Self-motivation is necessary for succeeding in school,
business and in life.
Here are seven tips to help boost your self-motivation
process:
Self-motivation Tip #1 - Get Support
People either support or distract you from your
self-motivation process. Notice whose style adds to your self-motivation and
who gets in the way of it. Nobody else
can motivate you. Consider coaching some
of the key people in your life in how to enhance your self-motivation or in how
not to derail your motivation.
Self-motivation Tip #2 - Be Alert
Very few people can perform at their best all day. Keep
track of the times of day when you are mentally most alert, when you are most
communicative and when you are most creative. Wherever possible plan to spend
time doing the kind of task that comes easily at that time. This avoids wasting
energy on self-motivation to go against your natural inclinations.
Self-motivation Tip #3 - Focus
If there is a task you must do that doesn’t appeal to you
and keeps getting put off, ask yourself, ‘What will it do for me when I’ve
completed this?’ Focus on the bigger picture, rather than the actual task and
you may find that it’s easier to get it done.
Self-motivation Tip #4 - Establish Deadlines
If you work well to deadlines (or to put it another way, you
tend to leave things to the last minute!) then make life easier by keeping your
calendar clear in the run-up to important deadlines. That way you can focus on
the work that has to be done for the deadline and not be distracted by other
projects until it’s finished.
