Focusing on Excellence

We are all motivated by material things. We work not only because we want to fulfill our basic needs, but also we crave to have the things we lust like cars, jewelries and the like.

Setting your mindset on getting material rewards is an excellent strategy. It is the widely used technique in setting goals in our lives. However, it is still best to focus your mindset on excellence.

What I mean here is that if you really love the things you do now-- like for instance you love writing and it fuels your soul every time you share you literary pieces with others.

In other words, if you really love and have the passion on the things you do regardless of any material reward, success and other material things will follow after.

As for me, one of the reasons why "materially-motivated" mindset is not good, is that material and tangible things are only temporary and fickle. Intangible rewards such as trust, influence and love are lifetime-- they endure even after your death.

Furthermore, worse comes when you eventually focus your whole life on material things. It will rob you out of happiness and eventually not living life to the fullest.

As Aamir Khan said from the movie the 3 idiots, "pursue excellence and success will chase you."

How about you? What is your outlook in life?