The Charge

The Charge shows you how to unlock the baseline and forward human drives within you that will help you get energized, grounded, and working so that you can have the life of happiness and fulfillment you’ve always wanted.

Growing up I did everything “right.” I went to school, earned good grades and participated in activities, then got accepted to college. When I was done with that I got a 9-5 job and I thought that was it.

At least until two years in, when I started to ask what my real desires were and began making changes.

By following what everybody else thought I should want, I was living what’s known as a caged life. The belief that I should want certain things began to be ingrained in me early on, as it did with you too.

As a kid, your parents rewarded you for being ambitious and self-disciplined toward what they thought you needed to have to be happy. These habits continue to control your decisions as an adult, even if you don’t notice it.

You’re afraid to go for what you really yearn to do because deep down you fear losing their acceptance if you don’t follow their path for you.

Now, in many instances, people do live what the author calls a comfortable life. This is where you’re still fairly happy living what society deems the “good life,” but you’ve never stopped to make the adjustments that would make it a life full of energy and enthusiasm.

This is a charged life and is what you want to strive for.

We all want to be happy. That’s the ultimate goal, even if it gets muddled up in the middle of all this talk of different lifestyles. But no matter which way you spin it, people living charged lives are living happier lives. And doing that is just a simple matter of learning the human drives that will take you there. While these motivations aren’t part of our survival instincts, they are traits within us that by activating, we can become happier. The first five baseline drives will help you improve your inner self. They are: Control Competence Congruence Caring Connection Let’s talk about control for a moment. It’s not just about having control, but understanding and accepting where you have it and where you don’t. Most things in life are out of your control. Whether it’s the weather, what others say, or traffic, you can’t force them to be what you want. But you can control your reactions, which is a crucial place to look to improve your life. If you’re living a caged life you might see difficulties as proof of your constraints. A person with…