Yoga for Motivation and Excellence

A poet has said:

Heights that great men reached and kept were not achieved in a single flight. They, when their companions slept strove upward in the night.

We, in our respective field, can make a resolution to ourselves that whatever we do, it will be of excellent quality. May it be teaching or typing, plumbing or fitting. Yoga can train the body and intellect for development of self to achieve excellence and competence in action.

One of the definitions of Yoga given in Gita is - Yoga is excellence in action. Excellence in action does not come without motivation. 

Why do we work? There are two reasons: One is visible. You work because you get money. The second is invisible. You work because you enjoy work, it increases your self-respect, people appreciate you, you are proud that you are given responsibility and try your best to rise to the occasion.

When we read the life stories of great men and women, we realize that they kept a lofty goal as the pole star of their life and strove hard to reach it. They had no place for laziness in their life. They could not afford to get entangled in clumsy and demanding relationships. With singleness of purpose, they ultimately achieved their goal. This is Yoga.

This harnesses all your energies in a particular direction, keeping your instruments i.e. body, mind and intellect ready and sharp for the work undertaken. Great men see great dreams and make great effort to realize them.