How To Motivate Yourself?

I do one of the following.
Write a priority list. Take the task and break it down into 3 or 4 things, that way you can see the progress you've made. For me even when I don't want to do something, It helps to organize my thoughts. And I usually tend to say, I've come so far might as well go to the next task. Or if I really don't feel like doing it, at least I have a check list of where I started and where I am at for another time.
The second thing is exercise. Run, Jump Rope, hit the bag, anything to get the adrenaline going. that helps to boost my confidence to the point where whatever task I have to do seems small in comparison.
The third thing is Meditate. Most times, the tasks of the day swirl around to the point of not being able to think. Sitting and Closing my eyes, concentrating on my deep breathing. It helps clear the mind tackle any obstacle.
I hope this helps

One thing that gets me on the computer more is doing maths.
Figure out your business model and start doing some hypothetical equations.

Possibilities are very exciting.

Hey guys, I just go and do something else for a little time I've been come back to it.

Don't spend time on something if you're not interested and try to get motivated doing something that you like. This technique (if I can say so), helps me to clear my head and come back fresh and motivated!

That's wonderful, Delton.

Love is a powerful motivating force, for sure.

Much respect to you,
Rick

I think of the final outcome and how it will positively affect my life. That usually allows me to power through mundane tasks. I also have my desktop background set up as sort of a vision board with a collage of my goals...that helps.

Personally I get motivation by mere thinking of helping others! Rather than fishing for problems, I see myself as a solution provider. I assist people through articles, seminars and 'words of encouragement'

MM

As you probably already know, Love is the greatest motivator in the world.

Whenever you area feeling down, tired or lost, think about somebody you love, it can be your lover, family and friends. You will get the direction, motivation, inspiration that push you to moving forward.

Love is around us, Never Give Up !

There's nothing like working in front of the ocean, watching the waves, knowing that right there you're making money, and knowing that's your actual "Day job" LOL

Meditation and bribery. 1st I center myself so I can focus on the task at hand and then I think hard about the bottle of rum that I will reward myself when the job is done.

Hello Omari Taylor here,

Well what I do to motivate myself is think about my future. I see my goals clearly and know a will reach all of them. So when every I slow a down I ask myself, "what are you doing? You can slow down one bit." Then I get right back to it. I have pretty good self motivation and have never quit when I put my mind on reaching a goal.

I suggest that people who have problems motivating themselves to get a bigger "why." I believe that could be your only problem. If your "why" is big enough you will never slow down or quit. Best wishes.

I am motivated by success. Just knowing that the things I do will lead me to a better life is enough to make me work hard until I reach my goals.

I get motivated by looking at my past.

Three years ago, I was desperately looking for a way to make money online.

Today I do the same.

However, today, I have 3 years of experience behind me, bunch of money already made AND spent. So, whenever I think of "Oh, I'll never accomplish anything" I know that isn't true because I already did.

Girls. I won't lie, they are awesome motivation haha

I have different ways. I have gone over the word of God about me to motivae me to action.

I have so many other ways. I have shared this in my FREE e-book at Free Success e-books - Success Articles it is titled "How You Can Begin to Act on You Ideas.

The word of God is a motivator for people like me.

Thanks

I remind my self about the course once I have on 4th Dimension... It was great and at the end of it I was the first one who walked on fire...

When ever I remember it ... Really give me motivation.

Thinking you need motivation before doing something is a myth. That's what people who study too much personal development material think. Everyone else just gets on with it. As Gary Halbert once said: "Movement creates more momentum then meditation." Don't wait around for motivation. Just start taking action and you'll become motivated.

I have all my awards and pictures that represent most of the things I'm most proud of hanging on a wall in my room. Whenever I feel down or feel overwhelmed, I look at my "Wall of Achievement". I remember my successes in the past and I know I can be successful again.

Pink

I read inspirational quotes and have certain ones I use as affirmations. That does the trick every time. I get the power surge and get back to work!
Ron

Develop a defence against people who want to convince you that you cannot do it,
Accept negative advice only as a challenge to prove that you can do it.

Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do and keeps you busy - but it does not
get you any where!

I drink coffee, watch the news about how bad the economy is and I'm ready to go!

I also set a (stupid) goal. For example, I'd say "I want to buy a MacBook Air this month" And then, even though I have the funds, I do not buy it - I wait until I earn that much to buy it.

