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How do you create daily motivation? Isn't this one of the biggest stumbling blocks in your path to a better life and self improvement? You often know what you have to do to accomplish something - at least the first few steps. But you hesitate, something else catches your attention, or you just don't feel like doing what you need to do.
Six Secrets Of Daily
Motivation
1. Fear. Hey, we all have it, so why not use it? Some hit that snooze on the alarm clock until fear of losing their job finally motivates them to get up. Fear works. In NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) they teach you to link pain with not acting. An imaginary scene of your wife walking out the door with another man, as you sit there silently - that might motivate you to have that talk you've been avoiding.
2. Desire. Seeing the rewards of your effort clearly in your mind - that works well for some. That's what motivates many people to sign up for get-rich-quick plans. The good closers will have you driving that imaginary sports car within thirty minutes, and then you'll do anything to make it real. If they can motivate you, you sure can learn how, right?
3. Health. Caffeine is a decent substitute for health for a while, but one way or another, you have to have some energy to have daily motivation. Exercise, sleep well, and watch out or those sugary foods - they'll drag you down quick.
4. True Interest. If you really have no interest at all in what you are doing, maybe you need to do something else. If it is just a task you dislike, however, but it will help you get where you want to be, then you need to remember that, and relate it clearly in your mind to the greater goal. I don't like to drive, but when I remember those mountains I'm going to, I get motivated to drive.
5. Mental State. No matter how great the goal or rich the rewards, it's tough to be depressed and motivated at the same time. Happier means more motivated, so at least resolve some of your negative feelings.
6. Start. Just commit to raking up one bag of leaves, and soon you'll want to finish the yard. Start in any small way towards your goals, and it feeds your daily motivation. Even just talking about the process can be enough. By the time I tell my wife about the newsletter I'm going to write, I'm out of my slump and back at the keyboard.
Okay, now that you have six ways to have daily motivation, you have to actually put them into practice. How do you get motivated to do that? You'll just have to figure that one out yourself.
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Anthony Robbins?
Bye now,
Steve
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