Many of us find ourselves in motivational slumps that we have to work to get out of. Sometimes it’s like a continuous cycle where we are motivated for a period of time, fall out and then have to build things back up again. A good way to have self motivation continuously is to implement something like these 8 steps:
Start Simple
Keep motivators around your work area – things that give you that initial spark to get going.
- Identify your own motivation style, so you can play to its strengths and always stay motivated
- Take an assessment to find out what your motivation style is
Stop Thinking
Just do.
- Motivation for a particular project may be lacking, try getting started on something else instead
- Something trivial even, then you’ll develop the momentum to begin the more important stuff
- When you’re thinking and worrying about it too much, you’re just wasting time
Help Others
Share your ideas and help friends get motivated
- Seeing others do well will motivate you to do the same
- Helping others actually helps yourself, here’s why
- You will gradually develop certain skills that become motivational habits
- Once you get to the stage where you are regularly helping others keep motivated
Keep Good Company
Make more regular encounters with positive and motivated people.
- They will help you grow and see opportunities during tough times
- Here are more reasons why you should avoid negative people:
- 10 Reasons Why You Should Avoid Negative People
- Positive & motivated people are very different from the negative ones
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See the Good in Bad
When encountering obstacles or challenging goals, you want to be in the habit of finding what works to get over them
- Here are 10 tips to make positive thinking easy
- Besides thinking positive, building your internal motivation is important to your mental strength as well
