Motivation

Pressure Helps

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Sometimes we need pressure to get us going on something. Pressures are only meant for us to get us started, to maintain the work and to complete the work. Deadlines can evoke pressure. But too much pressures or having constant pressure isn’t good for the body or the mind for that matter. But pressure has its useful function as long as it’s done right. As we have all experienced, that after we have completed something, the feeling of pressure decreases. If we feel we’re not working on something that we should be working on, then it is time for us to create pressure of some kind to move things forward in a positive way.

 

Running Positive Thoughts That Motivates

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Sometimes we let our thinking keep us from doing what we desire. “This is too difficult to do.” “It’s because of my background I’m not able to do this or that.” “What would other say about me if I decided to do this or that?” These statements are like a tape going through our minds that’s keeping us from doing what we want. If we’re going to run tapes in our mind about negative thoughts, why not run tapes about positive thoughts to motivate. We can put positive thoughts in our minds to evoke and inspire us to fulfill our goals and dreams.

When We Don’t Feel Like It

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We don’t have to be a slave to our feelings, because feelings come, and they go.  Feelings don’t stick around very long.

We can’t always rely on our feelings to motivate us. We know from our personal experiences; that, if we wait for a feeling to motivate us, we will be waiting for a very long time.

Feelings are a product of our thoughts, or our ideas we say to ourselves. So if we say, for instants, “Doing a certain task is difficult” then we may begin to start having a feeling of dread.

But if we replace the word ‘difficult’ to the word ‘challenging in the quote,’ then a feeling of dread may be replace to a feeling of excitement.

When we’re challenged to do something, then we become intrigued and stimulated by the idea of taking action, and that in and of itself can be motivating.

Finding Satisfaction In What We Do

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Whatever we do, it’s best to find satisfaction. Finding satisfaction in what we do can help us to keep quality in our work. Doing our best work increases our satisfaction.

With this satisfaction, no matter what it takes, we’re willing to put in the hard work. With the feeling of satisfaction, our attention is no longer on how much we dread doing the work; instead, our attention is focused on how little time we have doing what we call our labor of love.

Finding satisfaction in what we do also means that we look forward to doing the work we care most about. The work is no longer a job but a mission with a purpose. When we focus on our mission, our time we spent on our work becomes a valuable commodity.

Move From Within

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Do we know our defenses?  Do we know what stops us from doing what we want to do? In psychoanalysis, a defense is a mechanism used to protect a bruised ego.

We don’t like to feel exposed because there is the possibility that when we succeed in something, we get noticed. When we get noticed there is potential for criticisms or attacks as well as praises.

This is one of many reasons why we fear success.  But we don’t have to base our motivations on external things but we can base our motivations on what drives us inside that moves us into action.

What drives us from within and where we place our attention is more important than reacting to criticisms and attacks, because they can be detractors, if we’re not too careful.

Goal Setting

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Yesterday was January 1, 2012. And today is now a new day to begin this year. It’s time to set new goals for this New Year. Some of us have long-term goals and some of us have short-term goals we want to complete.

Goals can help us to focus on what we want and need to do to complete a goal. Goals can keeps us from getting lost. So if we write a list of things we want to do, this will make our goals more concrete.

It’s hard to pinpoint what we need to do, if we just keep our goals just in our head. And the next thing we can do is make a to-do-list so we know what our plans are to complete the goal

Things That Motivate

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Milton Erickson was a master of getting his patients to do crazy things. Erickson didn’t tell his patient what to do, instead he created an atmosphere by utilizing the patient’s unique patterns, interests and beliefs. In so doing, he created within the person motivation to do something that could make a change. The person would begin to come up with an idea for himself to do something to make personal changes. What ideas, beliefs and interests that motivate us to do something, is a question we all can ask ourselves. If we look at the things we excel in one area of our lives, then we probably could use those same beliefs, interests to drive us to excel in other areas.