Ownership

Any ambition/motivation that is not your own is negative.

If you are not doing it for yourself (honestly owning what you get out of it) then you are setting yourself up for disappointment. No matter how noble or selfless it may seem. What you do will not fulfil you but rather will leave you empty and hollow. If you can own what you get out of that very same activity, acknowledge that you get something out of it, then the same activity which before left you feeling hollow or empty will now give you a greater sense of accomplishment.


Mother Theresa was a very self-ish woman. She owned her motivation, she knew why she did what she did, not for anyone else. She did it for the joy it brought her. The delight and spark in a child's eye.  She did it for her Self. What she got out of it. A positive motivation and payoff.


Richard Riche does motivational key note addresses for corporate functions and schools.
Communication trainer, Motivational speaker, Self-esteem trainer