Tom Bissonette | My Inner Drive to Assist Others

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My Journey to #AchieveMore

Most people believe that "drive" or motivation is intentional. We simply will ourselves into success or happiness. These are fallacies and destructive ones at that. Too many people feel like failures because they don't realize that everyone does the best they can with what they have. No one deliberately fails, and no one deliberately succeeds. In fact, "failure" and "success" do not exist outside the human mind. Although people differ in what motivates them specifically, motivation is caused by what we are attracted to the most. For me an intelligent conversation is the ultimate human experience and I am willing to do just about anything to make these kinds of experiences available. Case in point – I was the first male in my extended family who received a college degree. I didn't accomplish this because I was more ambitious, or even smarter than other men in the family. I did it because college was where I was likely to be exposed to stimulating ideas and discussion. I never really cared about the diploma as a symbol of "success." For me it was a ticket to the arena of ideas, the realm of deep understanding and insight. I graduated because I was in the right environment long enough for it to become part of my identity. Once I felt like a real scholar there was no turning back and it became effortless. You can do the same thing by answering one question, "What am I drawn to the most?" Then expose yourself to it until it becomes part of who you are. Really, we have very little control over our lives other than where we decide to go and with whom we spend our time. We must surrender to whatever we love. It's the path to personal fulfillment and peace of mind.

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