How To Motivate Yourself – Self Motivation

Thank you for the brilliant article. It was very timely and helps tremendously. Cheers

This is definitely a timely article John!
I need a serious kick in the pants. You’re right about how easy it is to get distracted and the need for focus. Thanks.

Right on time. I am just crossing a low-motivation period and your article is really helpful!

Congratulations, you did it again!

Thanks all! I’m glad you found the article useful.

Hi John,

Great article. Thank you for analysing the problem and providing the solutions in such a systemetic manner. Clear and precise, as always.

Wanna also thank you for this is timely for me – and found that all other commenters said that same thing – it’s really common to lose drive from time to time…

I recently wrote about this as well and found your post to be an enjoyable read today! There is no such thing as too much motivation

HEy Johnny,

Thanks for this superb post. It was presented powerfully. It is so easy to
lose focus and motivation as well.

I think fear has being killing a lot of people for so long and they are just
incapacitated by it. I was able to destroy fear in my life when I discovered
a maxim some years back. I hope it will be helpful to someone reading this:

“Whosoever has conquered fear, has conquered failure.”

When I discovered this, I decided to conquer my fear so that failure
will have no place in my life. It is a perfect concept so many of us should
adopt.

God bless you John for bringing this up.

Adebola

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Very inspiring article. I like your blog!

I particularly found the “finding focus” and “developing direction” parts helpful. It’s really hard getting motivated, when you’re not sure what the goal is. Also, once the goal is clearly defined, developing clearly defining the steps necessary to get you there is crucial. Basically, it’s having a clear picture of what you want, and a step by step plan to get you there.

It’s true about confidence issues. We need to prepare our mind and bodies for real thing first before we make the changes. Lack of confidence is a problem that can truly stop us from being motivated.

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Absolutely fantastic. Great work, John. Keep it up!
-Nick

grate simply grate work to motivate people. just keep it up man

This article is very important to get motivated and to motivate others for betterment in every field.

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~Natasha

You have some awesome articles, I like the signal-to-noise ratio here.

I’ll be stopping back by when I get demotivated.

Thanks, Michael!

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Hi John,

now i’m in the low motivation period, feeling boring with job and life. I’m happy when i searched self motivation website, I found yours. That’s absolutely correct about Lack of Focus.

I have many good idea on my mind, but it seems i have no power\strenght to complete them. One of the reasons is lack of focus.

Thanks,
Jerry

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I think the critical factor is ACTION! Not delaying. Doing something right now that creates momentum. It’s like putting on your exercise shoes right now to do some exercise. Once the shoes are on, it’s easy to get going.

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I woke up this morning and was a little, no a lot, of discouragement was in my head.
And God sent me to this and now I’m ready to focus on the act of doing something instead of reacting and not doing anything.
Thank you again,
Peter D

Thank you for this insight, John. I was thinking a lot on these demotivation factors, and from my experience there is one more: lack of energy. I don’t know if this resonates with you.

inspiring

Thanks , great motivation tips,

To your advance success,

Happy New Year,

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Thanks for this superb post. It was presented powerfully. It is so easy to
lose focus and motivation as well.

I think fear has being killing a lot of people for so long and they are just
incapacitated by it. I was able to destroy fear in my life when I discovered
a maxim some years back. I hope it will be helpful to someone reading this:

“Whosoever has conquered fear, has conquered failure.”

When I discovered this, I decided to conquer my fear so that failure
will have no place in my life. It is a perfect concept so many of us should
adopt.

so it is the of motivation in our life.

I agree with that maxim, thanks for sharing it. In many ways, failure only occurs through fear. Once we get past fear, failures become learning experiences.

thanks a good tip for my motivation , i have a fear about my confidence & other think

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Great tips that I think need to be reminded to us more often.

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Thanks, hope you don’t mind if I link this article to my site. I think it is well written.

That was a great article, and speek sence becasue i am from the uk

Hello – I’m from the UK too and I’ve just read through some of your “highlighted” best read posts.

The concept of “self improvement” is a truly admirable aim, and I applaud all your effort here, but it can be agonizingly unhelpful for a person with low self-esteem and/or depressive tendencies.

