You have to know what you are doing. Once you know what you are doing, then the knowledge itself is the motivator. Whereas, if things are happening in a very unconscious way, you will not know why you should exert yourself at all. If you are somebody who frequently needs to be motivated by an external source, then you should ask yourself, “Do I really know what I am doing?”
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Questioner: How can one find direction in life? How to find a mission worth pursuing? How to find excellence in every second?
Acharya Prashant: You have to know what you are doing. Once you know what you are doing, then the knowledge itself is the motivator. Whereas, if what is happening is happening perchance, or in an accidental flow, or in a very unconscious way, then you will very frequently feel at a loss of energy; you will not know why you should exert yourself at all, and you will require tons of external motivation.
If you are somebody who frequently needs to be motivated through an external source, then you should ask yourself, “Do I really know what I am doing?”
I will come back to the word I used a while back—‘love’. If you are doing something that you know is being done because it deserves to be done, then you will not demand returns from your efforts; that knowledge, that realization that what you are doing is absolutely important makes you choiceless.
