom you have crush, to live at your dream place, etc. When we are motivated, we are more driven. Our brain start working in the way to achieve our goals or targets (there is difference between both, will explain in my further posts). Motivation is to find the solutions.

For example, one fine day a boy was watching a action movie based on science fiction. At the end of the movie he was so motivated by the movie that he decided to be a fiction script writer and write book on the science fiction. Even though his writing skills were not good. This is the motivation to write a science fiction book which he got from the movie. The movie motivated him, it helped him increasing his self confidence and believe in himself. He started writing the book. His energy level was high for some days. But as days passed, the graph of energy level was decreased. It would have not happen so, if we was inspired to write this book.

What is Inspiration? As the word says "Inspire" is something which drive our soul and body in one direction. It brings our brain and heart together to achieve our goals and targets. This comes from deep inside of us. Unlike motivation, it is self driven, which brings dedication, determination and discipline in our actions. Inspiration doesn't fade out with time. In metaphoric way, its the inner fire which sets our soul and body to burn to get the desired results by overcoming each challenges and obstacles coming in way. Like motivation, this inspiration can be acquired from any movie, person, events, incidents, experiences, etc. Inspiration is knowing our strengths and weakness, but then also going for our goals and targets by deciding to improve your strengths and overcoming the weaknesses. It help us to know our self much better. Inspiration is to create or invent the solutions.

In the above example, if the boy was inspired by the movie rather than only motivated, he would have developed writing skills and then start writing the book. By doing so, he knows his weakness and will try to find the solutions for it by motivation, if solutions are not available he would have gone to create solutions because of the inspiration. This lead to have same energy from inside while writing the book and he would have been successful in it.

Motivation along cannot stay longer, it needs the inspiration to bring extra ordinary results. Motivation help us to define our motive in life, while inspiration inspire us from inside to achieve the defined motive in life. Both of them are inter dependent and need to be there to be unstoppable in life. Life is full of ups and downs, both of these qualities help us to be dedicated, determined, devoted and disciplined towards our life goals.

"Be Motivated, Be Inspired, Be Unstoppable" -  Rahul Yadav

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