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7 Ways To Stay Motivated


Do you have a hard time getting motivated?

Once you get motivated, how long do you stay motivated?

Do you keep your excitement going until you have finished and reached your goal, or do you quit when you don't "feel" like it anymore?

Usually people need some stimuli to inspire them and fire them up.  Where are you seeking stimulation?  Are you seeking stimulation?

Once we have been motivated to begin doing something, the next task is to keep ourselves motivated until the end.

If you follow these seven motivational tips, you will have more of a chance to stay motivated and reach your goals.

Let's first consider what your passions are.  These are things that motivate you and get your brain churning and your heart pumping when you start thinking about them. 

Also, think about the mundane things that are not always a joy to do, but that need to be done - your responsibilities, chores, family duties. 

If you apply these seven tips to what you are passionate about and to that which is mundane, you will find more success than if you try to accomplish them otherwise.


Review these seven steps on a regular basis to keep your inspiration fresh and your motivation going strong.


1. It All Begins In Your Mind.

You need to make a decision not only as to what you want to do, but you need to decide ahead of time that you are going to do your best and accomplish your goal. 

If you don't think you can accomplish something, why would you even start?  And if you did start, how long would you really keep striving to accomplish it?  You need to believe that you can accomplish it!

Quit just passing thoughts through your mind. Do something with them!

Make up your mind to go all the way to the top and start taking action to get there.  The most extraordinary thing happens when you do this - you move in the direction you want to go!

Once you decide to do something, life becomes more interesting and you have more energy.

You need to get serious.  Quit daydreaming and start living!


2. Know Your Limitations.

What are your limitations?  What do you lack in skill or knowledge?  What is holding you back?  Physical;y, mentally or emotionally?

Once you know and acknowledge your limitations, then you can develop a plan to strengthen yourself in those areas.

How could you develop personally so you will be stronger for the task at hand?  What is the action you need to begin with to get the ball rolling? Ask other people, if you need to, in order to answer these questions.


3. Iron Sharpens Iron.

You need to get around the right people.  But who are the right people?

Positive people.  People who have accomplished what you want to accomplish. 

Get around people with goals and plans, people who are going somewhere with their lives and have high aspirations. Get around eagles!

I love what Zig Ziglar says, "You can't scratch with the turkeys if you want to fly with the eagles."

Get far away from negative people if you want to soar!

People that complain and whine and moan all the time are toxic. 

You don’t need them in your short life.


4. Be Healthy!

If you don’t have your health, you don’t have much, and what you do have, you won’t be able to enjoy. 

You must take excellent care of your health. That means good diet and exercise.

Everybody knows they should eat better foods, work out regularly and get enough sleep.  You just need to DO it! 


5. Envision Success!

Visualize yourself continually taking action and being successful.  If you want to improve in anything in your life, it all begins by improving your mental attitude and what you are seeing and saying.

It takes more out of you mentally and emotionally if all you do is dwell on the negative and continually talk about it.

Quit talking about and staring at the chains that are holding you captive.

See those chains coming off and you achieving success - whether it is a major goal or just cleaning the garage! 

Envision it being accomplished!  What does it look like?  How does if feel?  Really take some time before you start to do this; and keep coming back to it as you are going forward.


6. Practice Positive Self-Talk.

It is crucial that you control not only what you are thinking, but what you say to yourself and about yourself. 

If it is not yet come, you are not lying to yourself.  You are speaking the truth in advance. 

It doesn't matter where you're coming from—all that matters is where you're going.

You don’t need to dwell on the way you or your situation is now.  Speak about the way you want it to be.  This season is only temporary, if you want it to be.

You may be where you are today by accident.  But you can design your future!


7. Take Action.

If there is a sense of urgency, we tend to move faster. The faster you move is one thing that you can control and develop, and this will separate you from everyone else.

When you get a good idea or decide to do something, take immediate action.  Do not wait for the perfect day.  Get started now!


As Brian Tracy says:

“The faster you move, the better you get. And the better you get, the more you like yourself. And the more you like yourself, the higher your self-esteem is. And the higher your self-esteem is, the greater your self-discipline is. And the more you persist, then you ultimately become unstoppable.”


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Wishing you unstoppable success!