The Ultimate Motivation Handbook

This is a guide on how to stay or get motivated. Motivation is behind the success of
every individual. It is what pushes us to excel beyond our personal boundaries in order
to reach our dreams and aspirations. Without it, a person lacks the attitude to hope in a
failure and to persevere in a setback.
Motivation is the key to overcome the barriers of your success. The success of every
goal that you set depends on your state of motivation. You have to maintain focus to
break through barriers and meet each goal.
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Getting Motivated
Tip 1: Know yourself
You need to know yourself to get motivated. Before even setting a goal, you have to
know what you really want or need. What happens if you tasked yourself to do
something that you do not really aim for? Chances are you sometimes feel like hitting a
brick wall or losing the drive. You cannot understand why even with neck-deep work,
you still feel bored.
Knowing yourself is the key to maintain your motivation. If you center your goals on
things that you really want, your motivation comes out naturally.
Tip 2: Make the choice
You have to make the choice to stay motivated. Motivation is not something that comes
as natural as emotions like anger or love. It is a technique that the mind uses to pursue
a goal or a want. However, once a certain number of attempts fail, the mind is hardwired
to abort and the person easily gives-up. Having feelings of failure discourages you
from pursuing any further.
Remember that Thomas Edison made 999 attempts before finally succeeding on the
1,000th attempt on the light bulb. This is because he made a choice to stay motivated to
his goal.
Tip 3: There is no failure, only a setback
“You may have won the battle, but I will win the war. “ This famous quote shows us how
the power of motivation keeps us going.
Stop seeing everything that does not meet your expectations as a failure. Instead, see
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each one of them as just a setback - just a means to an end. If you do this, your mind
will clear-up and recovery will be fast during tiring times. As soon as you start seeing
things on a grand scale, you will be able to hold on until the end.
Tip 4: Identify the clutters
Motivation is oftentimes dampened with a clouded mind. Give some time to reflect and
identify the clutters of your life. There are three basic clutters we have to be aware of.
Emotional clutters are feelings of doubts and fears that do not help you stay motivated.
These feelings prevent you from taking risks, which is one of the cornerstones for
success.
Mental clutters are feelings of failure that cripples us to play small in this world. We
simply dismiss the idea of becoming great, contented with being mediocre. As a result,
we are never motivated to push our boundaries further.
Environmental clutters are negative vibes from our surroundings. If we live in an
environment full of distractions or identify with negative friends, chances are we also
lack motivation. But if we live in a competitive and positive environment, we will have
the drive and passion to excel and be our better selves.
Tip 5: Stop generalizing your life
You have to control yourself from seeing everything in shades of gray to stay motivated.
If you failed once, do not let yourself fall in a trap – do not think that you will most
definitely fail twice. This is negative thinking. If you do, you will not feel any motivation at
all, and just accept your fate as it is.
Do not define your whole life from this failure. Instead learn from it so that you will avoid
it in the future.
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Tip 6: Create a pattern of success
For sure, you have had success in some of your endeavors in life. Revisit the defining
moments of your life, like when you finally clinched the prize of your efforts to stay
motivated. Highlight the milestones and identify the formula you used to reach your
goals.
Athletes use this technique each time they compete. They visualize their winning
moment to boost their confidence and performance.
Tip 7: Always think positive
Once you have identified the clutters in your life, teach yourself to see things in a more
positive way. This technique keeps you motivated. Focus on the advantages instead of
the disadvantages. Concentrate on the pros, not the cons.
This may take some practice but once you start thinking positively, your surroundings
will appear brighter, and you will feel lighter and more confident.
Tip 8: Create your own space
Make sure that you made every effort to attune your mind, body and spirit towards your
goal. But you still have to manage the distractions around you.
Remove the distractions around you, either at home or at work, and you will feel more
motivated. A sound environment ...