Understanding your Motivations

One key to becoming a great leader is understanding what motivates (and what motivates other people.)  Money is not the only motivator in life!  But that’s a post for another day.

Here is a simple exercise to better understand your motivations…

If you found right now that you had 100 millions dollars (in other words money was no longer a concern) and you had 10 years left to live, what would you do.

Maybe I should ask ‘What would start doing and What would stop doing?’

Take a couple days to do this and then come back to it.  Do you see any general trends?

Is more about people or more about things?  Is it more about going places or more about leaving a legacy?

You will be able to start to shape what you are really all about it.  You will start to understand what motivates you and inspires you.

Remember, everyone can become a leader.  They just have to figure out what field they want to become a leader in.  This simple exercise will help you find your area.

Get a piece of paper and write these things down.

Heck, post a comment on our blog about it.