I think you should have specified the question a little.What motivates us to do what?Well for me,what motivates me in life is the desire to know my purpose in life.I attend church regularly and in almost every sermon,the pastor encourages us to know our purpose in life.What is it that God created me as a person to do on this perfect home we call earth to do?What is that one thing that only I can achieve and why me?What can I do that can change the world?How do I leave a footprint so big that everyone will know,"Lewis was here!"?
We should ask ourselves that question everyday.One thing I am sure about is that when anyone is on their death bed,when you see the proverbial "white light" and know that your time to join your maker in heaven or head downstairs to hell,you ask yourself,"Have I accomplished what I was born to do?".So my answer to your question is my purpose for living.That is what gets me out of bed every morning and to work to earn money.Thank you for that wonderful question.