Motive or Motivation

Interesting words. As I move forward in my business I was thinking about motives. Since I love looking up the meaning of words, as usual, I looked up "motive". Websters has it as, Motive:a reason for doing something.

Some call it their "WHY." Why are you doing what you're doing, what purpose is pushing you?
What motives do you have to continue spending your time doing what you do?

Now here's "motivation." Websters has it as, Motivation: the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something : the act or process of motivating someone.

Motive is on a more personal level. Motivation is what one does for others 'giving' them a reason. I'm all about taking full responsibility, and the word motivation alone screams you are giving someone else the responsibility to come up with your motive, your why.

When I look up words and their meaning I learn more than anyone else. It's been part of my journey to understand why I do what I do. It keeps me moving and when the fears become too great....no matter how difficult the journey I can keep moving forward.

Here's my suggestion. Go buy the book "Aspire: Discovering Your Purpose Through the Power of Words" by Kevin Hall and choose which word describes you.

My word, "Sapere Vedere" and "PATHFINDER" --- combine it as "Sapere Vedere Pathfinder"
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