The A-Z of Motivation
Pain may sometimes be the reason why people change. Getting bad
grades make you realize that you need to study. Debts remind you
of your inability to look for a source of income. Being
humiliated gives you the 'push' to speak up and fight for
yourself to save your face from the next embarrassment. It may
be a bitter experience, a friend's tragic story, a great movie,
or an inspiring book that will help you to get up and get just
the right amount of motivation you need in order to improve
yourself.
With all the people trying to pull you down and waiting for you
to fail, how can you stay motivated and positive?
Try this A to Z of tips for motivation
A - Achieving your dreams. Avoid negative people, things and
places because they will only drag you down. Eleanor Roosevelt
once said, "The future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams."
B - Believe in your self, and in what you can do. Believe in
your possibilities and your dreams. Every advancement of
humankind has taken place because someone believed in themselves.
C - Consider all of the angles and aspects of everything you
encounter, whether it is people or situations. Motivation comes
from strength of purpose. Being able to see both points of view
will give you more chance of being successful and keeping those
around you motivated too.
D - Don't give up and don't give in. Every successful person
from J K Rowling to Walt Disney to Sylvester Stallone to Thomas
Edison had multiple failures before being successful. Sometimes
their failures or rejections ran into the hundreds before they
achieved success.
E - Enjoy. Work as if you don't need money. Dance as if nobody's
watching. Love as if you never cried. Learn as if you'll live
forever. Motivation takes place when people are happy.
F - Family and Friends. Use your family and friends to help you
stay motivated. The big football teams have cheerleaders and
fans to encourage them. Your family and friends can be your
cheerleaders and fans. Use them to keep you going when you feel
your motivation drifting.
G - Give that little bit extra. Self improvement happens
everywhere all the time, whether you are at home, at work or at
school. Anthony Robbins tells us that the difference in effort
between excellent and outstanding is miniscule, yet the
difference in rewards is massive. Giving that little bit extra
can put you into the outstanding.
H - Hang on to your dreams. There may be times when it looks
bleak, but hang on to your dreams. The night is darkest just
before the dawn. It is at this moment that you are closest to
success and 95% of people will give up. Push through this moment
and you'll achieve your dreams.
I - Ignore those who try to destroy you. Don't get involved in
their dramas or toxicity - just walk away. Surround yourself
with people who will encourage and support you. Remove those who
want to pull you down and watch you fail from your life. You'll
find it much easier to stay motivated.
J - Joy and gratitude. Perhaps two of the fundamentals for
motivation and success is to be joyful in what you do and
grateful for what you have.
K - Keep pushing forwards no matter how hard life may seem. In
the toughest moments you can choose to move forwards or to run
away. It's your decision - one path brings you closer to the
success, the other takes you away from it. Which do you want to
follow?
L - Learn to love your self. This isn't as easy as it sounds for
most people, but by loving yourself you will be happier and more
motivated because you will believe you deserve what you achieve.
M - Make things happen. Motivation and success doesn't come from
sitting in front of the television drinking coke and eating
pizza. Take action and you'll achieve your dreams.
N - Never lie, cheat or steal. Always play a fair game. At the
end of the day, if you live a dishonest life, it will come back
to you. Living an honest, fair life allows you to be proud of
what you do.
O - Open your eyes. Everyone has a set of blinkers that they
wear and see everything through them, i.e. how they would like
things to be. Look at life with open eyes and see things how
they are, and see them how you want them to be. Then take action
to make it happen.
P - Practice makes perfect. The more you practice, the better
you become. A top sportsman doesn't reach their status through a
single practice or game. They practice harder and longer than
anyone else, and as such, are rewarded more than anyone else.
Q - Quitters never win. And winners never quit. So, which do you
want to be?
R - Ready yourself. Always be ready to take advantage of the
opportunities and situations presented to you. Prepare in
advance, and ignore the voice telling you to put it off until
tomorrow. Remember, it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark!
S - Stop procrastinating. You can put it all off until tomorrow,
but one day there will be no more tomorrows. Start
procrastinating about procrastinating and do tomorrows jobs
today.
T - Take control of your life. Discipline and self control are
synonymous with motivation. So many people believe their lives
are out of their control. Look at your life in detail and you'll
discover you have more areas under your control than you think.
U - Understand others. If you know very well how to talk, you
should also learn how to listen. You have two ears and one mouth
for a reason. Understand others and strive to be understood.
V - Visualise it. Your sub-conscious knows no difference between
your imagination and reality, so if you rehearse your success in
your mind, then your sub-conscious will believe in it and make
it happen.
W - Want it more than anything. Every successful person has had
a burning desire to achieve their goals. The Wright brothers
didn't invent the aeroplane because there was nothing on the
television. They had a burning desire to succeed and kept going,
even in the face of setbacks.
X - X Factor is what will make you different from the others.
When you are motivated, you tend to put on "extras" on your life
like extra time for family, extra help at work, extra care for
friends. This X-Factor sets you aside from the crowd and marks
you out for success.
Y - You are unique. No one in this world looks, acts, thinks or
talks like you. Value your unique gifts, whatever they are and
use them for your success.
Z - Zero in on your dreams and make it happen!!!