Self-Motivation Tips – 5 Ways To Increase Your Motivation Today
Do you struggle with staying motivated? If so, you’re not alone. Many people have big dreams, but find it difficult to follow through the necessary actions in order to achieve them. In this article we’ll take a look at a few easy tips that you can use in order to get back on track and increase your motivation if you find it flagging.
1. Put your ladder against the right wall
First of all, it’s important to be sure that you actually care about the things you’re trying to achieve. Very often, a lack of motivation is really a message from a wiser part of ourselves which knows that the things were trying to do aren’t really that important to us.
So make sure that your dreams are really your own, and that you’re not trying to force yourself into doing something you don’t really want – perhaps to meet the expectations of others. Be true to your real desires, and your motivation will probably increase with little additional effort on your part.
2. Set clear goals
Secondly, it’s very important to be clear about what it is that you want. For most people, the easiest way to gain this clarity is to set goals. You might want to put a timeframe around your goals, as many people find that the prospect of achieving their aim by a particular date increases their motivation dramatically. On the other hand, if a deadline makes you feel stressed out, forget about the timeline and just focus on what it is you want to achieve.
Putting your goals down in writing is helpful too, and once you’ve done this make sure you refer to your list regularly to keep them fresh in your mind. Doing this will help you to get into the ‘feeling place’ what it’ll be like to have what you want, which will keep your inspiration levels high.
3. Be consistent
Thirdly, it’s important to take some consistent action toward your goals each day. It is the action part of the equation where many people’s internal motivation starts to flag – after all, it’s very easy to feel excited about something when you’re just starting out, but after a week or a month later, the (often boring) reality of the work that is needed to get there starts to set in, and motivation starts drop off.
In order to get through this almost inevitable dull phase, it’s very important to have achieved a consistent routine, where you’re taking a least some action toward your goals every day. You don’t need to work flat out every day if you really don’t feel like it (and this could actually lead to burnout), but even just five or 10 minutes can make a difference – it’s consistency that’s really important here. Remember that it’s much easier to keep going than it is to restart once you’ve fallen off track.
4. Be careful who you talk to
Fourthly, you should be very careful about who you discuss your dreams and desires with. Very often, people start to lose their motivation when they talk about their goals with others and receive a negative response. Unfortunately, many people will be only too happy to stomp all over your dreams, perhaps because they feel bad about their own lives and don’t see why you should feel any better about yours. In some cases, even well-meaning friends and relatives may throw a wet blanket on your plans, perhaps because they’re trying to protect you from the disappointment of trying and failing.
So to be on the safe side, you shouldn’t discuss your goals with anybody, unless you’re absolutely sure that they’ll be supportive. This is especially true during the initial weeks and months of working towards a new goal, as this is when your own self-belief is likely to be most vulnerable. Once you start getting some good results, it doesn’t matter much what other people think, and it’s easier to keep your motivation levels high regardless of what they say.
5. Visualise your success
Lastly, you can really increase your motivation by taking some time each day to visualise how your life will be once you’ve achieved your goal, and how that will feel for you. Visualisation doesn’t have to involve seeing visual images if this doesn’t come naturally to you – the important thing is to focus on how it’s going to make you feel to have what you want.
Visualisation is most effective if you can quiet your everyday thoughts, and keep your focus on what it is you want. This kind of focus is difficult for many people who aren’t used to meditating, but fortunately, using a brainwave entrainment recording can make the process much easier and more effective.
Brainwave entrainment recordings basically feature repetitive sounds of specific frequencies, which help your own brainwaves to slow down into a more relaxed and focused state. Regular use of such a recording combined with visualisation can be an extremely powerful tool for increasing your motivation from the inside out, and making it much more likely that your dreams will become a reality sooner rather than later.
If you decide to take advantage of the power of brain wave entrainment to use while visualising your motivation and success in life, it’s important to use a high-quality recording. I personally like the isochronic meditation recordings from The Unexplainable Store. They’ve also got some great free downloads available, so make sure you check them out while you’re over there!
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Brainwave entrainment can help you enter a deep meditative state more easily. I really like the alpha and theta isochronic meditation recordings from The Unexplainable Store. Alpha is good for light meditation, and theta for deeper trance states. I prefer the versions without music, but you can preview both to see which suits you.
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