Motivation can take many forms

I have always been big on motivation. Without it I have to really push myself to do anything. But with proper motivation I can move mountains!

One thing I have noticed over my lifetime is that motivation can take many forms.

Sometimes it can be a word. Sometimes it takes a 2x4 to the noggin to make us get motivated!

I was feeling very unmotivated this morning. You see, I have to go to my "real" job and every time I start to think about going I get unmotivated! I think about the drama at the office. I think about all the little things I have to do. That makes me think of all the BIG things I have to do which makes me then think about the time I will have to spend not working on my own business.

I know I have to work my other job. I make good money working my full-time and my part-time jobs. But I also know in my heart that I would make good money from my business if I could devote even my part-time job hours toward the business.

I could sit and do a pity party and moan and whine about it, but instead I threw a command into Chaptgpt and asked for some ways to motivate me. Here is what my Buddy came up with:

• Plan

• Reflect
• Act
• Exercise
• Connect
• Learn
• Visualize
• Challenge
• Prioritize
• Reward

Hmmmm..... I think reward should be on top! I do well with rewards. That must be my "love language!"

I also like the power of visualization, although it doesn't always motivate me to action. Some of the things on the list probably wouldn't motivate me, but they might motivate someone else.

For example, in my real job world I sell ads to businesses in the area where I live. One day I was going to sell an ad to a place that manufactures and sells trailers. My first thought was, "It is hard to sell a trailer because I don't need one." But my second thought was, "Just because I don't need one doesn't mean someone else doesn't need one." I want to reach those people. That is my motivation for selling the ad. I want the business to whom I sell the ad to prosper from it. I want it be be creative and drive home the point that these are the very best trailers you can buy.

The point is, just because I don't need the thing doesn't mean someone else doesn't need it or want it. With motivation things, just because it wouldn't work for me doesn't mean it wouldn't work for someone else.

So with selling ads, I try to think of the best way that an ad would work for the advertiser.

With motivation, I try to think of what will motivate me the most. Yes, money is a huge motivation for me, but so is the freedom of how to spend my time. So is being able to write what I want to write. There are so many "rewards" to having a successful business.

What are some things that motivate you? How will the motivation help you with your business?

Have a great start to the weekend!

Karin

P.S. I look at this photo when I need motivation to lose weight. This was after I lost 40 pounds. I still want to lose another 40 or so. MOTIVATION!