Why should we learn to motivate ourselves?

If a person lives in this world without a goal, he is like a lonely boat without a rudder. No matter how hard he sails and rides the wind and waves, he will never reach the other shore.

There is a joke that the shop owner told the waiter at night: "You go out tomorrow." The next day, the waiter went out, but when he went out, he stopped and said: "Hey, where are you going?" What? "In fact, the goals are unknown and people are everywhere. If you ask any businessman: "Why do you do business?" The answer will probably be: "For a living" or "To make money." Then if you ask again: "What will happen after 5 years of opening the store?" "Plan How much money will you make in the next five years?" Maybe most people can't answer it. Even if they answer it, many people are just thinking about it and taking it one day at a time, that is, "Being a monk for a day will make a clock."

A person who has no goals in life is terrible. This does not mean that he is terrible to others, but that people without goals themselves are terrible. Because having no goals does not mean that the person has nothing to do, but that the person is likely to do nothing. If you want to be a successful person, you must first have a clear goal in life. Without a goal in life, there is no specific action plan. Without an action plan, things will be done half-heartedly, and there will be no sense of responsibility, let alone perseverance and high morale. Without goals, all talents and efforts are in vain.

——Quoted from "The Complete Book of Sales and Marketing" by Yanbian People's Publishing House