If you are going to accomplish any goal, you must motivate yourself to take action right now. You can’t wait until tomorrow. Action is required, and there is never a better time than right now.
Have you ever heard the old saying that “knowledge is power”? That is true to some extent. Knowledge is definitely needed to do anything. If you want to bake a cake, you need the correct recipe. However, if you get all of the ingredients you need, print out your cake-making recipe, and then take no action, you will be waiting on your cake forever.
The following 7 actions and principles ensure that you achieve the results you are looking for as quickly as possible, by getting you to take action quickly and decisively.
1 – Remember the lack of results you got the last time you put off taking action.
Have you ever delayed pursuing some goal in the past? If you have, you are probably all too familiar with the lack of success you achieved when you finally did take action. You might have even put off taking action altogether. Don’t you deserve to experience the achievement of your goals as quickly as possible? The only way that can happen is if you stop making excuses, and begin taking action.
2 – Get up from your desk and take a walk.
Physical activity delivers oxygen to your brain and all parts of your body. This gives you a sense of mental clarity and focus that you don’t get sitting in your computer chair. Strenuous exercise, like strength training or cycling, delivers even more mental and physical benefits than walking.
The idea is to get up and get moving. Exercise triggers “feel-good” chemicals in your brain. This supercharges your mental ability as well as your physical health. You get the sense that you can do anything you set your mind to. So the next time you want to put off pursuing a particular goal or taking some action, get physically active instead.
3 – Remind yourself that if you put it off until tomorrow, tomorrow never comes.
Have you ever had a “tomorrow” experience? Of course not. No one has. That is because tomorrow never comes. The “tomorrow promise” is easy to make. It is much easier not to do something than to do it. Just remember that if you allow yourself to put off taking action, you may never take action at all.
4 – Keep a reminder on your desk and any other high-visibility places you see all the time.
Constantly staring at your goals and desires can prompt you to take action. This can be as simple as a couple of words written on a piece of paper or pictures and photographs of what your life will be like when your goals are reached.
5 – Read or watch inspirational articles, blogs or videos.
Get inspired by people who did what you are trying to accomplish. Find someone who has taken action and accomplished a result that you are trying to achieve. Use this “real world” motivation to take action yourself.
“The embarrassment of admitting you haven’t been sticking
to your goals is often enough to motivate you to continue.”
-Richard D. Rawlings, End Bad Habits
6 – Share your goal completion date with others.
Sharing your goal will force you to take action (or be embarrassed). Tell everyone what you are planning to do. This is a great way to force yourself to take action instead of simply continuing to procrastinate. If you tell everyone you know that 30 days from now you will have achieved a particular result, it really encourages you to get started immediately.
7 – Hang out with others that are attempting the same thing.
You can do this through in person meet-ups or virtually in online groups or masterminds. You are probably not alone in your efforts, or in your procrastination. Find strength in numbers.
Look back over these 7 motivational action-taking tools. Did you spot 2 or 3 that really made sense to you? Don’t be like the majority of people that fail to achieve their dreams by making excuses or putting off until tomorrow what they should do today. Find the motivation to take action now to have the business and live the life of your dreams.