At some point in time, discouragement and lack of motivation may hinder you from reaching your objective. It happened to me, and it is up to you, and you alone to develop practices that will help you keep that drive within afire.
Best Scenario’s of Self Motivation:
The following are my suggestions to motivate yourself even in the not so best scenario :
Just as willpower is an essential factor in achieving success,
Visual Goals:
It is helpful to have visual goals. Whatsoever that is you are working towards, make it visual. When you make it visual, you energize it. It maybe something material like the family home that you want, a car, or a vacation you have been looking forward to for the longest time.
Take or cut out a picture of it and post it at a conspicuous place at work or at home where you can see it often. So that when you feel discouraged, this will remind you of your goal and will help you keep your spotlight of self motivation.
Contract of Commitment:
Make a contract with oneself. According to motivational researches, people who write down to-do-lists are far more victorious in achieving their envisioned goals than those people who just keep mental lists instead. Because you find a self motivation energy when you put your goal in paper.
Putting something in writing somehow makes it more powerful psychologically speaking. This may also be the basis why most cultures have such a high regard in honoring contracts. In the contract, you may also include a certain reward that you will give yourself once you have accomplished the task, like having that full body massage by a professional masseuse.
After all, everyone likes to be rewarded for completing a good job. Even a simple pat on the back, “good job”, or “thank you” may do the trick to give the person the additional push to carry on, but unfortunately, these may not always be readily available. People around you may not acknowledge you always. Considering that acknowledgement is also essential in keeping oneself motivated, you must learn to find a way to get that encouragement on your own through pleasing yourself.
Stay Away from People Who Doesn’t Vibe with Your Energy:
Abusive people lower your self-esteem and bring you down. Get these negative people out of your life. Surround yourself with positive people. Imitate their example. Smile amply and think happy thoughts. But sometimes you can’t remove yourself from this type of people. What would you do then? Be aware of your thoughts, of your feelings, be aware of the things they do, be aware of how they affect you. By being aware, you can plan your respond, and practice your response every time you meet them. Example, person N is abusive in terms of his words, but he is my boss.
Is it about me or he is simply just like that? Can I change my boss? Well maybe in the future, later. But now, I have to deal with him, should I really be upset all the time? If he does this, which he always does (rejecting my ideas, shouting, make me feel dumb, etc. ) I should control my breath, once I control my breath, I control my thoughts, then I control my emotion. After all, what he is saying will not really matter 5 years from now (when I am in different environment), I will take this as experience and move on. I’ll look at him with to observe how his nose gets big, how he uses that unnecessary force to make me think that he coerced me, when he calms down, I’ll excuse myself, drink a bottle of water and wash all his energy down the drain.
These will give you a brighter outlook and lets you see a clearer picture of what you really want and a fresh mind to know what steps to take to get there. Rather than wait for things to happen, try to be proactive and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. Inactivity idles the brain and stagnates your potential to reach your goals.
Read inspirational books and literature:
These will help you improve your attitude and heal your mind. A book of success stories also proves to be encouraging. You will not only learn from others’ experiences and derive confidence boosting insights from them but the story will be contributory in motivating you to go for your goal and move ahead with your plans. If this still seems to falter, get training or education.
Oftentimes, not knowing how or where to start is frustrating. Knowledge is power. Having a clear understanding of how and where to start is empowering and it will offer the extra drive needed to hit the mark you are aiming at and follow it through.
Having enumerated all these tips and tricks to attain self-motivation, but still you seem to feel lacking that much needed drive, there is one last thing that you must try.
Make the Move for Self Motivation:
Whatever it is that you have been meaning to do, or wanting to achieve, JUST DO IT! Keep on aiming high and go for it! Actually, getting your hands dirty best solves the problem of self motivation. By “forcing” yourself to just do it, your momentum will pick up gradually as you go along and before you know it you have finished the task or have finally achieved your goal. Divide and conquer is the key.
Break down the seemingly unattainable activity to small doable steps. Not only does it become less overwhelming but seeing the “in the meantime” results will further your confidence that it can indeed be done.
Lack of self motivation happens to us all, but if you do not encourage yourself to accept opportunities and be challenged, no one else will. It is most important to keep your eye on the goal, find ways to keep going, and in no time, you shall reap its benefits.
And if at the beginning you were just doing it for the material reward, you will also learn to realize that the fulfillment, satisfaction and self-achievement you derive from reaching your goal is a much enjoyable high that will keep the drive within constantly burning.
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