Hapless Motivation

One of the things that's most changed my life, and for which I'm very grateful, happened to me when I was reading PG's 'Relentlessly Resourceful'. While those two words do have a power and almost majestic nature it was actually the antonym that I believe changed my life for the better.

Hapless.

When I read that word I thought back to every moment where I thought I appeared such to others, especially those who mean a lot to me, and I drew back in revulsion at the thought of being that. I'd like to say I was motivated by aspiring, and to some degree I was, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that the thought of going through my life as 'hapless' was like waking up to mortar fire. You don't know if you're dead or not, but you know sure as the blast that you never want to wake up like that again.

Thanks for striking the fear of 'hapless' into me. In many ways my new job, my good income and my sense of direction have that moment as one of their foundation stones. It's still a fear that drives me to assert my will as much as I can each day.