Internal Drivers

Freedom

While I would lobby that true agency is an illusion, the human freedom to do as we please has been a driver from an early age for me.

Accomplishment

Distinct from the stridency of achievement, accomplishment captures my unstoppable desire to do. This is a true driver as it’s not one I’d prefer to have, but here we are.

Organizing

This one has its downsides, but has been with me since I figured how much suffering living with disorganization caused me.

Curiosity

My nature is inherently curious, most easily influenced by novelty, but accessible at any time when I’m mindful enough. The unknown doesn’t scare me, it draws me closer.  

Awareness

Since an early age, I have noticed the desire to wake up to what is real. For a time, that manifested in a desire to experience altered states as if they promised me everything I needed to know about what is true. These days, I find the technicolor mundaneness of life to be enough.

Making

Storytelling, creating, building, and learning. If I want it, I might as well make it since I’m going to make something anyway. This is what I would do when there was nothing to do. I make things.

Problem-Solving

To a fault, my mind works on solving many challenges at once, whether I like it or not. This driver feeds into accomplishment

Understanding

My nature has been inquisitive since I was old enough to ask questions. Children ask questions, but I’ve never stopped trying to understand as much as I can like I’ve been accumulating knowledge.

Serving Others

Both a value and internal driver, serving others emerged in my teenage years and remains a powerful force in my motivations.

Although positioned last on this list, it remains central to why I’ve ever been valuable in any job, and it’s absolutely core to the reasons I am a coach.