Once you understand what motivation is and where you may be positioned with your goals and needs, you will be in a much better position to identify what drives you to action.

With this knowledge, you can better equipt yourself with what you should be doing to keep your energy levels high and ensure that you are always achieving.

Here are a few steps to get you started.

Step 1: Know Your Reason

This is imperative!

Without a clear reason and purpose for taking action, your efforts will be minimal at best or mis placed at the worse.

Everything that is worthwhile is driven by a clear purpose. Take some time to do a little introspection to determine what that is. Once you do, write it down, take a photograph of it and place it where you can see it - every day.

Your reason is your vision and without vision, people lose their way and perish. It is your "why" and must inspire you.

When things are tough, this is your "go to" to keep you going.

Step 2: Plan and define Your Goals

This is a breakdown of how you will get to your reason, the things you need to do monthly, weekly and daily.

An important thing to consider when planning and setting goals is that you should give yourself some wiggle room and flexibility. Things could go wrong. Unforeseen situations may arise. When they do, you want to be sure that you have some space and time to get back on track.

If your plan is too tight, you will be come frustrated and feel defeated when delays happen or when you change direction.