Topic: What’s your hidden reason for becoming a trader? (Read 4123 times)

yes i will also prefer trading, trading alt coins is the best way of making money, there is no limitation of investing money it depend on your assets that how much can you invest, therefore in alt coin section everyone can earn from investing any amount of bitcoin.

junior member really can earn a little amount. and i think you are not wearing the signature of any signature campaign. if you are going to invest your money in alt coin i think that will really be a very good decision. you can really make a good profit from trading alt coin.

trading without planning is too much risky, you need to have a good planing strategy about trading and only then you can successful in trading, trading without sound knowledge means bling driving, you need to have good knowledge skill and experience about trading.

That what I thought , I'm not gonna stop trading.
At least I have a bad experience and learn from it now ,so that in future I won't repeating the same thing again.
I'm still collecting my capital and will be back in trading ASAP! 😀😀😀

There will be problems you've encounter but dont stop ! Well you gain experience from it because we all know that knowledge and experience is needed in trading well you should learn fron your mistakes so that you cant loose money again. At first you should Invest money but not really big just to experience what is trading and know how to trade in small amount

My hidden reason behind trading, nothing much.
For a better life for me and my family, but unfortunately i was too naive in trading and lost alot of money there.
But that won't stop me to chasing my ambition and dream, maybe one fine day I will be good trader.

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Trading is a business and you have to see it in your mind as so. Many traders I come crossed in my trading live, love what they doing and their put themselves into it. Though you can decide to trade part time and pick up a job to supplement you financial or if your have other sources of income you can go straight into full time trading and the sky will be your limits.

Yup, isn't there something more profitable from trading. There we can get greater profits and better understand market conditions, so that in addition to the benefit we can also find out about market conditions and can have a solution to address something that happened on yourself because of market conditions. But keep in mind that, the advantage that we can get in the trading needs something big that is in need of a hard work. Without the hard work you guys do trading will definitely end in loss
 

I think you should use the word of "Main reason" instead of "Hidden", Everyone have main reason, i don't think that anyone have hidden reason to become trader.
But my answer is that, i have no planing to become trading, but when i started work with bitcoin, than i want to do more something in crypto currency, than i know altcoin trading is best way to use them and earn from them.That's why i choose it.

The first and foremost reason for becoming a trader is to increase my earnings by investing in Altcoins because i get very less earnings from signature campaign.

I think I do not need any hidden reason for becoming a trader, trading is a professions and one can adopt that profession proudly,  my reason for becoming a trader is to earn money and lead a good life with my trading skill. Yes, I have become a trader with a passion not just due to some non-disclosable reasons.

There are many reason for becoming a trader is to earn money in online, even in trading we need not struggle for money just we have to use mind and planning.Trading is risky job but some time we can able to reach them with our planning in order to make more money in short period of time.

Yes, there is no doubt about this that trading is the only way of making good money, signature campaign can only give you a limited support in financial way, while in trading you can make unlimited money if you invest your money in a good potential altcoin.

I turned as a trader just to find an additional income generation, no other hidden reasons.

I want freedom from the 9-5 daily grind. The only way I know how to do this is Trading or winning the lottery. So I pick something I have some control over. I started trading and losing money regularly. Sometimes I make it back only to lose it again. lol.. But I'm not giving up.

I certainly all people becoming a trader because they want to make more money, that's of course, we are work because money, Money always is hidden reason and also is official reason for us becoming a trader
Love, the freedom and knowledge,... all are lie, dishonest

My hidden reason for becoming a trader is in general to earn money.
Most people want to become trader is to learn on how to trade
an altcoins. This way everyone want to learn so they can earn profit.

Love this part. It is actually true. We have our different reasons but there is this goal that we want to achieve. I would choose that fulfilling some aspirations. I know it will be slow but I am happy there is progress and I feel it.

yes trading is a profession and is almost legal every where therefore i think there is no need to hide my my reason of trading as it is very clear to make more and more money.

No doubt that the reason for becoming a trader is to earn money, but many people quit when they lose a few times, and others think that is a very complicated thing, which is not when you learn the ropes, so my advice is to learn more about trading and start trading with a small amount and gain experience from losing , it does not matter if you lose a few times but is a part of learning.

Luck matters a little bit in trading also but not like in gambling where skill have nothing to do with results.

Like most of other traders i also trade for profit, what else could be the reason for anyone behind trading. 

i not one only in gambling but in trading you also need your luck, as without luck you cannot make money neither in trading nor in gambling, but i fyo have some experience in trading then you can increase the chances of winning.

