What drives you?

Hear the (9 min) episode, “What drives you?” here.

• What drives you? Not in a negative way…but in a positive one.
• • Do you see yourself as even driven anymore?
• • Name someone on your social media feed who is extremely driven. (I bet it didn’t take you any time.)
• But the truth is, you have drive too…you’re just not fueling it. 

In his book, The Way of the Seal, author Mark Divine writes that drive is fueled by desire, belief, and expectations.

• You lost your drive because you lost your desire, belief, or expectations- one, both, or all of them.

• You have the don’t wants because you have no desire...
• Desire is an expressed want or crave.
• • Many “want” something, but few are bold enough to express those wants in a way that they won’t let up until they see it manifest. 
• • What do you desire to do, be, have, do, or go?
• • • Don’t worry about how; first get the want…then put some expression on your wants.
• Belief…what do you believe? Do you even believe any more?

What you see right now aint all there is.

• Sometimes you have to make your own belief in order to create your future.
• Don’t base your belief only on what you’ve already seen, if you do, you’re going to live a very limited life.
• Expectations?What are you expecting today?
• • Are you living your life just tryin’ to hang in there…just tryin’ to get to Friday?
• • Are you living up or down to your expectations?
• • I expect every customer who comes through the door to buy…but I know they won’t.
• • If you set your expectations high, you’ll net higher results.
• • Setting high expectations prevents you from just floating from one day to the next, “hoping” something good happens for them.
• • • Hope is not a strategy.
• Your drive: belief, desire, and expectations are all fed by daily discipline. Discipline simply means to be a disciple of something higher.
• • How do the Navy SEALs practice daily discipline?
• • • They’re “front-sight focused” meaning they only focused on the target at the end of their scope; once they hit the target, they focus on the next one of importance.
• • • SEALs “embrace the suck.” All moments-good or bad are temporary, so when you’re in the suck, embrace it-laugh at it, realize that it is only for a limited time. Use these suck moments to build grit, resilience, and mental fortitude.

I told you that you have drive. You just need to fuel it with desire, belief, and expectations…and feed it with daily discipline.

Share your thoughts with me from the podcast.

Subscribe to The Sales Life w/ Marsh Buice podcast where we make a point in minutes not hours. Check it out on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform.