Drive Will Get You to Your Life's Destination by Marc LeVine
Marc LeVine
Empowering Engineers & Advancing Careers | Talent Acquisition, Blogger, Podcast Guest, Conference Speaker | Hiring those Built to Succeed in Control Systems Engineering for Thermo Systems
Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success. - Explorer Ernest (Shackleton in an 1890 ad for the first Antarctic expedition)
If the above were a current help wanted advertisement, would you apply for this job? If your answer is "YES," you are ripe for challenge and driven to succeed.
Drive is an inner quality that many people lack. It is drive that makes a person unwilling to accept the status quo. It is drive that makes someone unwilling to be mediocre. It is drive that propels most successful people towards achievement. Being driven calls on the ability to meet the following conditions for personal success:
Prioriting your needs and wants. You are on a tight deadline to complete an assignment by noon and find yourself in the mood for a burger and fries. If you are starving, you will eat. If you are slightly hungry you will finish the task at hand, FIRST and then eat.
Making choices that help you attain your prioritized needs and wants. In the prior example, you were confronted with two dueling "wants" — you wish to fulfil your obligation and complete your assigned task on time. On the other hand, you also want that burger and fries. And you want them now! How you weigh these two choices will determine which one takes priority. If you are driven to succeed, you will put off lunch and meet your deadline. If you put your personal craving first, then you will put burger over big win.
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Many people we know are happily content with their current position in life and career. That is simply fine. It is their choice. Others want more for themselves and their loved ones. They are determined to attain loftier goals and earn recognition and rewards for doing so. It is drive that gives us the push to get what we want, rather than to just sit back and hope things will come to us, organically. Often, they never do.
We know that life is a journey with many detours and roadblocks along the way. No matter what your journey is, you will never reach your desired destination without the drive to navigate around unforeseen obstacles and pitfalls...WITHOUT EVER GIVING UP!
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Marc LeVine is a graduate of Syracuse (NY) University with a degree in Industrial Psychology, Marc is currently Talent Acquisitions and Learning and Development Lead at Thermo Systems. He is the recipient of the Excellence in Talent Acquisitions Award from HR Awards in 2021. His prior employment includes senior Human Resources and staffing industry management roles with Edgewood Properties in Piscataway, NJ, Brakeforce Staffing in Edison, NJ, InfoPro Inc. in Woodbridge NJ and Plainsboro, NJ and Harvard Industries in Farmingdale, NJ, a former Fortune 500 company. He also served as Director of Human Resources for New Jersey Press, the parent company of the Asbury Park Press, Home News and Tribune and WKXW-NJ101.5. Earlier in his career, Marc served as Director of Career Services and Placement at Union Technical Institute in Eatontown and Neptune, NJ. In addition, Marc owned and operated Integrity Consulting Associates, a Human Resources for 11 years. Marc also served as Council President in his hometown of Freehold Borough, NJ