Motivate yourself

Do you sometimes not want to do what you have to do and you can not motivate yourself? Do you find it difficult to apply the power and energy to do something with
to start?

Or to finish something? Do you set goals, but do you never get them?

Then it is useful if you know how you can motivate yourself to do the things you have to do or want to do.

Especially when it comes to important things you want to achieve, such as: losing weight, thinking more positively, finding other work, becoming more confident, overcoming fear of failure etc.

Here are 7 tips that can help you learn to motivate yourself.

Motivate yourself tip 1: What if you could not fail?

Sometimes demotivation comes from fear of failure. There may be thoughts in your head like: "What if I do not succeed?" or 'I will ruin it anyway'. A good question to ask yourself is: ' what if I could not fail ?' Think about this. What if you were sure that you would succeed?

Stimulating the success that it brings you when you have done the job well is stimulating. Your desire for the result increases and that makes it easier to take action.

Motivate yourself tip 2: Start small

When you have a long to do list, it is important to start small. Start with something that you can complete quite quickly, so that you can feel good about yourself from the start of the day: after all, you have already done something.

Even when you have to run a large project or solve a big problem, it is important to cut it into small pieces. Small steps can be done. You may have to take something more, but at least it ensures that everything remains manageable. Large steps are overwhelming and can be crippling. Small steps are feasible . Make it feasible, then it becomes more fun.

Motivate yourself tip 3: Start early

A good way to train your general motivation is to get up early (or at least on time) and start moving. When your sport makes your brain certain substances that provide a feeling of happiness . You will feel better about yourself. And in this way you start the engine. You are warm and you will easily switch to the jobs that have to be done that day.

Motivate yourself tip 4: Count your successes

It is very demotivating when you constantly remind yourself of what you have not done (yet). It is much better to focus on what you have already achieved and done. You can make a list of this at any end of the day, but you can also write down what you do during the day. You will see that this is often more than you think!

Motivate yourself tip 5: Visualize your goal

A technique that is widely used in NLP is visualization , or mental images form in your head. The reason that this is widely used is because it works. When you keep your final goal in mind, and can make a vivid picture of it in your head, you tell your unconsciousness that this is where you want to go.

You can also take pictures of the intermediate steps that are needed for this. Put those pictures in the right order so that you have an overview. This is motivating because these images are so attractive that you want to go! In short, it becomes easier to do those things that you have to do.

Motivate yourself Tip 6: Consider the consequences

Consider the consequences when you would not do what you have to do. What consequences does this have for you? For the people around you? What influence would that have on happiness, on your life? Would it affect your finances, your work, your health, your future?

Probably you will not be happier here. And dissatisfaction is often a good motivator for action.

Motivate yourself tip 7: Reward yourself

It is very important to reward yourself. You can reward yourself for the successes you make. But also for the effort you show. For example, you may have started to exercise more, but you have not lost so much. It is just as important to reward yourself for your efforts. Consider how you want to reward yourself.

And do it! Be proud of yourself for those steps you have taken. This will give you more sense to take the next steps or to continue.

Motivating yourself can teach you. It is a matter of practicing and testing which method suits you best.

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