What Affects Drive & Conscientiousness?
Lucio's discussion on top traits affecting success made me curious about what affects a person's drive.
I put drive & conscientiousness side by side because I recall Jordan Peterson mentioned that they are the same thing.
Correct me if I misunderstood him.
I feel it's slightly different though because drive has a very emotional component to it.
I believe there's a huge element of managing desire and fear.
If all your desires and fears propel you in a given direction, you will "succeed" in that direction whatever that means.
This is why the dark side of human nature can be channelled in a positive manner to be more driven.
I'm brainstorming several factors affecting drive:
- Social factors
- Social environment: being around driven people and good leaders affect drive
- Family background: good parenting helps quite a lot in my opinion
- Health
- Diet
- Weightlifting: this affected my drive in my personal experience
- Cardiovascular exercise
- Personal resonance with a goal
- Being passionate and fulfilled about pursuing something
- Having innate interests, motivation and curiosity about a subject
- Meditation
- Gets rid of mental clutter so you are clear about what you like
- Gives a feeling of detached, intense focus
- Desire for external metrics of success like money and status
- Nootropics
- Bulletproof coffee - mix caffeine with butter & MCT oil (or coconut oil)
- Creativity and Desire for Novelty
- Some people are driven by the cutting-edge stuff, travelling to new places, experiencing new things
Is Being Driven Good?
I think being driven towards external metrics of success can become a personal burden.
But curiosity, passion, purpose-driven, desire for self-expression and self-actualisation are good things.
As long as one doesn't feel dependent on any source for general well-being or fulfilment.