I was having coffee with my friend the other day. He just joined a multi-level marketing company. The company sells aromatherapy products that improve air quality and help people to have a healthier life.
My friend had tested the products himself and he is very convinced with the effectivene of the products.
But my friend told me, "I have problem motivating myself."
"The products are excellent. The rewards system is good. There are a lot of succe stories from those who have made it to the top. But I can't keep myself going." My friend confided.
Have you felt this before?
This is a common problem that ha e to everyone. We all have pla to achieve succe in life. But what is lacking is the motivation that kee us going to convert pla into action.
Usually, you feel very 'excited' at the begi ing when doing something new for the first time. But after a while, somehow you feel that you lack pa ion and motivation. The excitement that you had in the first few days just disa eared for no reason.
I had the similar problem. But I did not let the problem of motivation stop me from achieving my goals.
Here are the ways that I use that can effectively curb the problem of motivation. I use one or more of these techniques.
1. READ A BOOK. Just grab a book and read; e ecially an i irational book or a book of succe stories. By reading these books, you not only learn from others but the story will motivate you to move ahead with your pla . It also makes you re-focus your energy on your goals rather than focusing your energy on the problems at hand. I e ecially like books written by Mark Victor Ha en.
2. THINK OF PURPOSE OF WHAT YOU DO. If you don't feel motivated, think of why you want to achieve what you want. That is the purpose of doing what you are doing. Your purpose could be to improve the life of others, or help people to do things more efficiently, or to help people to make more money. Thinking of your purpose is an important way to motivate yourself.
3. TALK TO A SU ORTIVE FRIEND. Talking to a su ortive friend would be able to overcome the problem of lacking motivation. You can also talk to your busine partners regarding this. Find someone that you are comfortable with and share your problems with him. After sharing your problems, you will feel re-charged and re-energized.
4. LISTEN TO AUDIO TAPE. If you don't like reading, get a motivational tape and listen to it. The contents of the tape can motivate you and help you to look at things from the different per ective and from a positive outlook. Besides that, you can also read and browse through a list of motivational quotatio of famous people. There are gems lie in these quotatio . At our web site, you can find more than 100 quotatio from famous people at: http://www.financiallyrich.com/succe -quotes.a
5. GO THROUGH YOUR GOALS DAILY. Prepare a list of goals that you want to achieve. Write them down on a piece of paper. You should go through your goals at least once every day. You need to do this even more if you feel down and de-motivated. By doing this, you refresh your mind with the goals you have set for yourself and avoid other distractio .
6. DO IT. Another way to prevent the problem of motivation is to get your hands dirty and get started with what you need to do. Sometimes you don't feel like doing what you want to do. But by 'forcing' yourself to just do it, you'll probably gain momentum little by little and without you realize, you have actually finished the task on hand. No matter what, just start with what you need to do, either you like it or not.
Having said all these, intri ic motivation is far more effective than extri ic motivation. Intri ic motivation is like fulfillment, satisfaction, se e of achievement and enjoyment. If your motivation is only to make more money, in which money is an extri ic motivation, your succe will not last long. I'd advise you to focus on the intri ic motivation for your long lasting succe .
All the best to my friend in his new venture...
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