How do you motivate yourself

14 years ago

I motivate myself by ignoring all the negative influences. And also I just let positive influences coming out. And lastly I just hear music to ease my boredom.

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Sid_who

14 years ago

Read success stories of people.... Have patience and carry on your work, dont think about the consequences or profit. That is how I keep motivating myself....above all: Believe in yourself !

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thesuccesscoach

14 years ago

Great words from all, I think you need to always keep the end goal in mind. In fact you need to know what that goal is. What do you want and why do you want it?

If you know the why the rest will follow. If for example you get down because things did not work out you can always remember the why. ie why are you doing this - and no it's not just about money, look deeper than that.

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barbling

14 years ago

I motivate myself by realizing when all is said and done...the only person on whom I can rely is *myself*. Not my friends, not my mentors, not my family (for IM, that is)...me.

After all, think about it - if you were thrown into the Pacific Ocean 10 miles from shore and saw the sharks starting to gather, I doubt you'd say, gee...I just don't FEEL like surviving.

Being successful online is similar. Only YOU can make it happen. Once that key is turned in your mind, it becomes much easier.

Best of success,

Barbara

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Kishor Karsan

14 years ago

Thanks guys

I suppose my motivation is that I can be financially free and not be part of the group that goes to a job they hate

I have one important goal and that is to give my family a better way of life really, this is what keeps me going

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thesuccesscoach 14 years ago

excellent Kishor - the better life is a good why,
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Kishor Karsan

14 years ago

And of course health too......

be healthier and be able to do more for a long time, stress kills..... want to get rid of stress that comes with a J.O.B

anyone agree?

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kishor Karsan

And of course health too......

be healthier and be able to do more for a long time, stress kills..... want to get rid of stress that comes with a J.O.B

anyone agree?

Agree! Without good health, you actually possess nothing, even if you're the richest person on earth.

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donnamos

14 years ago

What a great question: I use a success ritual everyday to position myself for the best possible mindset. It begins with 10-20 mins of meditation and then I read my success narrative-Written as if already accomplished and with much emotion and it takes in my professional and personal life. Exercise and then upbeat music as I shower and prepare for the day. When I arrive in front of my laptop I play a video I created that is a combination of my dream board and affirmations only 5 minutes long. After that ritual any challenges of the day simply roll off of my armor. :-)

When I get lazy and stop feeding my mind the proper food I absolutely see the difference in how I approach and manage the challenges of being solo.

Hope that is helpful. My mantra-- Create a Great Day, It is a Choice.

Donna

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philrich21

10 years ago

Originally Posted by donnamos

What a great question: I use a success ritual everyday to position myself for the best possible mindset. It begins with 10-20 mins of meditation and then I read my success narrative-Written as if already accomplished and with much emotion and it takes in my professional and personal life. Exercise and then upbeat music as I shower and prepare for the day. When I arrive in front of my laptop I play a video I created that is a combination of my dream board and affirmations only 5 minutes long. After that ritual any challenges of the day simply roll off of my armor. :-)

When I get lazy and stop feeding my mind the proper food I absolutely see the difference in how I approach and manage the challenges of being solo.

Hope that is helpful. My mantra-- Create a Great Day, It is a Choice.

Donna

Love that Donna.

That's a fantastic method. I'm going to borrow that if you don't mind

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Anthony Wee

14 years ago

Motivational songs like Eye of the Tiger work well for me.

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gee1

14 years ago

I love the questions and I love some of the answers, thank you everyone.

I was happy just reading through the replies but thought I would add 'being around others who are heading the same way'. Very useful when trying to keep up the momentum of a positive mindset. I love firstly knowing that there are others out there traveling the same journey as me .. secondly I love knowing that these guys can be accessed through forums such as this one, videos, podcasts, blogs and offline networking events etc etc .. this is were you can be topped up with energy and an 'if they can .. I can!' attitude.

Surround yourself with positive energy .. don't just rely on yours.

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doublee

14 years ago

A lot of good ideas here. I always like to learn new ways to keep motivated because if I do the same thing for long, it becomes routine and loses it's effect on me.

Onr thing I do that helps, is I want to build my own home, so I have a big picture of my dream home on the wall in front of me at my computer.

Tom

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PeteSafe 14 years ago

I find that by having pictures of what I am trying to achieve keep me motivated. There are those around us who try to steal our dreams (goals, belief, wants or what every you want to call them) from you.
Having a picture on the wall in from of me while I am working, or on the refrigerator, keeps my eye on the target.

