How To Get Motivated Again

09/20/21 • 11 min

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As a child, I wondered why I couldn't always have my way. Mom and Dad were so mean! I couldn't wait to grow up, move out, and experience being an adult. Everything would be different - or so I thought.

After stepping into the adult world, it didn't take long to realize that not much had changed. It turns out it wasn't my parents. It was life turning down my requests. Life was getting in the way. What was even worse was that I was getting in my way.

I've joked over the years that if I'm the Boss of me, so why don't I do what I say? Eventually, I realized having a big ass goal, being on a mission, and most importantly, motivation on demand was the solution.

Motivation is a powerful, if not fleeting, tool that we all need. But we need to understand how our minds generate motivation—

Your physiology dictates your feelings. The easiest way to break free of a slump is to stand up, take a step, and REPEAT. Movement wakes your body up, guides your emotions, and makes anything feel possible.

Focus fuels your fire. If you're feeling unmotivated, you are also drifting in the wind with no direction. Shifting your thoughts in a positive direction and toward what excites you will break you out and get you moving.

Setting big ass goals with further fuels your focus while it also serves to define your purpose. There's nothing more motivating than having a goal to pursue.

When life gets in the way, remember that the words you say create the emotions you feel. Negative self-talk will drag you, and everybody else, down. Everything changes when you make the words you say to yourself, internally and externally, positive and uplifting.

In the end, you're human, and your brain isn't wired to stay motivated all the time. However, when you give it a helping hand, it will always help you get what you want.

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Motivation is a powerful, if not fleeting, tool that we all need. But we need to understand how our minds generate motivation—

Setting big ass goals with further fuels your focus while it also serves to define your purpose. There's nothing more motivating than having a goal to pursue.

In the end, you're human, and your brain isn't wired to stay motivated all the time. However, when you give it a helping hand, it will always help you get what you want.

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Does Change Happen Instantly?

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You’ve likely heard that “Changes happens in an instant” - which is entirely accurate. But...

Is there one ‘instant’, and when will it happen?

Are there more than one ‘instants” required to get what you want? If so, when will they happen?

If you’ve ever worked toward a goal, you’ll find there are usually a series of small changes that happen in sequence. Whether they are slight shifts in your mindset or actions, or actual physical changes in your life, one thing usually leads to another.

Over the years, I have noticed a predictable one, two, three patterns that clients always follow in seeking change.

1) Step one is the clarity and figure things our phase. It is a time when you decide that you want to change something about your life. You may not know what or how, but you are now searching with a specific mission in mind. You are no longer looking backward. You have changed.

2) Once clarity emerges it is accompanied by excitement. This is the time to map out a path and choose strategies that move you closer to your goal. This could be called the ‘How’ stage. You being to create your roadmap. You have changed.

3) At this point, you are approaching the natural starting point. You know what you want, how to get it, and the time has come time to execute your plan with daily action. You are now committed to moving forward. You have changed.

It doesn’t matter what you want to change, you will always follow those three steps.

Whether it’s a goal that will take a day to accomplish or a year, you'll always get what you want if you sequentially move through the process.

The more action you take, the more you get small changes leading to your eventual goal.

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Two Hour Project Productivity Rule

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If you're spending any time trying to create a more fulfilling life, have you ever found yourself unable to work on meaningful projects?

Of course, we all have. Here's what usually happens:

1) We make a decision, conscious or unconscious, to spend an entire day or week charging through your project.

2) We "chunk" our project into 15-30 segments that we work on throughout the day.

The challenge happens when we never seem to be able to focus our attention for days or weeks at a time. Years pass, and nothing happens.

Changing our approach to short chunks is equally frustrating because it never allows enough time to get into a flow. That leads to stopping, starting, and not wanting to start again. Years pass, and nothing happens.

A better approach is to block your time into creative chucks and focus on a single project. After that, you can move on to less important items, take a break, and fire up another two-hour block. You could continue your previous focus, or switch to an entirely different project. In any case, days pass, and lots happens.

Without getting too deep, the process works because our focus will naturally diminish in two hours. With practice, you may be able to attain four to six hours. After that, you’re toast.

If you want to get something meaningful done, focus on it two hours a day, every day, and it will be done before you know it.

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