Motivation is what drives you towards a goal, get up in the morning, and keep working through a task even when things get hard. Lots of people want to have more motivation. However, with so many things that need our attention, it can be hard to stay motivated or focused to get what we want.
Being at your best every day can be hard, but there are things you can do to help you stay on track. It is important to stay motivated, and this article will show you how to do that. Here are the 6 easy steps you can do to get your motivation back on.
#1. Identify Exactly What You Want
In Neuro-Semantics, there is no such thing as a motivation problem. There is only a problem with Intentions. “Motives” happen when people have intentions and want to do something. If you don’t want to do something, why would you be excited about it in the first place? To move toward something, you need to have a goal in mind and an intention for it. The richness of what you think about and how vital you keep your mind, body, and emotions is what moves you.
For example, when salespeople have goals, they close more deals, and when people make daily exercise commitments, they’re more likely to get fitter.
However, many people make the mistake of setting unrealistic goals. For example, “I want to be happy,” “I want a six-pack,” or “I want to do something big” are all things people say they desire but don’t actually intend to achieve. But what are your intentions here? Because you will obtain what you desire as a result of doing what you need to do.
Ask these questions to get crystal clear on what you want to achieve and why you want to achieve it:
- What do you want?
- Why is it important to you?
- By when do you want it?
- Where?
- In what way?
- What if you don’t do that?
- Is it in your power?
- Does it pay off?
#2. Imagine What It Would Be Like NOT to Reach Your Goal
Think about what would happen if you didn’t meet your goal. Is there anything that would happen to your own life? What about your job? You and your friends? Career?
Then assume that it’s been five years and you still haven’t done anything about this goal. “Who am I going to be professionally, personally, and in the other areas I’ve listed above as I look toward the future?” What if it’s been a decade? What would it cost you?
The more clearly you can think about what could happen if you don’t get what you want, the more you’ll use “away-from” motivation. In other words, being able to picture the bad consequences will make you want to move away from that possible harm and pain.
#3. Visualize Your Success
Now, ask yourself “What if I did achieve this goal? What will happen to my life? My job? My relationships? Career? How do I feel about myself?”
And why we do that is because our brain’s primary job is to convince itself that it is correct. As a result, what you visualize and focus on is magnified since your brain thinks it is an objective of yours. The brain, on the other hand, is unable to tell the difference between a vividly imagined recollection and the real world.
As a result, it’s important that you visualize yourself doing something like this if you wish to achieve it. Get a clear picture of what you will hear, see, feel, smell, taste, and say to yourself when you reach your goal.
#4. Break Down Your Goal to Smaller Tasks
It’s easy to become demoralized and get overwhelmed when faced with a very big goal.
Break down your goal. Start with simple tasks and work your way up to more difficult ones. This is how you should start. To build confidence, break a big task into small, manageable parts in your mind.
Question we can ask:
- What is the first action you need to do in order to do what you need to do, keeping the final result in mind?
- What happens after that?
- Do you have all of the resources you require (materials, books, money, people, etc.) or do you require assistance?
For example, as a beginner, I find 10,000 steps per day to be overwhelming and very impossible to achieve. But if I break it down into 3,000 steps in the first week and 5,000 steps in the second week, I can drive myself to start doing it today.
#5. Track Your Progress
Once you have created smaller tasks for the goal, you can set deadlines for each of your tasks once you’ve made a list of them.
If you can, review your goals at least once a week or even once a day if possible. Consider how many smaller tasks you’ve completed and whether or not you’re on the right track to achieving your goal. It’s important to keep track of your progress to ensure that you don’t lose sight of your long-term goal.
Writing down or keeping track of your progress will help you remember how far you’ve come toward your goal. Our minds can get distracted, making us forget how far we have come and how much we’ve done. Write down all of your small wins, because seeing them written down can be a reward in itself.
The more you can see that you’re getting closer to your goal, the more motivating it can be for you. Draw or make a picture of how you’re getting closer to the goal you’ve set for yourself.
#6. Celebrate Small Wins
You can’t achieve your big goals right away, in the next week, or even next year. But that’s fine. It’s important to know this. In our lives, we often forget about the small and important steps we take to get there.
This is why it’s important to recognize and celebrate even the smallest wins. Without this, we lose motivation, which is what keeps us on the proper route to the achieving our goal and provides the strength to keep going until we get there.
Creating a reward system is a great approach to keep yourself motivated and on track with your goals. Once you’ve completed each work and reached each goal, think about the reward you’ll give yourself. Treating yourself to your favorite ice cream or going on a vacation are just two examples of what you can do to reward yourself. As a result of having something to look forward t, the brain becomes more motivated.
Because you haven’t achieved your goal, it’s easy to feel sorry for yourself. As a result, you may ignore all of your hard work and accomplishments. Reward and appreciate your accomplishments, celebrate little wins.
Motivation Is Not Something You Have or Don’t Have; It Is Something You Do
Many of us think that motivation is excitement. There are some people who think that motivation is an emotion. It’s not, though. Motivation is a process that you can do to make something happen. With the right process in place, even the biggest goal can be reached. All it takes is determination, a mindset shift, and the creation of smaller, attainable goals on a path to which you can fully commit.
Curated by Danielle Tan.
Reference:
- https://www.rewireme.com/happiness/get-motivated-4-nlp-strategies-work/
- [Certified_meta-coach] 2022 Morpheus #19 MOTIVATION DIRECTION by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
