Why Personal Motivation is the Key To Success
When it comes to success, a person needs to be able to achieve
personal motivation. Personal motivation is what drives us
internally and externally to succeed in what ever we want to
succeed in.
Without personal motivation, we wouldn't be able to accomplish
anything. Personal motivation can be motivation to do just about
anything. It can be motivation to lose weight, or to complete a
task at the workplace, or to do something that you have put on
the back burner for a while. A person can also be motivated to
stop doing things such as using drugs, drinking alcohol and
smoking cigarettes.
So how do we gain personal motivation? The first thing we need
to do is set goals for ourselves. These goals have to be
realistic goals and they have to be a possible gain.
We tend to set our goals too high and then fail. This is just a
step backward in the personal motivation search. Goals are of
utmost importance in gaining personal motivation. They give us
the push we need to get the job done.
It is a good idea to write down your goals. This makes it easier
to see them on a daily basis and be reminded of what you are
reaching for.
Another great strategy is to write up a contract between you and
yourself and state the goals in it. Then sign and date the
contract. You might even put a deadline for the goals to be met.
It is just another way of pushing ourselves into doing something
we want.
We also need to look at the objectives. The objectives are going
to be what it will take to get us to our goals. Be specific with
your objectives. It is a good idea to have your objectives
measure what and when the goals need to be done. For instance,
an objective might be like this: I will lose 10 pounds in 1
months time.
After our goals have been set and we know exactly what our
expectations of ourselves are, then it is time to go to the next
step. The next phase to personal motivation is making a
commitment to keep after these goals until they are met. Keep
pushing on, and then maybe even raising our standards higher.
Never look back on past failures. This really does nothing for
our self-esteem. It will only set you back to dwell on the
mistakes you have made in the past. Now then, you can learn from
your mistakes, just don't keep looking back at them.
Rewarding ourselves when we do meet our goals is very important
in this process, as well. We need a pat on the back for hard
work and effort. Personal motivation can be achieved if goals
and objectives are set and a commitment is made to keep them.