5 tips to boost your motivation

byJHaugland

4.9K followers

6 years ago

Motivation is gasoline in your tank. Motivation is like a fresh breath. Motivation is positivity, joy, and courage. Motivation makes you stand out because you know you will win when you cross the finish line.

Feeling motivated is a wonderful feeling. And I'm sure you've known this feeling before. But the lack of motivation can make you feel discouraged and frustrated.
You know you have to write that article, but you just can not get started. Perhaps you have to do something else, like paint the house, wash the car, watch TV, feed the cat, or anything but the task at hand. What you need is motivation.

We all prefer feeling good

One major reason for postponing things is that we are feeling better at the moment than how we imagine we will feel when we do a task we are not motivated to do. It simply takes more energy to do a task than to watch your favorite TV series.

It will cause resistance to perform a task without motivation, and it brings a comfortable feeling to watching the favorite TV series. This is common for all, you choose the path of least resistance.

Bring joy to your task

The key to motivation lies in bringing joy in doing what you have to do. Therefore, you must look at the actual task with new eyes, so you can interpret it as something you want to do or even enjoy doing.

Think of a task you feel less motivated to do. Start with a small task, like cleaning your house or something similar.

When you think of this task and you don't feel motivated to do it, there will be a high likelihood of thinking about the all the negative things you will encounter by moving from where you are now until the task is completed. And if so, of course, you are not motivated.

Look at the finished result first

The most motivated people look at the finished result first. They are able to figure out how great the result will be before they have started the task at all. They visualize and connect strong positive emotions to the final outcome.

A businessman who starts a new company can withstand a lot of resistance and struggle just because he knows what he wants and how well he will feel when he has reached his goal.

Therefore, he will look at the task, as an important factor towards a highly desired result.
He knows that the final result will bring stronger positive feelings than the negative feelings he may have in the process towards the goal.

To motivate yourself, you must link positive emotions to a result.
It must be the result that is important. Not the details of the process against the result.

Let's try. Think of a task as you are not too motivated to do.

1. How do you see the results when done?
   
   
2. What positive emotions will you experience once you have achieved the goal?
   
   
3. What can you win to do this task?
   
   
4. Which three good reasons do you have for achieving the result you want
   
   
5. And finally: Are there other ways you can link positive feelings to the outcome you are now going to achieve?
   
   

You should to write down the answers and say them out loud to yourself so that they become more real and have easier to manifest themselves in your brain. And if necessary repeat reading them loud to yourself until your goal is reached.

Visualize the result

Another tip is to take a few minutes to visualize the desired result. Lay down on your couch, relax, and visualize the result. You may even come up with new clever ideas on how to do the task. Unless you just fall asleep.

Keep up the good work everybody. You have access to the best tools and the best network of helpers.
The rest is up to you.