6) Just get it over with. One of my all time favorite quotes about getting past your inner blocks was written by Stuart Wilde in his book The Quickening, "Cut shit and do thing." Yeah it's a bit rough, but we all know those stoic tough people who simply roll up their sleeves and dive in know matter how much they may hate task before them. Take on a soldier's mindset and just get to work doing ugly parts so you can move on to more rewarding parts of making your dreams a reality.

7) Get training or education. Quite often, we don't like doing something because deep down we don't think we know how or that we are talented enough. So, get education, do research, learn necessary skills, or whatever else it is that you need to do to get ready for taking that next step. Once you've properly trained yourself, then you might even be enthusiastic about taking that next step.

8) Take a running start at it. Think of riding your bike uphill. It doesn't take kids very long to figure out that best way to get that bicycle to top of steep hill is to build up a lot of speed before you even get to base of hill. You then let that momentum help to propel you most of way up. Heck, with enough of a running start you can sometimes make it all way up without any major struggles. If there is a way to pace yourself and reschedule not so fun parts of accomplishing your goals until after you've completed a bunch of cool parts, then do so. The highs of your mini successes will help inspire you to push past parts that you are avoiding.

9) Figure out a different way to do it. This is supreme way to avoid doing task all together. Be creative, be smart, think outside box. Is there any way to make your dream come true without having to actually do specific duty that you're wanting to avoid? Sometimes you can find another way. Other times, just knowing that there is definitely no other path to your dreams other than one before you is enough to motivate you to just buck up and get through it.

What's most important is not how you keep yourself motivated but that you keep long-term benefits of your goals in mind. If you focus too much on avoiding uncomfortable parts of accomplishing your goals, then you won't accomplish much. Find a way to keep going and remember that all things come with a price. Pay price so you can get on with enjoying dream.

Copyright 2004, Skye Thomas, Tomorrow's Edge