Question Your Dream.

What's your

motive?

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In a study of

200

artists

18 years after

they graduated from 

art school,

psychology has documented

those

 who 

had become

serious painters

are those who

in student days

 had

enjoyed the

sheer joy

of

painting 

itself.

Those who 

had been 

motivated 

by 

dreams of 

fame

and

wealth

mostly 

didn't make it

in the 

art industry

soon after graduating.

It was concluded 

that,

like everything 

we want to 

be,

like,

'Painters

must want 

to paint

above all else.

If the 

artist

in front of the canvas

begins to 

wonder 

how much 

 money 

can he make

from it

or

what the critics

will 

think of it,

he won't be able

to pursue

original avenues.

Creative achievements

depend on 

single-minded 

immersion.'

I believe 

it is so

for

every achievement.

Not every dream

is stirred from 

a 

pure motive.

If we are

concerned about

what we can

take

the dream

[fame, wealth, ego-boost],

we become 

vulnerable to

what people

think or say

along the way.

Our motivation

becomes 

shaped by external forces

instead of 

where it should 

stem from:

the heart.

Sustainable Motivation 

comes from 

the

heart.

It

 preserves

you 

in the worst of times

during the journey towards

your dream.

And most crucial of it all,

it takes you 

all the way through

until 

the day of completion!

What is your

dream?

Why 

do you want 

to achieve this dream?

Have you 

started doing 

anything related to it?

Do you

enjoy

doing what this

is about?

What motivates

you 

to make it happen?

Who motivates

you 

to make it happen?

 Question your dream.

Strip it naked

and 

discover

whether this is 

the dream 

worth

spending your youth 

preparing for.

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