1. Make a list of what I want to do. Several lists, actually: A list for the year, a list for each month, a list for a given week, a list for the day. Even if I don't accomplish everything on these lists, I get much more done than if I'd not bothered writing them down. It's sort of fun to scratch things off the list, because it shows I'm making progress.

2. Set some easy goals. For example, if I dread doing something, I might say I'll just "get started" on it, or spend a couple of minutes on it. Chances are I'll end up spending much more time on it and even get it done.

The fact that I am making money online now definitely gives me motivation, when way back then I thought it's not even possible. I've had mild success and definitely eager to have more. That, and the fact that I am about to get married, that motivates me a lot..

Visualize your desired outcome and how you'd feel, what you'd do, and how you'd act if you had it.. for example if someone is losing weight he should visualize himself being fit, muscular and strong

the easiest way to motivate yourself is having the motivation everyday.
if you have dreams,write it down on note and read everytime you lose your motivation.
people has an inclination of losing it,right?
so,it is the most important to be solved by read your motivation note.

This stuff is great. Homeloans' post is pure gold and full of truth. I have, for example, recently found that I get a energy boost after I work out. I didn't know this and it really helps.

I motivate myself by seeing myself being able to help more people if I just get this done.

Listen to Anthony Robbins

who is anthony robbins? am i missing something?

T. Harv Eker in Millionaire Mind has one affirmation that has stuck with me above all others.

I act even when I don't feel like it.

I say this to myself a couple times and it really is how I view myself now. I am willing to take the tough steps -- to get up early, to continue when discouraged.

My NLP training taught me to "interrupt the limiting pattern." For me, this is usually a good workout on my acoustic guitar. The neighbours got used to it after the first five years, and they are thankful I don't play an electric!

Trev.

Dream and then focus on your dream

Hi Vincent,

I found a great video,which is about leadership and very much motivating.o and check it out:
Traits of Exceptional Leaders

Try to use a egg timer. When you have a task that has to be done and seems impossible to start. Set the timer for 50 min. when it rings you stop, take a break for ten minutes. Refresh then set the timer for 20 min. when it rings take another break for 10 min. You will get alot more work done in these blocks of time and look forward to the breaks. It will help keep you motivated.

Jim Rohn is also one to listen to.

Read a lot of books and listen to business cd's.... Always help...

you know - different things motivate me at different times for different reasons. You need to find something that moves you emotionally - that can be a trigger - doing NLP is great - you can program your mind to have a trigger - ie - I had it done to motivate me to exercise- they programmed a technique - that when I pull on my ear lobe I am reminded of the reason.... it has seemed to work so far!

other than that I have a vision board and recite my goals first thing in the morning -

Just think about your good health, See the beautiful creation that you can contemplate while others can not cuz they are blind. Think about your creator. how he loves you.

Greetings, Warriors,

I am motivated by the idea that someone is waiting to hear (or read) what I have to say. Just as I have enjoyed the benefits of learning from those who came before me, so do I hope to make a difference in the lives of those who read my work.

It's pretty simple. Think about what kind of world you want to see, and then do whatever is in your power to make that become a reality.

Peace,

Evelyn

i get motivated by closing my eyes & think of my god & play with my kid & start working again.

I motivate myself by continueing to look for that magical, perfect opportunity out there, having success and passing the knowledge to others!

Even though this is rare because I always have what to write about, when I need motivation and inspiration I read what other people wrote. I look for mistakes or missing points in their work, and then I try writing better than them about the same topic.

The results are always very good!

Hey!

What you can do is that you think of what you want to achieve in the end. Like your final goal. Then you can set smaller goals so that you can feel good each time you complete something.

With the end in mind you know that what you're going to do will help you achieve that goal. And that goal will make you all excited and motivated to push on even though you're not in the mood to do something =)

Or just psycho yourself at how easy that task is going to be! It worked for mee! haha!

Visualization. When ever I don't feel like doing something, nine times out of ten it's something that is good for me and something that I will benefit from (Odd how we can do the things that do nothing for us all day). I just visualize the result and benefits that I'll no doubt reap. For sports, I hated working out. So I visualized my ocular success physically and visualized all of the great and awesome things I would and did do on the field. Of course this strategy applies to everything. For my business success, I visualize profitable transactions and my ideas for profit generation as pure gold. Basically, your mind is powerful and what you see in your mind can easily be duplicated in the real world. Visualization combined with praying and the help of God is a guaranteed way to success every single time.