It’s a bit like someone with no legs hearing about another person with no legs “pulling themselves together” and climbing a mountain unaided. The first guy can actually feel even more incompetent, after hearing how “well” this similarly effected other guy has “conquered all” by sheer will power and well placed self-help strategies.

Don’t misunderstand me,I like your blog – it’s packed full with positive ideas and extremely well thought out.

I agree that we can all do some things to help ourselves but it is a myth that we can all be successful, rich and happy through self-effort and by definition: if we can’t all do this we deserve what’s coming to us.

Hope you will take this in the spirit in which it was written.. I.e. just putting a slightly different angle on things.

Thanks for giving me the space here to have my say

Hi John,
This insight on motivation is wonderful. While reading through it I was able to apply these traits to achieving success in many aspects of life and business.

There is another way to be motivated that is a favorite of mine: PASSION.

The gut-wrenching, burning passion that drives you to succeed in whatever it is you have that passion for. The thoughts that you will do whatever it takes to be successful at your job, lose the weight, or make money online.

Really gets you going huh?

thanks i’ll give it a go

I find trying to stay focussed and motivated on what I’m trying to achieve can be a struggle at times, I waste too much time when I lose track of what I’m meant to be doing. This great article will help me with my motivation

i have just gone through your article and its timing is superb.i have been undergoings low moments this past few days and what you are saying is exactly what i was going through.
i had literally forgotten how gifted and blessed i was in my bid to secure my future.since all ma friends had gotten jobs i was constantly doubting my self since things had not been smooth sailing om my part.
otherwise thanks for the article it has really rejuvinated my spirits.

hi john,
thanks a lot. very helpful in my situation right now. in every failure, there is always a room for improvement and nothing can hinder us from what we truly wants. =p

I enjoyed this! thank you.

hi john,
thanks a lot. very helpful in my situation right now. in every failure, there is always a room for improvement and nothing can hinder us from what we truly wants.—ashok

hi john,
thanks a lot. very helpful in my situation right now. in every failure, there is always a room for improvement and nothing can hinder us from what we truly wants

Excellent Article. Clearly written and straightforward! I enjoyed it and will apply it in my life! Thanks very much.

Hi, I like your article so much! It’s very inspiring and you really got the highest point.

Blessed be

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I just googled ‘motivate yourself’ and this was the first hit. Rightly so, I would say.

My problem was knowing all these things and indeed having taken the knowledge for granted. It’s just great when someone else tells you what you stashed away deep in your brain. Thanks for giving a short and concrete guide to fall back on. You’ve got great teaching potential, so keep it up.

Cheers,
Dysprosium

It was an Awwsome article! Came at the right time when I needed. Thanks a million!

REAL GOOD ONE.

Wow! That is really great post! You are so right! These tips are must -read when you are lack of motivation! Thank you! I’ve added a link to your post to my self motivation article. I think such information should be shared!
Valery

thank you for this gr8 artical

I don’t want to die on the Salmon ramp. Thanks.

i was tunning in the tunnel of confussion ,but after reading your tips ,defnately i will slam the rock

really interesting ,promise to visit you everyday

Thank you blog writer, you did something that doesn’t happen often.

You got me off my lazy behind! Well, actually the work I procrastinate on involves sitting down anyways..

I all of a sudden hit another slump while doing another one of my animation related goals-the thing about writing two positive tasks is genius, for the first time in a YEAR I actually did a full painting! Thank you!

Thank you heaps for taking the time to write this John was an extreme help enjoy the rest of ya day,
Cheers,
Graeme Ingle

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thanx for tha article . it helped in rechannelising my goals and helped me move forward

I like this article very much because it shows one how to increase and fill their motivational capacity and help to keep it that way! An inspiring, systematic way of looking at things, I love it!

I really like this article, it a very good reminder,
Thanks for posting!!!
May Allah give rewards and blessing =]

right time .i came across this wonderful ,diagnostic ways of giving back the positive effects to those who have lost hopes . Read this article you leap up in confidence!

