Quick Tips for Getting Motivated

By Mike Blissett | One Comment

1. Begin with the end in mind

That’s right, identify what it is you want to achieve. As Stephen Covey stated in the famous quote above, to know your outcome gives any work you may need to do much greater focus.

So, get focused, and get writing with what it is you want to achieve. Don’t worry if you can’t yet dream the big stuff yet, start small and I promise you’ll be moving on up to the bigger pictures sooner than you ever imagined!

2. Get a plan

If you knew where you wanted to go, the next question would be, “how are you going to get there?” What would you need to do first in order to be “on course” to succeed? Be practical; fit your planning in with whatever time you have right now, but push just a little bit.

3. Chunk

Chunking is that age old way of achieving what may first appear impossible, simply because it’s just too damn big. Chunk down, plan “baby steps,” and again before you know it you’ll be looking like a giant.

4. Challenge those fears

Whatever comes up and stops you achieving, challenge. Ask yourself;

  • Is this for me?
  • Is it what I really want?
  • What do I need to change in order to get success?
  • Do I need to enlist anyone else’s help or take some training?
  • What would I need to believe to win?
  • What can I do to re-enforce that new belief?

5. The secret ingredient…

…and the secret? There is no secret; just TAKE ACTION. There’s only so much dreaming, planning, refining, challenging, chunking, reviewing (blah blah blah) a person can do and then you need to take action.

Nothing -let me repeat -NOTHING will build up your motivation quicker or more solidly than following through on your actions. Remember your mantra, from today it’s “do it, do it now!”

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  • On 30 March 2011 at 6:29 pm Alison Vaughan said:

    Getting motivated is ALL about having the end in mind. I don’t know what my own goal is other than to be able to write cohesively and in a way which others will enjoy. So Fiona, I’m on the path (finally) – just waiting to get the University place! And in the meantime I guess I can be simply putting pen to paper – scary! I’ve got myself a mentor for the price of a reciprocal pro bono skills swap. Coaches are marvellous!
    At risk of prevaricating, I can’t write or give myself permission to write until I’ve got myself organised (I know, I know) so I’ve signed up for some help – from your good self of course with the organised home course (it’s strange how one can help others and not the self).
    Thank you. My life changed when I took your Life Coach Cert. course with Newcastle College and here we go again, with you and your team helping me achieve the dream!
    Thank you.

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