Warrior J

I think making a list is important.It gives us a goal for the day.I've been doing this for a little while and find it much easier to stay focused. I also agree that some days you just need to take a little time and not do your homework. If I get really frustrated I'll walk away for an hour or so.

I motivate myself by thinking of what good things will happen if i do this and that. I just start thinking positively so that I will never have to think about not wanting to do something.

I start off the day with Esther and Jerry Hicks.. Me time... Jot stuff down in the filo that I want to get done.... check sales... jog listening to upbeat stuff....

I keep myself motivated with a vision board/dream board. I strongly feel that you can change your life by changing how you perceive your life and your future.

Whenever I get unmotivated, or a little off track, I work on my dream house book. I spent one day going to Menards and gathering books on windows, paint, doors, fixtures, and etc...I cut out pictures of what I want and paste these images on paper. I have just about every room planned out, down to the minor details. Working on your goals is a great way to change your energy from unmotivated to motivated. So, Whenever I feel despaired, I look at my book and imagine myself in my new house, and I can conquer the world.

I found that focusing on what you want in life and making it real to you in your mind helps you keep motivated towards your goal. Goals can be large or small, but focus on what you want in life and it will give you all the motivation you need and then some.

Many a people use enchanting music to motivae oneself. But in my sadly, it doesn't work.

Great topic, I get motivated by taking inventory of what I am grateful for and focusing on the results I am getting day by day.

Imagine what your life would be like tomorrow if you don't take action. Imagine what your life would be like next week if you kept procrastinating. Do the same for a month, 6 months, a year, 5 years, and what your life would be like if you didn't take action for 20 years. Then do the same if you did.

That may seem like enough but take it a step further. Ask yourself what would make your success inevitable. That's right, I said "inevitable." What could you do to make your success inevitable. What write a check for $100 and give it to your neighbor and say, "log into this website. Everyday you don't see some new content for the next 90 days, go out and cash the check." That's just an example, but make a public consequence.

Lastly, just do one thing at a time. Chances for success go down considerably when you focus on more than one project at a time.

Don't expect to just have motivation once you learn the right trick or hear the right quote. Let your motivation be to always find motivation. If you set about to do task A that involves you completing subtask a, b, and c but you don't feel like starting with subtask a, change the list to subtasks a,b,c, and d. What's the new subtask a? Get motivated. Don't not do something when you don't feel like it, just add motivation to the list rather than expect to always be motivated and only act when you are. My favorite is journaling. I use macjournal. You can't beat the full screen mode with the black background and nothing else. All the answers are really inside of us. It's the best prozac ever. You feel crappy. Start writing. It's amazing, I can always journal myself out of a crappy mood. Works everytime.

Finally read this (and keep reading!) Tim Ferris's Blog post from Jan 7,2009

Hi everyone!
There are 3 primary reasons we lose motivation:

1. Lack of confidence - If you don't believe you can succeed, what's the point in trying?
2. Lack of focus - If you don't know what you want, do you really want anything?
3. Lack of direction - If you don't know what to do, how can you be motivated to do it?

Once you know the reasons why you lose motivation, you will know how to escape from it.
- You should focus on gratitude. Set aside time to focus on everything positive in your life. Make a mental list of your strengths, past successes, and current advantages.By making an effort to feel grateful, you'll realize how competent and successful you already are.
- you should define the goal. When know what you want, you become motivated to take action.
- A lack of direction kills motivation. The key to finding direction is identifying the activities that lead to success.

This is a great thread, and it's about time I put my two pence worth in (I live in England!)

Make that three pence -- I have three things that help me tremendously:

1. Early to bed, early to rise. YEAH this is old fashioned, and it may not work for everybody, but for me it makes a HUGE difference to my energy if I am up before 7. If I sleep in til 10 or later, I have to kick myself in the behind all day just to stay focused. If I can get out for a brisk walk before breakfast that works wonders too, because I automatically use the time to figure out what to aim to achieve during the first two hours of the day - by the time I get back in I am raring to go, with a supercharged feeling of already being ahead of the game... adrenalin is a great drug!!!

