6. Steps to self motivate and keep momentum

I must admit starting your personal development journey is not an easy plight, but just tell yourself you are climbing a hill and once you get over the slope things will get better.  The real enjoyment is your goal which is at the top of the hill.  Focus on what is at the top of your hill.

You have to really want to change and you’ll find that it can become easier to find the strength to keep pushing.  

First and foremost you must know what is at the top of the hill that you must have then write it down and commit to it.  You will find setting a target date makes it very exciting and encourages you to do something everyday.  I personally recommend this..... If you want it badly enough you must make it time bound!

How do you self motivate while you are climbing the hill?  Here are my top 6 strategies.

1.  Always stay positive.  Having a positive mind sets you up to have a positive attitude to face your challenges and weather the storm.

2. Never stop learning.  Try to read at least one hour a day, if you can’t do one hour then at least start off with trying with 1/2hr a day. As you get going you will find how easy it is to read for an hour a day.  If you drive to work you could listen to self development audios.  If you take the train like myself, make use of the opportunity aboard to read something while travelling. 

You will gain confidence and learn to trust in your ability and makes it easier for you to find opportunities that helps you to achieve your goal.

3. KISS - Keep It Sweet and Simple,  use tiny little reminders of what your goals are, maybe  little stickers at your work desk or your bedside table. Just something to remind you daily of your dreams and goals that you are working towards.  I use the little reminder function on my iPhone. So everyday at different times of day my little goals pop up on my phone screen.

4. Monitor your progress

You should set a side sometime for yourself to simple just see how you are doing.  There is no point doing something and not having any idea if you are making an head way or not.  This gives you a chance to assess where you are and evaluate whether any changes should be made to your current actions.  You may choose do this one a week or once per month but in my opinion this is something that is required.

5. Try to help others, in helping others you end up learning more than the person your help. In other words the more you teach, the more you learn.

6. Do something different sometimes.  In climbing your hill sometimes the zeal  you had at the start of the journey begins to wear off.  Take some time out,  go with friends, take a day off, or a week off.  This down time can give you the energy you need to continue climbing the hill.  Take a look at some marathon runners, you will find mid distance they stop to get water to refresh, splash a dash of water on their face, cool down then keep going.

Oh well, maybe its actually 7!

7.  Just don’t lose sight of the top of hill. Take your goal(s) seriously, whatever that is!

Believe in yourself to Reach Your Goals

Each and every one of us yearn for something. It may be being better off financially, living a healthier life, finding one’s soul mate or just to be satisfied and happy. Now as I mention these things, let us imagine our own dreams and aspirations in life. Let us imagine what our desires are and let us not only think about the material things we desire but those things which are most important to us and our family, the intangible things like love, health and happiness.

As we are thinking about these things, what goes inside your head? Most people as they think about the things they want, they fear or they believe that they will not be able to have it. They do not believe they will be able to be financially independent or that they will be capable of being truly happy. They do not believe that they will be able to accomplish the goals they have in life.

Now how do you think you will act if you do not believe that you will have what you want? How do you think your beliefs will affect your actions? When you desire something but do not believe that you are capable of having it or being it will mean that your actions towards having what you desire will be affected.

Instead of pursuing the things you wish to attain, your actions will become - cautious and uncertain, you will become fearful of what may happen, you will believe that others are better than you and most of all you will expect failure. Now is it any wonder that others quit and give up before they even start? People quit and give up because they do not believe in themselves. They do not believe they have what it takes to reach their goals. They have trained themselves to think that they are not good enough so even before starting towards their goals they have resigned themselves to failure.

Now you don’t need this. What you need to do is start believing in yourself. Start believing that you can do it, you can achieve your goals and you are most capable of reaching success. Now get ready and begin by re-training your brain to believe that you can do it, that you are capable of reaching your goals and most of all re train your brain to believe in yourself. You can do it!

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