In trading you use your experience but gambling experience don't work.On gambling you need luck,without luck its impossible to win in gambling.you got more profitable in gambling but there have big chance to lose your whole investment.So I suggest do trading at least you will not lose your whole investment.well before invest on trading you need to learn about market trend,people sentiment etc then you will be a good trader.thanks

My reason is not that hidden or not common because we already know why we become a trader and that is to "earn money". No one will be interested in trading if no one can earn from it because it will be just a waste of time and it will become useless for the people or the economy to still have that trading sites or markets.

For me no hidden reason for becoming a trader I just want to earn a money to have a better life. I think all of the traders here are no hidden reason the only reason is we have to earn money. If you have money you have a better life so I enter the trading so I can have a better life.

to me there is not hidden reason for trading, i think my reason for becoming a trader is very simple and not hidden and that is that i want to make a good money so that i and my family can lead a standard life.

the freedom
and knowledge in the financial world

I couldnot make more money in signature campaign. In Ptc sites,faucets, its even more less than the before one. So obviously, to earn more profit, i have started trading.Trading is the only genuine option to earn more Bitcoins in a less span.

to me i do not believe on service or job, i believe that trading can give you more than a good job, trading have more opportunities to extend your business and get maximum profit, therefore to me i think always given preference to trading and there is no hidden reason that is a very simple reason i think.

Nice observation. I think he might have got it by chance coz there are lots of people who tries to get some hits to their websites by making a headline like this. 

Well i don't have hidden reasons for becoming a trader, just commons reasons are like looking for profit, make money on internet, getting passive income everything because of profit.
There are no special about that and i think all of traders doesn't have hidden reasons for becoming a trader,
It is about the money i guess, but i don't know if there are traders whom has other reasons.

That's what I meant. The hidden reason was to grow my profit and get into a new world of trading. Obviously it is an improvement to those who trade shares and want to be more active and earn.

When a stock trader turning into bitcoin trader there would be less possibility for any hidden reasons. It is an obvious improvement like changing your platform from stocks to bitcoins.

I'm not an active trader but if I find any reason that maybe just profit making so it cannot be a hidden reason lol.

The hidden reason for me becoming a trader is very simple. I used to trade in local markets for shares of different companies. Had much money for the business and wanted to use my experience.
So started trading with bitcoin and can say that am at the positive end of the trading..   

But I don't think all the traders will be similar to you. Because I have seen many traders are into trading just to recover their losses which had happened to them in many different ways like they had failed with their business and got many loans for their basic life's needs.

As long as becoming a trader without any hidden reason will be giving many moral support in psychological way yes you will be able to trade without any stress as you will be having very peaceful mindset.

my reason for that is only to get profit

We could still consider it as hidden reason since we do have our own aims and decisions but mostly people would really have the same motive on which is making money and we do know that doing trading could able to provide that. I do have also the goals of becoming a good trader but its not really easy as it sounds and it would takes time to learn it and make profitable with it.

I think hidden reason is not a right sentences for trading, and I don't have hidden reason for becoming trader, all my reason is for money, and i think many trader or all trader have a same reason with me, trading to earn money, and spend the money for daily life

Yes it is the main idea of many of us and sees a lot of  people who are seeing a good potential to have great amount of profit with trading. And I think there are  a lot of aspirant stock market traders who are also into alt coin and bitcoin trading because with it they can practice their trading skills and other predicting skills.

Hidden is not right word.
In trading, there is a very simple reason why you trade, it is to make a profit. And I think that reason isn't hidden at all since it is the main idea why people do trading.

I don't think hidden is not the right word, probably it must be what is our main reason for becoming a trader. If so, I find it really interesting to read testimonies of traders whether it is with forex or alt coins. I just simply aim to have a good profit for becoming a trader and so far, I can say that my achievement is little by little being achieved.

Yup, indeed most people would seek additional money where their needs always grow in line with the increasing burden of life to be borne. SO, it is a very special measures than have to rely on the fate that they receive. And indeed the bitcoin is a most enjoyable way, as indeed with bitcoin we don't need to do a heavy and we certainly don't have to have a lot of time to be able to benefit. Only buy when prices are low, then save it and sell when the price is high then it is enough for profit

Money of course, there is nothing special or shady (hidden) about it. Before I started trading Bitcoin I was into stock trading. At that time my aim was to come close to generating around 20-25% in profits per year. I was quite satisfied to realize such growth as the interest on my savings account was just sitting around 2% annually. Easy choice for me. The last 3 years I am solely trading Bitcoin, where I have been managing to at least double my initial amount every year so far.

