What is the difference between motivation and drive and I don't want the dictionary definitions?

Question

I seem to be lacking both and I'm just curious about what it is that keeps people from getting bogged down, what keeps them going besides simply their responsibilities and commitments.

Answer 1

Drive and motivation are kinda best described as

Motivation: a though or pattern that causes an initial ACTION that sets wheels in motion.....aKa inspiration......formation of a goal....where did the idea start?

Drive: a thought or string of thoughts that keeps one MOVING on a path to a goal.....this could also be reffered to as passion......how did you stay focused on the Goal?


I'll relate it to cars if you want too..

Motivation is like torque.....the energy that it takes to set the wheels in motion

Drive is like horsepower....once the whells are in motion horsepower keeps it going and lets it reach high speeds..


As for you lack of both....
People like yourself have still not connected back to the reason why they are here......like a ball of energy that leaves source to grow and experience things....(knowledge and understanding) it may grow bigger but needs to return to its source now stronger and understanding of its reason for existence.. therffore utilizing this experience for a greater good.....

the focus on responsibilities and commitments is just a way to get diverted from your path and get you lost in the details......which easily happens.....You have spent many years learning...through experience or reading or whatever your cup is......and to be quite honest knowledge comes with a counterballance of responsilility......your responsibility is to use it......your free will of how to set the particle in motion......is up to you.....(intent.....= motivation) if you have not used it you start to run out of gas.....and slow down never stopping unless U decide to but things seem very heavy when disconnected.........return back to your source....understand why U are here other than material gain and U will get it.......I know you will.....every human is pre-programmed to understand this....I was like yourself for a while but I'm just starting to get it.....and as a result my life has started to weave back together in a beautiful pattern that I am creating consciously....not by default which is how we think it works.........Your Best bet to Start this re-connection is to understand this idea.....YOUR THOUGHTS CREATE YOUR REALITY....WEHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT THEY DO..."
If you can grasp this concept U are much further along your path than you will ever believe....take an inventory of what U think about during the day and give each thought a charge +or - and you will see a pattern.....Good Luck.....

Answer 2

Motivation comes from an outside source, such as a coach, a teacher, or a parent. It is all about encouragement.
Drive comes from within. It is what makes a person set goals and work to achieve them. It is all about attitude.
It is important to have both. Without drive, motivation is useless and encouraging words fall on deaf ears. Without motivation, drive falters, due to a lack of recognition for what has been accomplished.

Answer 3

I think that it's about intentions. Motivation involves intent to achieve for personal or altruistic gains.

Drive is more of a force of will -- people can be driven to do things but lack motivation. (I could be driven to look things up online for other people but I lack any intent to achieve anything from it).

Answer 4

Drive is what you do when you need to get grocreires. Motivation is having enough ambition to do it.