Most likely the answer would be “goals”. Goal Setting is extremely important to motivation and success. A goal should be moderate, not too hard or too easy to complete. Certainly, you need some intelligence, knowledge base, study skills, and time management skills, but if you don’t have motivation, you won’t get far. Interest is also an important motivator as well as the desire to learn. When you link these two things together, you create success. Oftentimes, success in an endeavor that leads to more interest and a greater desire to learn, creating an upward spiral of motivation toward a goal you have established.