These are the profits I have made so far with trading;

2014 ~145%
2015 ~210%
2016 ~150% (year is not over yet)

Imagine if I was continuing making like 20-25% per year through stocks... My wealth at this point would still sit far below the 2014 levels.

Many people are daily looking for extra money other than the job, the easiest and fast way to make money is through trading even you can invest very low to make big money. Trading is not an easy job some time you may loose in trading but the best part here you have multiple choices where you can divide you money in different other altcoin. If you loose in coin you may find gain in other altcoins, trading is always hard for the people who is not confident about their soul.

i think i don't have any hidden reason for becoming a trader because its a new experience for me to do a trade, so far i think i only have one reason for this which is i want to make money from trading and i learn many thing about trading although i knew i only a beginner and need to trial and error so i can have much of experience in trading.

Learning many various technics of trading from well-known traders are one of my reasons in becoming a trader. While you are trading, you can get in touch with some of the best traders online. Mastering the skills of trading can take a lot of time and experience.

You have got to be one of the most stupid motherfuckers on the forum. What you actually did was try to censor somebody who told his opinion, who the fuck are you to question what his reason are and are not ya dope. Be reporting you to your sig manager because you say alot but it's all bollocks and you yourself was the one that need not bother posting. But, I won't tell you not to post for your pennies I'll leave that to your penny master.

people always want a quick money making with less work, and trading the answer of it
trading is like gambling sometimes in term of making money quickly
people around me usually do trading when they need money
and i think it's enough as a proof the hidden reason to trading is because in need money.

There are many reasons behind to become trader because in short period of time you will make big amount of money for short investment, Even if you are very good trading you make small amount of money every minute also. The complete investment is in our control every thing will be managed by our own only, no third party people will any control on our money.

I have always loved to trade and have always been quite good at it, trading is like a hobby to me something that makes me happy and this is the sole reason why I trade.

When I heard trading, it comes in my mind that I can
earn money easily. But, if you say "hidden reason" I think
theres no hidden reason for becoming a trader. I just wanted
to earn profit when I become trader.

The word hidden reason in the context is 'personal reason'. My form of trading has being in form of payment for service, online purchase of goods and some investment in ICO to cash back after a good turn over. The payment in bitcoin is fast and provide cheap transaction fee. Anonymity of transaction also provides confidentiality. My country for the past 2 years has tried to prevent foreign exchange whereas causing scarcity of foreign currency. Bitcoin has provide opportunity to keep the value of my foreign currency and make trade also.

I love trading.As my experience trading are less profitable but its less risk free than gambling.

Yes, the most obvious reason must be "making profits". It does not need to be hidden.

I still plan up and getting myself ready to become a trader. Maybe I will become a trader if I have plenty of enough time to trade peacefully. So, other than making profits, my free time also will decide whether I am becoming a trader or not.

That's ain't hidden reason mate, if you know that people here are also having such intention to, and also what do you mean with trading with the odds in gambling? it's gambling isn't it and gambling is not trading even you deemed it is. trading is buying and selling not counting on an odd

Its all about making profit so if not all the reason why they trade is definitely for money and buying more of those coins that will soon have good value.

I think there is no need to hide any reasons for becoming a trader. A hidden reason will no longer a hidden reason if you finally reveal it so if you really have a hidden reason then keep it hidden. As for becoming a trader, profits and the goals to master the art of trading is my reason to join the trade.

You are right and investing in some coins and then just expecting for its rise is also not too reliable so trading with the price, trading with price of bitcoins a little and trading with the odds in gambling is the best way to earn cryptos right now. My hidden reason may be just earning cryptos, most probably similar to many people here.

Lol  he does said the reason.  He enjoys it and it give him an opportunity to make money, isn't that clear enough?  A
And actually it should be "For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action"  isn't it  Newton's 3rd law of Motion?  Anyway, I think the article is all self made opinion.  It is not a news but a literature (creative writing) in my opinion.

reason and my goal is certainly was to learn bitcoin and altcoin be better. with trading I can recognize a wide variety altcoin. prospects for the future of this course will be able to get us some money. we can get revenue from trading job. there was nothing to hide, we all know what our goals each.

