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5 Top Tips for Staying On Target
"You are always free to choose what you do with your life. To make changes in your future, make new choices today"
Brian Tracy
Motivate: 1. the reason for (somebody’s action). 2. cause somebody to want to do something.
(Oxford English Dictionary)
So say the people who should know exactly what motivation means. Except, I’d add another:
Reason to follow through with a compelling action or plan.
Motivation.
What’s yours like? Three weeks into the New Year, are you still on course? Are the famous resolutions still up and running, rosy in cheeks and healthy of heart? Did you tell all your friends about them, asking for encouragement and reminders throughout to stay on track throughout the year?
Tips to Keep Motivation High
1. Take action
It really is that simple, and that powerful. Systematically, consciously, methodically take at least one action towards your goal each day – and not an easy, cop-out, but something you’d usually put off. It’s the feeling of satisfaction from this type of achievement that really gives that special boost. So, who’d you rather not call, who would you sooner avoid talking to at work, or what step are you putting off because it makes you quake in your boots? Whatever it is, DO IT, and do it today!
2. Do Something Different
Inject something new and exciting into your life. Have you dreamed of joining an evening class, theatre group, or taking up yoga, for example? The idea is to spice things up a little. If we keep doing the same thing, we can only expect the same result. However, if we add to, enhance, or change we can expect different results. Do something different, and get excited.
3. Model
Who do you admire? Biographies have always been my favorite area of any library, and it is to there you should head. Research, entertain yourself, and above all get inspired by other people’s accounts of how they created the life they have. For ages, we’ve always been told not to copy others. But to model the route to success of those we admire is a very effective form of accelerated learning. If we can learn how they did it, and avoid some of the pitfalls they also experienced along the way, we can only increase the potency of what we do for our own journey.
4. Build Your Support Structure
This could also be a supplement to Action 2; surround yourself with other like minded people. If you’re surrounded by the vocal doubting Thomas’s of this World it’s gonna make your job of keeping motivated even more difficult. Take responsibility for this. Have a word with them, all the way through to building a new circle of more supportive, like minded friends.
5. Re-assess Your Goals
Do your weekly reassessment of goals. Keep on top of them. How did you do? Does anything need tweaking? What will be your next steps? Again, map out the next week for yourself. Enjoy the ride!
