Newton’s First Law of Motion states that a body at rest will remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it. Have you ever been stuck in your thoughts or immobilized by depression? Yes, there are external forces that can get you moving physically, but not necessarily internally. There are many drugs that can get you moving in zombie-like motion, but often only serve as aids to internal motivation. Inanimate objects and chemical reactions do need external stimuli to get things moving. Human beings, however, can be internally stimulated and motivated. If you are disciplined for success you exercise your power to make things happen. You activate an internal stimulus, sometimes with your words alone.
Often when I tell myself to do something, I immediately get up and begin the process. When I was younger my father would tell me that I needed some “get-up-and-go-power.” I finally discovered that I had the power to override lethargy, fatigue, and even depression from within with my ‘get-up-and-go-power’. Many times, it has served as a catalyst to get me moving, and sometimes even against my own will. I can move a chair, kick a rock, or start an engine, as the outside force, but I can move myself, jumpstart my mind, become a self-starter when I am motivated from within to achieve.
We can do great things when we are pushed by others, motivated by rewards or things, or forced to do something, but the greatest levels of success are achieved when we decide to do something, and get up and get it done. Talking about it, thinking about, or dreaming about it will keep you as a-body-at-rest, but with a good dose of get-up-and-go, you will become disciplined for success.