L-Factor
We all want the good, the best. Isn't it? That was the reason why I wrote my last post on organizing the importants over the urgent. Those who have followed my previous posts know what I mean when I say quadrant II. Quadrant II is that place where we know what is not so urgent, but it is important. This is the most preferred state of life to be lived to keep aside those things that are not urgent and focus on what is important. This search landed me on the L-factor. Covey, in his book First Things First, says that there are basic human needs: to live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. Something similar was what Abraham Maslow had been speaking about in 1943 in his hierarchy theory/need theory. The heading of his paper was "The Theory of Human Motivation." Yes, our needs are our source of motivation, and motivation is integral to our lives. If we are motivated, our work is done so swiftly, whereas when we are demotivated, we don't feel like doing these t...