Self Motivation.

 "Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under

you, chances are it will burn very briefly."- Stephen R. Covey

The truth is, the inner motivation is what validates the outer one. So no matter how much motivation you get from the outside, if you’re not motivated from the inside, it won’t be long before you give up but if you are self-motivated, even if it seems like no one notices the good work you’re doing enough to give you thumbs-up, your inner drive is enough to keep you going.

So encourage yourself, don’t wait till someone says well-done or thank you before you do the right thing. Sometimes, you might even feel like you’re not getting all the incentives that should serve as motivation from the right quarters or worse still, someone takes all the credit for a task you put all your efforts into accomplishing. The truth is that life has a way of rewarding everyone for what they do or do not do. Your reward might not come now, it might not even happen the way you want or envisage but it will most assuredly come. Who knows, what  you’re going through now might even be preparing you for an opportunity that you are yet to discover.

The saying is true that “It is better to be prepared and not have opportunity than to have opportunity and not be prepared.”

You’d be doing yourself a whole lot of good by seeing your present experience as preparation for an opportunity that is yet to come. So, put all your best into work, do the right thing even when no one is watching, compare yourself with no one but yourself, and remember, what is right is right all the time and not just when it is convenient.