I recently saw a post on LinkedIn, by someone was speaking to their thoughts of people having “Drive“ in their personality. It made me immediately remember playing tackle football game as a kid when I was maybe about 12 years old. It was just me versus just another friend and he had had me wrapped up in a pretty good tackle, but he just could not take me down. I distinctly remember at one point my shirt getting ripped (which was kind of a big deal), but I just kept saying “it just doesn’t matter” and I kept driving forward towards the goal line. I don’t know why my brain keeps going back to that moment at certain times of my life, but it probably has something to do with the amount of “Drive” buried into my psyche.
My wife will be the first to tell you that I probably work too much, because from her perspective, sometimes I am doing nothing, but “work”. It certainly is not my first identifier, because to me, family always comes first, followed closely by health, lastly, by work. The one personality trait that shines through it all, and is what she most likely sees, but misunderstands, is the ”Drive” to help others. I am someone who is married to a healthcare provider, where she literally has life and death moments in her hands, I cannot begin to compare what I do to what she does. So I do try to remember that what I am doing is not life or death, but it can make a serious impact in somebody else’s life.
For me, this is what ”Drive” is all about; where you decide if you want to keep doing something or not. The concept to me revolves around, focusing your mind and body and spirit around getting something accomplished. It could be something as simple as speaking or walking, or even breathing. I do not take any of those for granted, but for me, my daily “Drive” is helping others. What is your “Drive?”
My wife will be the first to tell you that I probably work too much, because from her perspective, sometimes I am doing nothing, but “work”. It certainly is not my first identifier, because to me, family always comes first, followed closely by health, lastly, by work. The one personality trait that shines through it all, and is what she most likely sees, but misunderstands, is the ”Drive” to help others. I am someone who is married to a healthcare provider, where she literally has life and death moments in her hands, I cannot begin to compare what I do to what she does. So I do try to remember that what I am doing is not life or death, but it can make a serious impact in somebody else’s life.
For me, this is what ”Drive” is all about; where you decide if you want to keep doing something or not. The concept to me revolves around, focusing your mind and body and spirit around getting something accomplished. It could be something as simple as speaking or walking, or even breathing. I do not take any of those for granted, but for me, my daily “Drive” is helping others. What is your “Drive?”
Larry Bailey
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