What I did was a valid argument.What you're doing is called a "retaliation" when not remotely involved in the situation.
Posting For *Bitcoins [Satoshis] not exactly pennies....

Are you his spokesperson ? I felt he shouldn't have bothered posting since he doesn't have any hidden reasons to.Read the title of the thread,twice.You can put me on the ignore list if you have problems with signature. Otherwise,whine about something productive I may reply.

You should probably stop posting for pennies as well but each to their own.

Of course the case is closed for him and who are you to say any different, he trades because he enjoys it and it makes him money regardless of what makes sense to you, wake up call... It doesn't all have something to do with you and your signature.

That's wrong on so many levels! Coins are not meant to reside on the exchanges but your OWN wallet.That's certainly not helping.You're making it commercialized by feeding the exchange demands.Use P2P exchanges with on demand transactions like localbitcoins.

Not really.Making money is the common reason why everyone gets into trading in the first place.Some don't,for them it's money laundering,for some in's converting illegally acquired money into white!You're correct about people not posting it openly.

You can literally not bother posting.No,the case is not closed as the original post does make sense to me.

Not so simple mate, to every action there is a action. Basically you are trading because you even while being a newbie are making profit with, also shows how simple bitcoins trading is if some patiently and commandingly.

I think the type of trading is price trading because there one thing is sure, the price will rise for sure so never into loss if have some patience.

No hidden reason, I do it because I enjoy it and it makes me money, case closed?

Well I don't have any hidden reason because I started trading hoping to earn some money from it and I think its just common and most of us here also came to trading for that reason.

And I can't really understand what the OP means by hidden reason. Is it like ulterior motive? If yes I doubt anyone will just post it here.

Yes we can expect those people also will join trading after some time with similar secrets for switching over into trading.

Gambling will never support anyone to earn a life out of it. So definitely they will face losses and after some time they will realize their financial position. Once they realized, they will search for a better opportunities and trading maybe an end to their search.

It's not hidden anymore every trader wants to get profit especially me , nothing more . And indirectly you're helping the coins stay in the exchanges market with the decent price and volumes.

Most of the traders doing trading because of the money, because there are so many successful story about traders that can earn money quickly, I also learn how to trade to earn money, i do hope one day i can rely on my trading skills to earn a living, there will be one willing to sit down and stare at the chart for hours if not because of money

Our hidden reasons are to ROI double than we invested to get rich in the smallest time possible or maybe take the shortcut. we became trader because we know the risk that in one go you might lost everything.

Finally I believe, now you are finding a great way to support you financially. Unfortunately like you, many people are getting into right path after struggling with improper opportunities. Maybe due to lack of proper guidelines they are facing those struggles.

Your hidden secret must be a fact for many people here as I do see almost 80% of people in this forum are preferring gambling and doing it right now.

there is no hidden reason, everyone is looking for money when they start trading. it is not exactly the best job in the world you know. trading is a stressful and time consuming activity that will wreck your nerves when you invest lots of money in order to make a living, so there can not be any other reason for trading other than wanting to make shidloads of money.

You need read again about the topic, it seems like you weren't taking care about that. The money wasn't becoming the hidden reason for that, but it looks like the common thing right now, and such the motivation was being one of the hidden reason. Such as you wanna get other activities.

We have a hidden reason for becoming a trader me i want to earn money and have source of income. Theres a lot of thing and reason why am entered in trading. I want to help my husband to get an extra income that is why i become a trader since 2015.

I am the one of the trader who is having a hidden secret for entering into trading. After very big losses in a gambling, I was in search of finding an alternate way of making some money and also to recover my losses in gambling. And my friend introduced trading, and I am now slowly recovering my gambling losses.

For my part, I do trading simply because of the time I have when trading in comparison to doing a regular job, if I can be a good trader I will definitely earn the same amount of money or maybe more than having a job but most importantly I can have ample amount of time to do other things I love and that's more priceless than anything.

The basic reason for doing trading is it will be in my control and also it is managed by me only. If i put all money into other hands just simply i have to wait for him for the payments. Crypto is one of the fast growing network in the world many people around globe are attracting to crypto trading. By just simply investing rev shares and waiting for it, we make daily profits with trading.

For me crypto tradings is just my practice ground at first so i can learn more knowledge from it to be used on forex tradings but seems i fell inlove for the fast flactuations of crypto and earning yet good here, but i cannot take out the fact that wr can also lose some money here but we can overcome those lose if we followed the coin we wish to trade on, and surely in near future i will do trades on both forex and crypto a2nd try to make more money with it.

