I just read an amazing solar energy story on CNN.com about Ram – a young man without high school education – who transformed an Indian village through solar power.
In fact … similar projects are lighting up many remote and inaccessible villages in India, Africa and China. Young solar engineers apparently get a rush from learning to install solar equipment in their villages and then to maintain these without external support. 
India’s solar energy stories are especially chalked full of adrenalin rush descriptions - business leaders call satisfaction.
It comes as mind-bending rewards for their hard effort and amazing talent as solar engineers. The same potential exists for all workers and yet it often goes unnoticed at work.
So where is it? Why is it hidden?
Satisfaction occupies a central place in the brains of problem solvers, and researchers agree on its central traits.
Do Gandhi’s words describe your loss of rewards through derailed problems before you found solutions?
He said … … First they ignore you … then they laugh at you … then they fight you … and then you win….
In each stage of a novel problem … satisfaction’s the glue that holds solutions together until we win.
It involves …
- actively pursuing solutions
- adapting to new situations
- solving unique problems with solutions that benefit others
MRI scans show that satisfaction lives deep within the brain’s limbic system, in a structure called the striatum.
Satisfaction comes from stimulation in these areas connected to rewards. Dopamine … of course … is the key chemical that triggers satisfaction and it helps people to act on its motivating fuels.
What problem are you pursuing lately?
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