How to motivate yourself?
What is motivation? Sheer focus? Staying
determined? Being confident? It’s more than that. Motivation is a combination
of a whole bunch of things usually including some type of fear or intense
desire. After all motivation battle is nothing but your head telling you “I
think I can,” “I think I still can,” and “I’m doing it”. Because of that, so to
concise it we can say motivation is basically developing confidence, staying
focused, and maintaining direction and which will help you to achieve your
desired result.
We all face lack of motivation in our
life, we can’t pay proper focus to the work we are doing and hence we are not
satisfied from our work. So we are going to present some tips on how to
motivate yourself.
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Don’t think in a negative
way:
We’re all guilty of thinking in the
negative instead of the affirmative. We’re busy not doing not wanting things.
That’s fine and normal, but there is no action associated with not wanting
something. You can’t decide to do something because you don’t want another.
That’s not how it works. That wll not lead you anywhere. Negative thoughts keep
you unmotivated. It’s draining and exhausting. It keeps you in a state of perpetual
worry instead of action.
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Define your goal and your
plan to achieve it:
Now that we know that you are
thinking positive, you gotta know what you are getting positive about it. For
example instead of saying “I don’t want to be homeless, poor” you can say “I
want to be financially secure”. Now start planning to achieve what you desire.
Pen down your desires and the ways you can see to achieve it. If you wish you
can achieve it if you stay motivated towards your goal.
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Keep it just to one at a
time:
If you have a ton of
things on your to-do list, sometimes it becomes daunting and you end up putting
the list away and "tackling it later." But if you have one thing on
that list of yours, that's it. That's doable. It's doable and you can focus on
it -- spreading yourself thin over a dozen won't do you or your goals justice.You can't focus yourself if you're not focused on a specific
goal. Break it down into small pieces as much as possible
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Make it fun.
Straight up, doing something you flat out despise won't be
something you keep up with. The second you can drop it like a bad habit, you
will. For that reason, whatever you're doing -- be it saving up money for that
new car or losing 15 pounds -- you gotta make it enjoyable. The more enjoyable
it is, the more you'll do it. The more you'll do it, the better you'll get at
it. The better you get at it, the quicker the end result will come.
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Set rewards.
Let's be honest: results just don't come soon enough. It
takes years to make money from a new business, it takes months to reach weight
loss goals, and it takes a virtual lifetime to be happy with yourself. That's
just about the opposite of instant gratification. To overcome this unfortunate
fact of life, give yourself rewards. Life sure isn't going to do it for you, so
you might as well will.
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Keep the glass half full, not half
empty.
When we
think about something we want, a necessary part of that is realizing we don't
have it. That can turn into a whirlwind of negativity, starting us down the
path of self-pity, lethargy, and ending in a box of w(h)ine. Don't go there!
Think about what you do have, what you're grateful for. Only
then can you make what you have better.
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Use visualization.
If you are motivated and
focused nothing can restrict you… have a bright future ahead.
BY SURAJ GUPTA
EDITOR AT CHARTERED BLOOD
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