There are ways to motivate yourself so that living your dream life is truly possible. You simply have to tirelessly pursue the results you’re looking for. There are various strategies you can use that can help you to achieve everything you desire. We all respond differently to various types of motivation. What inspires you? Below are some of the best ways to find motivation and keep the momentum going.
1 – Get a mentor, someone who has been there before.
Mentors are excellent motivators. They have been where you currently are. They understand the problems with procrastination and putting off taking action. They also provide great motivational material because you can see what they have achieved. This can help to ensure you take action today rather than waiting for the tomorrow that never comes.
2 – Make a schedule for action.
Motivation is a tricky thing. You can attend a webinar or workshop where a professional motivator gets you fired up. When you leave that event you absolutely know without a shadow of a doubt that you are going to be successful in achieving whatever it is you have in mind. That kind of outward motivation quickly passes, however.
One of the best ways to motivate yourself is to draw up a schedule for the actions you need to take to succeed in any endeavour. The human brain loves structure, and it is difficult to ignore a schedule that requires you to take a certain action, at a certain time, on a certain day.
3 – Visualize the rewards you will receive when you reach your goal or achieve the desired result.
Several experiments with athletes have proven the powerful effect of visualization. In these studies athletes of comparable skill level were separated into two groups. One group was told to visualize successfully achieving some action relating to their sport. The second group actually practised that sporting action. The results in these types of visualization experiments are always astounding.
In one study, a group of basketball players was told not to practice shooting free throws. Instead, they were told to simply visualize shooting 10 free throws in a row and successfully making each and every one. The second group went out and physically practised shooting and making 10 free throws. Those who visualized their efforts improved their free throw shooting percentage to a greater degree than their practising counterparts did.
Consistently visualize the achievement of your dreams. Not only will you improve your chance of success, but the realization of what is waiting for you can prompt you to take immediate action.
4 – Stop thinking and start doing.
There is a lot to be said for the Nike tag line that tells you to “Just Do It.” Some people are hardwired in such a way that they have to spend a lot of time thinking about something before they do it. This can be helpful at times, as in a planning stage. However, there always comes a time for action. Don’t spend too much time over-thinking a process or procedure if your mental scrutiny is keeping you from taking action.
5 – Remove your fear of failure.
The fear of failure is what stops many people from even starting. While this is natural, you can make it less debilitating by asking yourself: ‘what’s the worst that could happen?’ Much of what we do in our business is an experiment and the results are not guaranteed. If you fail, it probably won’t be that bad, plus it’s always a learning experience! (Read more on fear here.)
6 – Stop caring what anyone else thinks.
Too many times in life we worry what someone else thinks. We wonder if they will make fun of us if we fail. Sometimes we are concerned they will think we are crazy for pursuing our dreams or trying something difficult. The truth is, the people that really matter in your life will support you whether you fail or succeed at any endeavour. The opinion of anyone else really doesn’t matter.
Besides, has worrying about what other people think ever created any great rewards or positive life changes for you in the past? Concern about what someone else is thinking (and usually no one even cares what you are doing to be totally honest) just leads to stress, frustration and a lack of achievement.
7 – Prioritize your life.
If you have been telling yourself you want to write a book for years, why haven’t you? Probably because you have prioritized other things in your life ahead of becoming an author. Get serious with yourself. Prioritize those things that are really important to you. Block out time each week to work on your own business building activities. Sometimes creating the motivation to take action right now, instead of later, means nothing more than moving that task or desired achievement to the top of your “to do list”. Treat your business as you would a client and keep those appointments with yourself.
Look back over the above tips. Chances are you probably connected with some of the ideas for taking action right now. Are you looking to find more help with ways to motivate yourself? You’ll find it here in the form of a list of actions and principles to ensure that you achieve the results you are looking for.
Find the motivation to put the ideas into action now so that your dream business and life will be closer to realization than ever before.