Don't let the dream stealers steal you dream!

P
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legrandbagley

14 years ago

1. WOrk without a net. Get a pregnant wife that wants to be a stay at home mom, and take away any possible backup. Worked for me!
2. Use mint.com or quicken online- both free, track exact money/expenses, and make a game out of it.
3. Use definite goals, visualizations, and review daily.

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DrMeg

13 years ago

Originally Posted by legrandbagley

1. WOrk without a net. Get a pregnant wife that wants to be a stay at home mom, and take away any possible backup. Worked for me!
2. Use mint.com or quicken online- both free, track exact money/expenses, and make a game out of it.
3. Use definite goals, visualizations, and review daily.

This is a good strategy to light the fire under your tail. Engineer a Sink or Swim situation so failure (or delay) is not an option. Although, pro-creation is not for the faint of heart!

Create Deadlines. Create long term deadlines but also create mini deadlines and when you achieve a mini deadline, reward yourself.

Get a big Whiteboard (it's an office supply and tax deductible) and make a big Mind Map of getting from A. Where you are now and B. Where you want to get to (Your Goal) with all the steps and then as you accomplish things you get to wipe them off the Whiteboard until nothing's left but your goal and you will have achieved it!!!

Visuals are critical as well as structure and tracking movement.

Megan

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nichebreakers

14 years ago

I look at private islands for sale, and then imagine how awesome it would be to own one and live on it.

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utakan23 14 years ago

To motivate yourself you just have to take action stop thinking a lot
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danielgb123

14 years ago

Thinking positive and aiming to beat those ahead of me

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cyberws 14 years ago

You need to rethink how much you want "X" if you have to 'motivate yourself'. Let's say you were going to lose your home in one week, and become a homeless person, if you didn't make one sale. Would you have any trouble with motivation then? When we have a passion, motivation is no problem.
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- TechCombo 14 years ago
  
  In order to motivate myself, I firstly go on to a different "make money online" most days before posting yet another article on my blog. For example, today I went onto John Chow and read his free e-book (which is very good for those of who have not read it.) He is just one of the people who can motivate you in a way he almost makes you do it yourself.:p So, I think you should go on sites like John Chow's that inspire you by making it clear, in order to get a good business going, be it a blog or other website, you have to be prepared to work hard so later you can reap in the benefits
  
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tomsuccess

Banned 14 years ago

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MyShopPass 14 years ago

Much like Tomssuccess, my dreams motivate me. But in the end my bills and life style do more to keep me motivated and moving forward. I was lucky to create a successful niche industry web site that has been in cruise control for many years and now a new site with new challanges.
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mr.schutz

14 years ago

Telling myself that "I can do this!" is my one way of motivating! Looking around at my family and friends gives me more motivation and inspiration to work hard. Letting go of the negative things that had past and moving on.

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DanGTD

14 years ago

I would recommend checking out http://www.Gtdagenda.com for an online project manager + motivation tool. Set up your Goals and Projects, and use the Vision Wall feature to create a vision board with pictures linked to your goals. The Vision Wall can be sent automatically to you by e-mail every morning, and looking at it for 30 seconds will surely motivate you.

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sarasayshi

14 years ago

Bragging rights totally motivates me. By that I mean I want to be able to tell people "I did! I made it work for me and now I am successful". My mom believes in me but some of my family and friends think I am wacko.

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Kishor Karsan

14 years ago

Originally Posted by dzoaffiliate

Kishor,

read the book "Rich Dad Poor Dad". This will change your life for the better as it did mine.
1. Failing to plan is planning for failure.
2. You must plan your day out.
3. Surround yourself by positive vibes and people.
4. I work in 30 min chuncks. ie. I plan to spend the next 30 mins only doing one task. I do not read email or phone calls etc.

When you fee like giving up, you are probably just on the brink of success! Remember that.

To your success,

DZ
I've having a drink right now with my brother in law who is also called Kishor!!

This book is so good...... really inspiring, once i started to read it, i did not want to stop....

really shows why people do the "norm", which is go to school, get good grades, get a good job with benefits... with this job comes high taxes......and keep doing this job until you retire.....

the same mundane routine that has to be done on a aily basis.... must get out lol

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glenoak

13 years ago

I agree it is hard to keep motivated at times, and I truly believe that even the most successful marketers suffer from this. While it is great to look into the future and dream of all this money you will make, we have to realise that everything worthwhile takes time. Sometimes we make mistakes and make the wrong decision which puts us on a downer and we begin to doubt ourselves. We just have to pick ourselves up and move forward. Some people have a "to do" chart of the tasks they want to do weekly and monthly, and have a special goal to try to achieve by a certain time.One step at a time.

