English from all angles! If you are driven, you are ambitious and hard working. You are motivated to accomplish goals and to get things done. In essence, you are pushed. But what is it that pushes you? In other words, what are you driven by? Money? Success? Fame? Peer pressure? Fear? Failure? “Drive” is energy; it’s determination. If you have a lot drive then you have a strong desire to accomplish goals. The verb “fuel,” which means to provide something with the substance in order make it happen, is frequently used with the word “drive.” What fuels your drive?