   Its true, we wish to make big profit in short time, and that is not hidden reason. I see how people making money with trading, and that lure me into it. You think about btc forex trading, its something new or me, I like how people trade with altcoins. They are cheap, and I saw how some people earned a lot with eth just recently. I would like to trade with coins like eth is, buy very cheap and sell for a lot, my starting fond is small, btc trading is expensive for my pocket.

Agree if they could be successful in trading why we coudnt also successful in our own way? Their stories and evidences makes us decide to earn and to get our own goal in trading. They also encourage and helping us to earn some profits by doing trading

Of course the money is the biggest incentive for every trader, trading is the fastest way to collect money and people like to earn money easily without effort, therefore we watch a lot of people are in the trading and gambling scene, I don't say all are successful, but this type of jobs attracts them.

Obviously there is no hidden reason for why I become trader. I just want to have an alternate income and I have chosen trading. I guess only very few traders may have any hidden reasons.

Earning from trading would really amazes us since we could see good digit number of profits and whos people dont like that scenario?None,right.? Thats why people would really eager to learn and same as you mentioned those success stories really inspire us but we should think that they gain and achieve it by their all hard work and we should do what they do also.

Indeed. Everyone like to learn trading because we know that we could able to make decent money or even setting us from financial freedom but we all know its not a really easy thing to do since you will really need years of practice depending on your learning process.Just like what youve said money is the aim for most people would tend to engage onto trading.Its everyones dream for sure including me.

the aim of everyone is money and there is nothing that can change that. and fails for some people means giving up and for others it means getting stronger by learning from mistakes and not repeating them to make more money in the future. everything else is a side product of wanting more money.

I think OP should have asked, "What is your main reason for becoming a trader?" My response would have been everything above plus the fact that trading enables me to work from virtually anywhere, greatly reduces my overhead, staff and accommodation and without affecting profitability. Trading when approached the right way can hand over fortunes to a trader than could many years of working for other people.

I can't call myself a trader really. I trade just occasionally but there are no hidden reasons for this. To earn some profit, to make money is the first reason. Trading is also the good opportunity to learn something about the market and get some skills about finances and cryptocurrencies. So there is no secret at all. 

The basic reason is to earn some money on your own, by your choice of time. You get to use your own personalized knowledge regarding the market.
You can blame nobody and nobody will blame you for Profit/Loss, totally free from anybody's influence. And about the hidden reason you stated, that will be hidden I believe.

Hidden reason for becoming a trader? Actually its almost public that reason behind anyone to choose to become trader like;
1. you can set your own time of working/trading.
2. you can take holidays solely on your own decision.
3. you will be your own boss.
4. If you are elite trader you can actually make what others make in one whole day working hard in few hours with some click of mouse. 

as the title of the thread said "what's your hidden reason for becoming a trader?", i will not cover it into public because its a secret for the other, i will keep with me and only me that have to know my reason but for the reason that i will tell to the OP is i want to make money from trading and this is why i am decided to be a trader in cryptocurrency.

my aim of trading is to make money and I believe this is the. Aims of everybody her.

While I totally agree with you bro but at the same time when I first started trading it was because I had some groups on my skype id and there most of the people used to talk like professionals and I used to feel bad so I though I should start trading and know how it works. I never made enormous profits but I know all about trading.

I think you have a point here, and sometime a "title" being a trader spark curiosity from me especially a cryptocurrency trading.This is something new to my ears and it motivates me to learn how. I do read from forum here and open an account online exchanges, just curious to learn the trade.Also I hear some success stories that they earn or having financial gain from trading,and it amazed me.

Obviously we are looking to make as big as profit in the shortest time. Thats the bottom line. When I hear trading I'm thinking BTC forex which is extremely risky risky.

Im believing the same thing too on which money is the primary intention on most people would tend to engage into trading..There are some possible reasons but it depends on what kind of individual are you because some do love to learn trading because it acts as a dream  and they are pursuing to achieve that,

Such the author was ignoring the money motivation,
I may think if some of they word were becoming the right word.
But such the money still have a domination on the people's intention on trading.

REWARD VERSUS MEANING
Trading success does not follow a linear trajectory, success ebbs and flows with good times and bad times. If you trade for long enough you there eventually will come a time when you question the decision you have made to become a trader. It all seemed so easy initially and there was never any consideration as to what could possibly go wrong.

