Motivation Development by Alan Tutt bttp://www.KeysToPowerProsperity.comMotivation is one of
core qualities required for success in many areas. Without motivation, you are likely to not do anything towards your goals, which will guarantee failure, regardless of what other qualities and skills you have. As such, motivation is
first thing that should be developed.
A lot of people think of motivation as
excited speaker or sports coach that yells at you to get you to do something. Although having someone yelling at you can create temporary motivation, it's not motivation itself. This program on motivation won't yell at you, nor will it require that you yell at yourself, although you certainly may if you want to.
In order to develop natural motivation, there are several components that need to be in place. There are a few pre-existing conditions that are required any time you want to generate motivation to pursue a goal. These conditions are: adequate rest, proper balance in diet, adequate physical exercise, and plenty of oxygen. These conditions will prepare your body, which will provide a healthy environment for your mind.
Once your body is prepared, motivation can be created in your mind. Here again, there are several factors involved in
process. You must choose to focus on
process. Whether you are able to maintain that focus at this point or not is not relevant. Whatever degree of focus that you are able to devote to
process will be sufficient, as it will grow in time and with use.
With this focus, you will repeat many different statements to yourself, imagining these statements as being reality. In
beginning, you will notice a difference between
statements and what you've experienced up until this time. As you continue with
process, your inner mind will begin to accept
statements as being true for you, and you may even begin remembering times in
past when these statements did seem to be true. Eventually, you will only remember
experiences that support
new statements of belief, and they will be as true for you then as your current beliefs are now. The time required to reach this point is different for every individual and depends on many pre-existing beliefs and conditions. But as one step at a time will take you across
continent, one statement at a time will change your beliefs.
The first set of statements that you will 'program' into your inner mind deal with your belief in yourself. Without belief in yourself, you will not be motivated to try anything. And
more difficult
task ahead of you,
stronger your belief in yourself needs to be. A lot of people seem to feel that they are worthless, or not capable of anything, and this shows a very weak belief in themselves. Other people feel that they can do anything and nothing can stop them. This indicates a very strong self-belief. The majority of
world fits between these two extremes. Wherever you sit on this scale of self-belief,
process I am outlining will move you higher along
scale. The type of statements that fall into this category sound like "I am valuable. I can do anything I want to do. I have a natural tendency to do
right thing at
right time. I do what I need to do when I need to do it."
The next set of beliefs that you will program into your inner mind will refer to your belief in
activity that you want to feel motivated to perform. These beliefs will focus primarily on
results you belief will come from performing
activity. For instance, if you want to motivate yourself to get more physical exercise, then these statements of belief will be about
benefits of exercise - good health, more energy, greater attractiveness, longer life, greater stamina, and that kind of thing. If you are wanting to motivate yourself to become more outgoing in social situations, your statements will focus on winning more friends, finding more opportunities, having fun, gaining respect, gaining authority, and other such benefits. The more benefits you belief are waiting for you in performing
activity you are considering,
more motivated you will be.
The third set of statements connect
first two sets and work to create an expectation of success. Belief in success comes from believing that
expected results of an activity can be achieved by you. These 'bridge' statements are important in order to amplify
effect of
first two sets of statements. The simplest statement, which can be used in all situations, is "I can do it. I will succeed." Straight from
old story of "The Little Engine That Could", you could also use
phrase "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can."