2. Learn through teaching. I find one of the fastest ways to accumulate knowledge, and I mean good, precise targeted knowledge about a specific subject, is to find a way of teaching it to others. Take something you are trying to learn about, and challenge yourself to write an ebook, create an instructional video or even hold a semninar about it, as if you were setting yourself up as an "obvious expert" and in the process you'll find yourself automatically doing laser targeted research just fill in all the specific gaps in your knowledge. And it will force you to organze that knowledge into easily comprehensible form. BONUS: once you've got it done, SELL IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

3. Most people probably know this one, but I have to include it - if any task seems too daunting because of its sheer scale, break it down into bite size chunks and tick them off one by one as they get done. For added spice, I often try to challenge myself to do it fast. For example: I can be a bit untidy, to say the least, and my computer room often gets into a complete mess, to the point where cleaning it up looks like a nightmare best avoided. But if I say: "OK - I am setting the timer for 5 minutes (or whatever) and I am going to pick up 37 objects and put them in their proper place" BY gosh, and by golly, she gets done real quick and I was having fun the whole time. This works for just about everything, subject to adjustment!

Of course there are loads of people with natural work-ethic who think we're all pathetic for having to think this way, but probably they are too busy getting on with life to be reading this thread!! Hopefully, using some of these techniques can help the rest of us to join them!!!

Hi the way I stay Motivated is to create a "Goal" and then Plan how I am going to achieve it on a daily basis, creating MindMovies to help me stay positive and have the mind set to achieve the end result!!

Cheers,

Steve

for my personally my son is my inspiration he really keeps me going. when i look into his eyes i know he deserves so much better than what we have now.

I motivate myself by reading
stories from other people or businessman
that are already successful.

I think about the words of Jack Lalanne......."if I lie to me, I'd lie to you" ......Knowing that I am fooling myself not living up to my own expectatios burns me up inside. That's all the motivation I need!

theres no way to motivate yourself other than to just take tha bull by the horns and make it happen, because if you dont nobody else will!

I motivate myself by imagining the worst of the conditions and then coming out of it by flying colors. It may sound weird, but thats the way I m.!

Whenever i need some motivation, i take a quick look at success depicting collage i have made. It's very effective.

Basically, you depict the abstract word success with images that you associate with success. For example, nice car, house, etc...

and that's one of the things that motivates me

This works. If you can spend 10 minutes looking at yourself in the mirror. I guarantee you that you will stay motivated.

One of the things that helps me stay motivated is visualize what it is that I'm working towards whenever I'm stuck. That always gives me a sudden boost of energy.

Strategy

1.Predefine Goals and Tasks to be completed

2.Apply your thoughts and Images,It will give you extra energy in advance and prepare for the coming task.

3.Dont do anything untill you feel smt to do

4.Its time to act,It would be an auto response if u have passed the above two steps.

5.All this stuff Thoughts Images Action results will keep you Motivated................

i would spend my time with kids and read new material just to free my minds..after a while..i'll start back with where i stopped.

read new materials does help.

I motivate myself by thinking "what will be the outcome in the future what i am doing today". Just think of the ants, they store as many foods as they can during summer, and when rainy days come, they would still have foods to eat even without working.

For me, just go to the room , quiet room, and make a list of your problems (or business target), after you put some words in the paper, and think how to solve it 1 by 1, decide which one is important, ask somebody if needed, just relax while doing it. You'll feel much better.

Maybe its because you write in paper, you feel you're BIGGER than the problem, so its much easier to solve it

read this Book THINK AND GROW RICH by nappoleon hills

its really good. I'm just at the third chapter in 3 days I'm already more motivated

To motivate urself..their should always be a motivation like a person...a movie...a song or a character..one should be focussed towards good things...

Hi,

For me, if I am organized I am more productive. As trivial and obvious as this may sound, I routinely make daily lists of things I want to do. I think the key is to make the list the night before. That allows me to reflect on what I accomplished that day and my task list is ready to go first thing in the morning so I don't waste time sitting there wondering what to do. Hope that helps.

Barry

Think about how long you are delaying your end goal if you stop doing what you know you need to in order to reach that goal.

This is especially effective when I am laying in the bed.

The key is to ALWAYS set more goals once you attain the previous ones. You are either growing or dying, there is no in between.

Self-hypnosis man - Self-hypnosis

I have noticed that when I perform tasks that are part of some not so fun project it makes it easier for me to stay motivated longer. Taking a day off is too risky for me. Sunday is the only exception.

First of all, you have to realize that every thing you do is all a part of "the process" and without that boring step, you wouldn't have the same results.

So the question to ask yourself is, "How much do I want [this ideal situation] to come true?"

For me, whenever I start to doubt anything or create friction for myself because I don't want to do the boring tasks, I tell myself, "I'm in the process of building my online business!" I know that having the online business I dream of 24/7 includes boring tasks, but since I want it so bad, I just do it! (Not to sound all Nike on you guys- haha) It just excites me to know that I can build my own biz from scratch online- the possibilities are ENDLESS on the internet!!! That's what keeps me going.

