The Hidden Step
www.necouncil.org/the
hidden
step
“Your motivation
is the key to your
success.”
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h e t h r e e i n g r e d i e n t s o f
s u c c e s s
If there were a way to rate one’s motivation (1 as be-
ing least motivated and 10 as being most), where do
you rate your motivation throughout the week?
If there existed a gauge, where do you typically fnd
the needle for your gauge? Where do you think it is
for the average person? You would probably say it
fuctuates but typically it sits between 4 and 6.
And what moves the needle? Usually some exterior
circumstance—something that happens to us. Being
offered a job paying twice your minimum salary re-
quirements will spike that needle to a 10. Continued
joblessness can lower it every month and eventually
drop it to a 2 or lower.
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ummary so far
We live in remarkable times. We live in a time where a 19-year-old
college dropout can create a 60 billion dollar empire called Facebook.
At the same time, we are also all surrounded by negatively conscious
people who will tell you otherwise.