How to Stay Motivated Until You Get What You Want

Written by Peter Murphy


Was there a time when you were completely motivated to succeed?

And somehow you knew how to stay motivated...

Goals are mysterious things - they spring into our minds motivating us to succeed, fuel fires of fantasy about success and new found happiness, initiate an almost manic effort to move our lives forward, and then - suddenlyrepparttar fire goes out.

What once motivated you to succeed, drove you to get up early and work late, now weighs in your mind as a failure inrepparttar 128974 wings.

Don't despair.

The aftermath ofrepparttar 128975 best intentions often feels like failure, but a few simple questions to yourself every day will providerepparttar 128976 motivation to carry you through until your goal's completion.

Step 1: Repeat goal aloud.

Repeat it again. And again. Simple statements repeated aloud and often can triggerrepparttar 128977 subconscious into action.

Choose your goal, and pick strong words that inspire you. As you say them aloud, pay attention to whatrepparttar 128978 words mean. If your goal is to practicerepparttar 128979 bassoon, say aloud "I will practicerepparttar 128980 bassoon and make beautiful music!" or "I will make my bassoon sing!"

Each statement rephrasesrepparttar 128981 initial goal, but does so in a way that refreshes and revitalizesrepparttar 128982 initial excitement of your goal.

Step 2: Tell a good friend about your goal.

Talk openly about why you wanted to pursue your goal inrepparttar 128983 first place, and what you hoped to achieve.

Talking with someone about possible outcomes andrepparttar 128984 steps alongrepparttar 128985 way can makerepparttar 128986 goal more realistic in your mind.

8 Super Ways To Avoid Procrastination

Written by Peter Murphy


How to avoid procrastination is a subject that everyone thinks about at sometime or another.

We are all guilty of delaying what needs to be done at sometime or another; so learning ways of how to avoid procrastination is beneficial to everyone.

Although learning how to avoid procrastination is simple, applyingrepparttar principles is harder as those who do procrastinate, will put off even attempting to avoid procrastination itself.

Some simple tips on how to avoid procrastination are as follows. It's all a simple matter of retraining yourself to getrepparttar 128973 job done.

1. Prioritize your daily tasks. Decide what has to be done, should be done, and what you would like to do.

2. Getrepparttar 128974 worst out ofrepparttar 128975 way first. Do that 'have to' job first; get it over and out of your hair. By doingrepparttar 128976 'have to's' first, it leavesrepparttar 128977 rest of your time to do those want to's and should be's.

Doing this one simple thing is one ofrepparttar 128978 best ways to avoid procrastination inrepparttar 128979 first place.

3. Delegate, if possible, some ofrepparttar 128980 worst things on your list to others. This will allow you to move on to other things and allow you to avoid procrastinating on those things you really don't want to do inrepparttar 128981 first place.

4. Make a list every morning of what you need to accomplish throughoutrepparttar 128982 day. Reward yourself each time you check an item done.

5. Look closely at how you procrastinate. Do you surfrepparttar 128983 web when you should be doingrepparttar 128984 accounting? Do you read and answer email when you should be doing that office report?

Cont'd on page 2 ==>
 
ImproveHomeLife.com © 2005
Terms of Use