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aakayb 13 years ago

Set your yearly goal and then break down into monthly and daily ones. Display in prominent place, mine is above my comp.
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Illuminart

11 years ago

I motivate myself by getting to know other successful people. I tend to emulate their perseverance on how they made their business booming and how they cope with difficulties. My detractors also motivate me. The more people hating on me, the more I strive.

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opt in

11 years ago

I can recall the famous words of Winston Churchill, never give up never give,up. He was paid a a handsome figure by a Ivy league college for those words that took less than a minute to speak and then he sat down.That always motivates me.

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magnates

11 years ago

i listen to my people like eben pagan on wakeupproductive .com and i watch videos like this :

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

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jacobcowen

11 years ago

I am used to writing all my goals, so whenever unmotivated, I just take sometime to read it.

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rojkoserghei

11 years ago

You understand that the more you work the more you get ...

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andrew20

11 years ago

The best way is to focus on the results ou want to obtain.

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PrestonSr

10 years ago

I am just happy and feel lucky when I am motivated
I havent gone deep to identify the real causes of motivation

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jsonjylee

10 years ago

I motivate myself by taking a step at a time constantly reminding myself about my goals and consiously thinking about the action I take to achieve those goals. When I'm down I find motivational videos on youtube such as tony robbins help alot to get you back up and kicking again. but all in all i always try to think about positive things to keep myself going

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bsummers

10 years ago

Whenever I'm on the peak of my exhaustion, what I normally do is just simply go back to where I started: my goals in life. Battling against the stress-frenzy days is undeniably one of the hardest things we need to do in our daily work mode, and we can't deny the ugly truth that there are really times that we seem to give up on all those obstacles, yet we just can't. So for me to be able to surpass these kind of circumstances, I just keep myself away from all those negative vibes and start to immerse myself into the things that primarily brought me into my present state as well as with past hurdles that I have already conquered. In this way, i get to have my self refreshed and recharged, thus sustaining my energy and firing up my passion towards my work every single day of the year.

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resz

10 years ago

Thinking positive and aiming to beat those ahead of me

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Michael Ten

10 years ago

To motivate myself, I visualize the potential fruits of success. I also listen to motivating and energizing music to motivate myself. Also, I go workout for the same reason, it helps to keep me enthusiastic about what I am doing.

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hirithk

10 years ago

Hi
I compare with the past and with my friends, and the people below me, so it helps me to come out from negative thoughts.

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Sherlyne 10 years ago

I always have a vision board in front of my desk. Whenever I feel exhausted, that board helps me to realize my goals and then again I start with lot of energy.

90% of our life is what we make.
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kulwantnagi

10 years ago

I keep reading Entrepreneurial Stories. I got motivated when I see how people reached at that stage.

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namktqs

10 years ago

With me,
I really want live lifestyle that I want, then I think more about it everyday, and take action everyday to forward to my goal.

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InfiniteInc

10 years ago

I use a variety of inspirational music, motivational videos/speakers, and certain books.

The ones I go with really depend on the day but I am starting to realize that I need to be motivating myself every single day! Even if I already feel motivated. It just keeps me aligned with my goals and has be reaching success even sooner.

I always remember the famous quote:

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
-Zig Ziglar

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Arian Surya

10 years ago

I have my simple tricks for this..

1. I look into any legendary successful person who ever lived on earth. Such as : Thomas Alva Edison, Einstein, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, etc.

I learn HOW they can survive and get what they need. I believe, anything in this world has its own PATTERN. I learned their pattern of success, copy it, and keep going!

2. Positioning my self like 'There is no tomorrow without success' or in other words I would say 'Do or Die'..

When you in the 'no turn back' position, your brain will work extremely powerful. Try it!

3. Look into someone who You REALLY love.

Look into your family, your wive, children. What will happen to them IF you don't achieve what You really (need) to achieve.

"They deserve better living, and you (of course) deserve BETTER life.."

That's my tricks to motivate myself..

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winz

10 years ago

To motivate myself, I usually reading success stories of famous people

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knoxwriter

10 years ago

When I get tired and want to give up, I motivate myself with Stephen Covey's tip: "Begin with the end in mind" I just close my eyes think about what it will look like and feel like when I have reached my goal. It's a lot more productive than dwelling on "this is never gonna work!"

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