What motivates you?

[Koolblue13]

You can't make anyone happy if you are not happy.

I feel if I died today...I would die a happy man and I would have left my impression enough on the people that meant the most to me in my life. .

perfect

[KDawg]

Love this answer.

I don't fear failure. I expect it at times, I build off of it to make myself a better individual for me.
But I do dislike failure at any level, as a son, a husband, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a employeee, a boss, etc.

Exactly how I feel. It doesn't matter what we're talking about. I want to strive to be the best. To me, there's no other way to live. It's okay to not be the best, I'm not someone who beats myself up for not being number one... But I sure don't like it. And it's in regards to everything I do. It's fun to challenge yourself consistently and push yourself to your limits. And while I "fear' failure, I push myself to it and then try to figure out why failure occured and grow as a person.

I'm a different person than I was last year. Way different than two years ago. And I'm EXTREMELY different from the way I was at age 20.

It's funny how when you're 18, 19, 20, whatever, you think you're good. It isn't until you mature that you realize that you knew nothing. And while I still know nothing, I know more of nothing than I did when I was younger.

Sorry, kinda went on a rant there

[Koolblue13]

You know when you put your pants on and your boxers/briefs band sits just above the tops of the pants and the elastic kind rolls over? Yeah, that's motivating. I didn't see not being chubby on the list.

[HOF44]

It's funny how when you're 18, 19, 20, whatever, you think you're good. It isn't until you mature that you realize that you knew nothing. And while I still know nothing, I know more of nothing than I did when I was younger.

Sorry, kinda went on a rant there

Thus the old saying "It's a shame youth is wasted on the young!"

[skinsmarydu]

I'm gonna say sleep till I figure out how old I really am.
OK, nothing gets me moving like saying my grandkids are on their way. Seriously. Grandma's gotta have stuff goin' on. I'm getting back into fingerpaint.haha...ya'll jealous?

[GoSkinsGo]

Family, and making my father proud. Beyond that I honestly want to be better than everyone else in what I do, I want to leave a legacy in my field.

[GibbsFactor]

Anybody ever heard of psycho geometrics? Cool stuff in the Myers Briggs personality type kind of way.

The premise is that out of 5 symbols, one can deduce the dominant motivating factor in your career.

Circle for appreciation.
Triangle for upward movement within a business.
Square for organization.
Squiggly lines for creative license.
Rectangle for a transitional period in your life.