This is a natural part of the journey and it is a watershed moment because those who understand their own motivations will have sound concrete reasons for continuing. Those who do not or whose motivations could be termed shallow or materialistic in nature do not and it it those who do not who will most likely give up.

Often when I ask people why they want to trade I get the overwhelming and immediate response – MONEY. After all this is a money profession – the aim of trading is to accumulate wealth through whatever approach suits your personality. It could be options or FX trading, or position trading equities.  This pursuit of wealth as a sole driver is the reason why advertising in this industry is directed to switching on this particular hot button. Money or the accumulation of wealth has always been a strong societal driver.

In technical parlance money is known as an extrinsic motivator – that is you do something right – you get a reward. It is a very Pavlovian arrangement. This arrangement is after all is the basis for capitalism. Traders are often caught in this trap believing that this is an exchange for labour profession when it is actually an ideas profession. This is a natural mistake because of all of our socialisation has lead us to this point.

We have been lead to believe that labour be it in whatever form it takes is exchanged for money and money is the extrinsic motivator. Granted, some are highly motivated by such rewards since careers are built on this sort of behaviour manipulation but trading is not really a career it is in my eyes more of a lifestyle choice.

Unfortunately many fail to see beyond this as an initial motivation. The issue with money as a motivator is that the subconscious cannot recognise what this means so it has no context for it. Therefore it cannot be integrated into ones psyche – it remains if you wish an outsider sitting on the sidelines attempting to steer what you do. But no matter what import you give to it as a motivation it is still an outsider and cannot directly influence the trajectory of your behaviour.

The issue with this lack of integration is that eventually it will trip you up – the subconscious has a remarkable ability to go in the direction that it wants to go in. Not in the direction you think it should go in. And you and your trading suffer the consequences of this.

In part this disconnect relates to the notion of the shadow which is an integral part of Jungian psychology.  Essentially the shadow is the darker more destructive parts of ourselves which our conscious mind does not identify. And it these parts that often brings traders unstuck – the expression that is often bandied about is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Over the past three decades I have lost count of the number of traders I have seen who have been on the cusp of making it only to do something stupid. Sometimes the better angels of our nature lose the battle.

To be successful at trading there is a need to integrate all of our beliefs, desires, and motivations into a cohesive whole as opposed to a jumble of vague ideas which revolve around money.

Money as a motivation will fail to survive the first set back you have and there will be set backs since these are also part of the game. It is only deeper motivations that enable us to move on after being literally put on our arse by the market. To think that this will never occur is naive in the extreme but once again the industry itself is to blame since it only promises the new Ferrari not that you might end up actually catching the bus.

A deeper reflection on why people want to trade reveals something other than money. And these answers reveal the true nature of the trader. Some relate to control of one’s life, others to time and having more of it. Others to what they will be able to do in the long term with their family. Such motivations are intrinsic; they are part of the fabric of the trader. Trading is merely a vehicle to fulfill these deeply held aspirations.

The motivations that each person brings to a certain endeavor or choice is idiosyncratic and will not translate to someone else. Your goals only have meaning to you but this is the central issue, they have to be your goals and not someone else’s and this clashes directly with the way we have been brought up. The structure of our lives is largely built around fulfilling the goals others, be it doing what you we told at school through to following the instructions of your employer.

Getting rich was often the payoff for following someone else’s instructions. It is not a value or meaning in and of itself. This is an important distinction because true motivations are based around meaning and not reward – Both Great change and great resilience comes from internal motivations and the strongest of these spring from the search for meaning.

This means that the search for meaning is an internal search. You do something because you want to do it not because you will get a reward for it. Internal motivation brings about meaning and purpose and therefore adherence and dedication. Finding purpose in your own goals is a new experience for many since it is reflective of what you want from your life not what someone else’s either wants from you or wants for your life.

This means that you have to undertake the hard task of writing down your meanings – what is your purpose in wanting to follow a certain path. It requires you to have your own philosophy and to be able to articulate what this is. This is the hard part – articulating what you want and you should be able to do this even if it is a struggle. Meaning has its own motivating qualities.

I firmly believe that it is impossible to motivate someone irrespective of what the industry that has sprung up around positive thinking will tell you. Motivation and therefore reliance stems from meaning since true meaning cannot be dimmed by external events whereas simply being driven by a desire to have a Porsche by next Thursday will not survive the first hurdle.

Author: Chris Tate

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