Option #2- Outsource If YOU don't want to do it, I know there are plenty of other people out there who will.

Take care everyone!

Anyone who believes they never lose their motivation and always feels upbeat is being less than honest with themselves. Staying focused is not easy, but some people are better at managing this than others...

I do the same thing. For my family and my kids.

i ask myself, "do i want this?" and then feel what it will be like to have whatever i'm being lazy about doing...

Always view the end result I am trying to reach and imagine
that it is already real. Thinking this way makes me stop
thinking of reasons why I can't -- and focuses on what I
have to do, need to do.

dont pay any bills at all for 3 months and give your money to a charity.

in month 4, you will be the most motivated individual on the planet.

I keep one thing in mind and one thing alone. Here's the realization i came to, "anyone can achieve anything, but we can't achieve anything without anyone."

That is enough to keep me motivated.

My only motivation is keep going because i love working from home , this is the freedom most offline jobs wont give you .

The idea of retiring early motivates me.

The purpose of a certain task keeps me motivated.

I am highly motivated by tasks that are most beneficial to children and families.

Even if the task is strenuous and annoying, I will definitely find strength to do it knowing that many children and families will profit from my efforts.

I always remember that when I get to the point where I don't feel like doing something, this is the same point that will contribute to my success and separate me from those who are unsuccessful. We all do the things we feel like doing. Successful people do things even when they don't feel like doing them.

A lot of great tips on here, motivation seems to be my weakest point

Get a big Post-It note and write down your most PAINFUL thought or fear. Stick it right in front of your monitor. Tell me if it doesn't move you.

I like to think about what I would like to achieve by working on my business (my weight loss oriented website). I always remind myself that the work I am doing now (producing content regularly, promoting my website through various marketing means, working on getting my site ranked, etc.) is well worth my effort even though I may not see results in some time.

I like to picture what it would be like to be financially care free and all of the benefits that would come along with it. No seriously, I literally close my eyes and try to hold onto that amazing feeling of reaching my goal. This is what keeps me going.

I just look at my bank account, that's enough of a motivation to get going.

First, I will find out what's my passion, what really inspire me...If something that I don't feel like doing. I just acknowledge I don't like doing it. After that, I will ask myself what's the impact if I choose not to "like" it. If I can't bear with the impact...I will normally move forward and I am fully aware of this impact will cost me my life.

Rgds

Always bear in mind to put your love ones in everything that you do. Use them as your inspiration. And also dont forget to thank God for his blessings.

"Motivation is a driving wheel that we fire with hope for the future."
~Marlinark

One thing I did when taking the GMATs is to print out success stories i found on forums and pin them on my desk to remind me every day that I must work hard so I can do well and then post my success story to help others.

I have done the same with my im cpa marketing career...its very motivational to hear other peoples success stories!

by thinking of the people i care for and people i love...

Hi....Vincent!
I am motivated by my previous achievements.
I just think that ""If I have done that,then I can do this also""..
It gives me motivation to do the next work...

I get motivated when I think of my family. It's really my driving force to go on. I want to help them and let them have what I didn't have when I was their age.

Well..I will say....for me...my family is the ulitmate source of motivation....

am motivated by my family ,also others achievements
I think that ""If someone done that,then I can do this also""..

Whats your life going to be like 5 years from now if you dont act on the things you want. Then 10 years then 20 years. What will your life be like

That always helps although i used this years ago when i was just starting out

Hi Guys and Gals
I consult with many online and offline business owners and 90% suffer from motivational problems especially in a bad economy when everyone is drumming down how bad everything is... this can and does cause motivational problems.

How I try to help is by making a business owner totally focus on their own business and forgetting about the economy, if your product is good and it is in demand than you will make sales... mindset has to be right and to get the required motivation you must be able to have a list of jobs to do to push your business or life forward.

Make a list of requirements and then do them step by step... one at a time and each time you see something work out you will get more motivation.

If you have a setback carry on and don't give up... it takes as much energy to give up as it does to succeed!

Many people want everything now... and right now... you must motivate yourself to take one small baby step and the rest will follow.

It's alot easier to be motivated about taking a small step then a large leap and you will see the benefits.

Every Year I write down my goals for the current year, the next 5 years and for the next 10. I have it on my wall so I see it every day. This is what motivate me, wanting to accomplish and succeed at my set goals.