Weather it being in life or business it is important to stay motivated to improve and advance in your life. Many people believe that to achieve goals you just have to be hardworking and disciplined. This is a half-truth: in reality, only when we are truly motivated are we able to achieve certain goals.
Motivation is the key to understanding why human beings keep tenacious pursuing certain achievements that bear no fruit in the short term. In this text we will explain some tricks and tips so you can understand how human motivation works and you can have a little guide to get everything you propose in life.
Never forget to think positive
Keep in mind that your thoughts will decisively influence how to deal with each step you take. If you face the day to day with a positive vision of things, you will be able to advance towards your goals. If, on the contrary, you are a negative person to whom everything seems impossible, you will not do anything to improve.
Your internal discourse is one of the key factors when motivating you. We all have a little internal voice that can help or keeps us back. We must learn to manage their influence and be aware that our mental state is the key so that we can set goals and fulfill them. If you have too many negative thoughts, you need to eliminate them and replace them with thoughts and beliefs that play in your favor.
Never underestimate the power of positive thinking when you are trying to motivate yourself.
Create a personal diary that reflects your progress
If you are a methodical person, this trick can be very useful. One of the keys to motivate us to achieve an objective is to become aware of the progress we are making in the short term. Thus, we perceive that our efforts are bearing fruit and therefore it is more likely that we will move forward. It is good to fragment your work into different mini-goals that provide an incentive to continue battling.
If you like to write, a good way to control your progress is to write a small diary in which you explain what you have done during the day and what your progress has been. In this way you can see how much you need to do in order to reach your goal. It is also interesting to note both the positive (advances, good feelings, etc.) and the negative (mistakes you have made, ideas to improve) … I recommend that you be rigid and update your diary every day at the same time.
You can also find apps for your phone that can help you track goals like for running and tasks.
Imagine achieving your goals, every day
A highly effective psychological trick: mentally visualize the result you want to achieve, for several minutes and with many details (maybe combine this with meditation). Just close your eyes and enjoy imagining how you perceive the moment of success and satisfaction in what you have proposed. How would you feel, with whom would you share it?
The more and better you know how to imagine that moment, the more motivated you will stay and for longer. If you practice this mental image for five minutes a day, your success will be closer.
One day you can fail … but not two
Human beings are profoundly imperfect. If one day we can not advance anything, we must relativize it. We all have a bad day when laziness paralyzes us. But the golden rule is this: you can fail one day, but not two consecutive days.
If the day before you failed to feel motivated to carry out the daily actions that bring you closer to the goal, the second day is key. Do not let that second day also boycott your laziness or any other excuse. You can not lose two days in a row because then you would be working a mental precedent that justifies your future laziness.
Prepare your mind for the moments of descent
Along a long road, you may go through good times and bad times. In these moments when things do not turn out as we would like, certain defeatist thoughts and the irrepressible urge to abandon the ship can come to mind.
Do not be afraid when these thoughts approach you, since it is completely natural that from time to time they arise and they invite you to stop fighting. If you are aware of them, you can manage them so that they do not affect you. For every moment of slump that you experience, think about an important reason to keep fighting.
Make a list with your reasons to stay motivated
It is the perfect antidote for excuses and laziness. Many people are motivated thinking about their loved ones. Other people approach it from a more individual sense or because of the great intrinsic motivation they feel toward the activity they practice. Be that as it may, it is good that you write down on paper what your motivations are. When you feel demotivated, take a look at your list.
The importance of a good counselor
When you pursue a dream, it is likely that other people have already achieved it before you. Having the support of a person with a long experience can be key to explain some tricks and reflections so you can achieve what you propose.
You can also look for courses or seminars of people who talk about what interests you. It is not advisable to disregard the knowledge that other people can give you. In our society, almost everything is invented. But nevertheless there are few people who have the capacity to innovate and look for new ways to solve problems. If you are able to imbibe a lot of knowledge from different sources, it is likely that you can motivate yourself and continue on the right path.
Discover your true passions
This is basic. When we genuinely enjoy an activity, it allows us to perform at maximum until we lose track of time. Before we talked about intrinsic motivation: it is that motivation we feel for the pleasure of doing something.
When we discover what we are passionate about and have the good fortune to be able to dedicate ourselves to it, our intrinsic motivation will allow us to face the task and the day to day in a really effective way. If, on the other hand, we do not like what we do and therefore do not have a good dose of intrinsic motivation, we can only be motivated by extrinsic motivation, that is, if we have incentives (economic or otherwise). to move on.
Therefore, it is important that you choose your life based on what you like to do, since you will be more motivated.
Get inspired with the little things of everyday life
The key to motivating yourself is to be a person open to the world and find inspiration in the small everyday details. Inspiration can be found in almost anything.
Not only will it allow you to motivate yourself at a given moment (that too), but also to maintain your motivation for long periods of time.
What do you do to keep yourself motivated? Let me know in the comments below.
