성공은 벌써이미 내안에

외부에서 오는 자극적인 동기부여도 성공의격발장치로 도움이 된다 그러나 쉽게 사라져버린다.

월드컵의 스타들 승리 후 어느 듯 사라지고 만다. 그러나 내면에 있는 동기 그것으로 성공동기가

되면 결코 시들지 않는 마르지 않는 샘물이 된다. 우드와 박세리의 골프를 비교한다면 쉬 이해가 될까.

해야할 큰 목표 도달할 위대한 성공을 원한다면, 혹 거대 계획을 세웠다면 필히 내면으로부터 자기동기

부여를 받아야 한다. 내면 행동 동기부여 학자들은 탁월한 독립된 야심꿈이 가장 휼륭한 성취를 만들어

낸다고 한다. 지금 당장 조용히 내면을 함쯤 관찰해 보는 시간을 갖는다면 어떨런지요

Motivation from Within by Denis Waitley

Motivation is a contraction of motive and action. An inner force that compels behavior, it comes from within,

not from any external circumstance. You know where you're going because you have a compelling image inside,

not a travel poster on the wall, a financial statement with a big bonus, or a slogan in the hall. The performance of many externally motivated individuals begins declining as soon as they win contests of one sort or another. I've personally witnessed this among Super Bowl champions and World Cup teams that lost the incentive to maintain their excellence a

fter winning the cup, the honors, and the cash.

If you're really committed to peak performance and leadership, you must motivate yourself from within. Studies of achievers show that inner drives for excellence and independence are far more powerful than desire for wealth, status or recognition.

The Inner Drive Behavioral scientists have found that independent desire for excellence is the most telling

predictor of significant achievement.

In other words, the success of our efforts depends less on the efforts themselves than on our motives. The most

successful companies, like the most successful men and women in almost all fields, have achieved their greatness

out of a desire to express what they felt had to be expressed. Often it was a desire to use their skills to their utmost

in order to solve a problem. This is not to say that many of them did not also earn a great deal of money and prestige.

William Shakespeare, Thomas Edison, Estee Lauder, Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey, Sam Walton and Bill Gates all became wealthy. But far more than thoughts of profit, the key to their success was inspiration and inner drive by creating or

providing excellence in a product or a service. All were motivated by the desire to produce the very best that was in them.

Go for the Inner Applause
The late Ray Kroc, a former neighbor of mine who founded McDonald's Corporation when he was in his fifties, stressed

the importance of people working for the inner satisfaction, not just for the money. Ray said most people find it difficult to associate applause with their work when they can't hear literal applause ? but the important applause should come from within. It is the faster heartbeat, the pride and satisfaction of accomplishment.

Kroc told the University of Southern California's Business School that the first thing a business executive needs is love

of an idea. If you don't love your concept, drop it. If you prostitute yourself at an early age by taking a job where the money

is, you'll be working for money all your life. Loving their work is particularly important for younger people. If they lose that

love early, they may never grow to anywhere near their potential for self-actualization.

Hire People Who Have Empowered Themselves
An inner drive for excellence motivates you always to be the best you possible can in whatever you do. Leaders and managers should take special note hear. They must be careful in their use of external motivators ? money, perks,

prestigious offices and titles ? in trying to inspire their team members and employees. Enduring motivation must always

come ultimately from within the individual.

That's why empowerment and vision are so crucial to team performance and quality. Their power and their vision,

not those of the leader must compel team members. Interviewing potential members, you should look for internally

motivated individuals who hold their work important for its own sake, who love their field or their industry, who seek

the exhilaration of testing their limits and contributing to the world. Be wary if they show more interest in your

compensation package than in their contribution package.

Commit to achieving peak performance and leadership, by motivating yourself from within!

-- Denis Waitley