Some people start a business because they want to be rich.
I have my own personal pursuit.
I got no ambition to become rich or to buy things to please or flirt others.
I have one and only one purpose.
I want to make sure I can financially support my family.
We are living in Cambodia, a developing country, where we need to go to work everyday in order to earn a living. There’s no retirement system. There’s no social help.
If one day, we cannot work, we can’t support the family.
There’s no other better way. We need to find our own way to survive.
If you live in a developed country, I imagine you might have a better condition.
My main purpose to start my own online business was to create a better future for my children.
I believe internet can help me to make my dream come true. I believe I can build a system that could generate passive income to support my family.
That’s why I spend a lot of efforts in building my online income.
I know There are a lot of people dreaming the same dream as mine. I want to write in this post what motivates us to stay late at night or wake up early in the morning, to make time to do what we do these days.
It’s important to keep a good motivation in this journey.
I came from a poor background. I wanted to make sure money wasn’t an issue for my family, so I figured out how to make money. – Tony Robbins
Daniel Pink explained in his book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, there are 3 factors that could motivate us to do what we do: autonomy, mastery and purpose.
Based on the book, here are the 3 factors that I found out to be the keys that motivate me to do thing I do.
1. Purpose: To have financial freedom
This is important. I need to have enough money to support the family. That’s the main purpose of every parents I guess. When we have kids, the expense increases. We need to buy stuff, pay the school, feed and entertain them.
When I was single, I spent all I earned.
Don’t repeat this mistake!
I would suggest you read Tony’s book MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom. He will explain how you could take a portion of what you earn today to put in a separated account so that it will grown by itself. When it reaches a level, it could generate enough money for you to support the family without you doing the work.
You might not be able to apply 100% of his techniques. But if you understand the concept, you can apply to your own situation.
My 1st purpose when I started an online business was to reach that level. I want to have enough money to support my family without me doing the work.
It could be a dream but it could come true.
If you like to start an online business, I wrote 3 series to help you to get started:
- Roadmap To Start An Online Business
- The Right Mindset To Start A Successful Online Business
- How To Make Your First $1,000 Online
2. Autonomy: To be free
I named this blog “KhmerBird” not by accident. I mean it. I want to have freedom to do things I want to do. I want to express myself and being free.
What passionate me the most in online business is that we can work from anywhere we want, when we want. There’s no commitment to a place or working hours.
We can manage everything on our own. We can become a CEO or a founder of a company. That’s beauty of an online business.
You can start your own company today with less than $100.
3. Mastery: Create my own thing
I don’t want to simply become a media consumer. The main reason I like writing because I want to create things that others can’t think of.
I want to tell story that could inspire people to make changes in order to improve their lives. That’s why I set my goals to write 4 short eBooks next year.
That’s my own things and I am very exciting that internet and online business allow me to do things I like to do and get paid to support my family.
There’s a unique joy of creating something. If you are artist, you will understand what I mean. Creating something means a lot to me.
And I am ready to write and tell the world what I want to tell them.
What motivates you?
Without motivation, you will not perform well. The reason I write this blog post is to ensure my motivations as well. I want next year to be a full year of well performance and achievement. I hope these 3 factors will drive my business to success.
What motivates you to do what you do? please share in the comment session below!
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