The Inner Drive is the Difference

Have you ever wondered what difference the inner drive brings? I came across this interesting post on Facebook, “You Can Be A Failure Around Successful People,” and I think it brings out an interesting perspective. Your accomplishment will be determined by your inner drive. No amount of external motivation will push you forward without inner drive.

Picture this Scenario

Your company organizes a motivational talk, seminar or training, and you attend. During the training, you get challenged and fired up to make things work. A week or so later, you get back to your old self with no consistent change. Can you relate? The business ideas that you got, and promised yourself that you were going to work on them. What about the objectives you wrote down and your New Year’s resolutions? Have you achieved any of them yet or are you on track? If your inner drive is 2% and the external drive and motivation are 100% you will always be stuck around the most successful people, and still exhibit no success. Inner drive provokes initiative, provides direction, energises you, and makes you perseverant, guaranteeing ultimate success.

In every society or village, where there are those labelled the haves and the have-nots, what do you think counts? Having traveled to several parts within and without the country, the society have these classes. You find people in the same locality, but amongst them, there are village tycoons, who call the shots. You meet successful business people, farmers, and even career people. In one of the areas I visited, the most successful people were not the natives, but rather the migrants.

The Family Empire

I have seen situations where the natives had massive factors of production, but all that went down the drain. We dream of lands, to the extent that, a man without a plot of land deems himself as a poor man. Every man believes that with land, he can build his foundation there and create an empire for his family and future generations. I know of families that had proper business foundations set up but the children messed up everything. The parents had a dream, and the drive to make it work but the children killed the dream.

I Want to Start A Business

I recall one time we had a man-talk in our last semester on campus. Most comrades talked of working for a maximum of two years and then venturing into business. The drill was to get into employment, save money for two years and get into business. I had a dream of being the CEO of a construction company; I am on the right track tho. There are many people in employment whose dream of owning a business is still a dream. You enjoy being your boss and have the desire, but the drive to push to it is missing. From your assessment, you are waiting for the right moment to execute it, not knowing that it never comes. Probably, you might have let detractors divert you from your focus. All the plans that you have, fail because you let detractors overshadow your inner drive.

Where Does Our Inner Drive Come From?

No one can claim that his or her source of inner drive applies to everyone. There are so many sources of inner drive. Some of them include your values, objectives, life experiences, your upbringing, and the situation at work. Hobbies, intrinsic motivation, and genuine passion for an activity fuel one’s inner drive. 

The Chicken Seller’s Inner Drive

We have heard stories from many greats who started small but are now doing great. Let us name a few local business people who started small and are now doing wonders. Have you heard of the story of the chicken seller who turned out to be the president of the Republic of Kenya? Yes, I am talking about the current Kenyan president. Word has it that he started as a chicken seller, and grew his business, but despite that, he never focussed on the business alone. He had a dream to be the president of the republic and pursued it. In the run in towards the 2022 general elections, the Kenyan President claimed that he sells 10,000 eggs per day.

Disrespectful Son Of A Pauper

In 2002 his support for immediate former precident bore no fruit as they lost to the late President Mwai Kibaki. In 2007, he backed Rt. Honourable Raila Odinga but but unfortunately they lost. In 2013, he supported Uhuru Kenyatta, and they won the elections and retained the seat in 2017. To support his sibling’s education, the kenyan President sold chicken. This is according to Africanews.com. His take on leadership came in 1997 when he ran for the Eldoret North constituency seat against the odds. His desire to run made Moi refer him as a disrespectful son of a pauper, but Ruto was not detered, and he went on to clinch, and retain the seat in 2002.

The Inner Drive vs The Detractors

There is that inner voice that wants you to do it, and push you to your destined goal. Deep inside, another voice detracts you and wants you to take your time. The negative voice could be silent or a lazy feeling. The lazy feelings in most propel procrastination, indecision, and fear of failure, or it could be people. President Ruto had numerous detractors but he stuck with his inner drive. At a very decisive moment in his political career, he went against the wish of then-President Moi. Other detractors, claimed that he acquired his resources dubiously but never let that blur his vision.

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