You Can't Motivate Anyone!

That's right... You can't motivate anyone else. It is flat out impossible to do that. Why not? After all, didn't people like Tony Robbins and Zig Ziglar make millions being motivational speakers? They did. But they didn't motivate anyone either. Motivation is not something that comes from outside. It comes from within.

Motivation is a reason to act; something that moves you to action. Only you can decide what you want to act on. Only you can decide what is important enough to act upon. I can't make you act on something. I can't make you excited about something. I can't give you reasons to act or not act. What moves you to act will almost entirely be how you feel about something.

Success Is As Important As How It Is Achieved

According to Niccolo Machiavelli, "The end justifies the means." Though this expression has become a maxim to many people, it does not excel the test of an ethical examination. A positive end does not justify an evil means; neither does a negative end invalidate a positive means. Success, an end, is as important as the means through which it is achieved. Hence, the end should not be judged in isolation of the means.

Success should not be considered as something complex, as it is visible in the daily and events of life. Success is seen not only in complex and exceptional accomplishments, but also in the simple and ordinary achievements. It is obvious and evident in the common events and activities of life. This is the reason you do not need to look to far to see success, as it is present in the accomplishment of simple goals you set.