Wow!!!! You are gifted in putting your thoughts and emotions into words. And then, explaining how so many of us see and feel what is going on inside of ourselves. You are a great blessing of encouragement and light. What takes so many self help writers to explain in copious pages, you pinpointed in a very few paragraphs. I am starting a new business. I now see the face of my discouragement and I am back up and sluggin’.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

Very good article indeed, I’ve been in a bit of a progression slump lately, and since reading it, I’ve decided to refine my goals into a more progressive, less overwhelming process.

Thanks again.

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Thank you John. You slapped me in the face with your three points and I will start implementing them right now.

Hi,
laking in self-motivation, i know i need to focus on a goal and how can i find goal?
From,
No specific sense of direction,jus goin with the flow.

thank you.:-)

thanks,
your article is really good.
it will help me for focus and direction

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A person gets demotivated when he has lack of confidence.A person should never get demotivated by failures .

I found your article extremely helpful, i’m currently
feeling highly unconfident and insecure with myself and have no motivation to do anything about it, but i think
this might give me the boost to succeed and give me the kick up the arse i needed. cheers, much appretiated!!

Thanks you for changing my life.
God Bless you and what ever you’re doing. Thanks

Hi sir/ madam.
i would like to appreciate the great job you do to the people. Thanks for your motivation in my life

Hi
This is anil’
I wud like to tell you that i have done hotel mgmt,initially i was working with hotel and i switched over to BPO sector bcoz i was offered a good amt of salary.Now the problem is i m finding it difficult as my Boss is very short tempered and even he abuses sometimes also, moreover this sector is totally new to me
my Boss should understand that i might take some time to know the processes and systems.
I m very tensed now a days due to this as i dont want to lose this job,I have a family to take care of.
Under pressure & no support,No body can perform

Plz give some suggesions

Rgds
Anil

I found this article very interesting and motivating. People should take a time everyday to motivate themselves, and that way enjoy life despite all the things that are constantly happening in this world. Read my extract of this article at TuBarca.com

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i agree with you…
nice article..

patrick,i need your help..
what do you think about my blog.
Thnks b 4..

Thanks for your article. It is really useful. My thoughts have change and I believe I will success. Thanks again.:)

Wow!!! your article really useful to student like me..to maintain focusing in study is hard and when i read your article, i realize what i should do next…Thank you… ^_^

Thank you. This article is very helpful for me.

I personally believe that there are two forces which motivate us or cause us to act. Inspiration or desperation. Always act out of inspiration and you will experience more joy in your day to day living.here i found some interesting quotes on motivation.co.in

I read your article. I think that you are right about the 3 reasons why we loose motivation. But there are more than those mentionned.While reading it, I was expecting to find a solution for myself. All i did, it just agreeing with your article without finding something for myself.

i liked the fact that repeating what i already know will convince my mind with it

I’ve been in a bit of a progression slump lately, and since reading it, I’ve decided to refine my goals into a more progressive, less overwhelming process.

hi
i lost my jod a few months back started lossing every thing i had accurred in my life the was a point were i even felt suicidal but i could bring my self to it now i am tryin to get out of this slump i am goin through bt redefinding my goals
thanks neo

what a timely piece 4 me,what could be better than reading a piece which concides with my motivational talk topic in my local church,’building ur confidence’

Thanks a million for this article!!!

And Thank God google displayed your site, when I searched for” self -motivation”, when I was at loss of it…..hving trouble at my project….

I was feeling less efficiency myself.This gave me very good answer and I hope it will direct me to recover back my enthusiasm.

Thank you very much

That was a really good article.
Thanks for such reasonable and clear reflection on this topic. It should definitely help lots of people who need to boost up their self-confidence. And I am sure it will help me as well =)

THanks a lot, I have exams ahead. In last exam i failed. It was first time i failed in any acadamies.

Hope this article will help me.

Thank you very much

Excellent article, I failed in 14 job appointments, out of which 3 were very close. I was just trying to boost my confidence by some article. I found ur article through google, it is infact a very motivating one. I dont know whether I got motivated or not. But I certainly say that my thinking will change after this moment.

Thank you narayana(the name I call everyone)
Regards
Venky.

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in our daily magazine now i think that im a diffrenet persson you change my opinion i really see my diffrenent in my life if you want to connecting with me and you want i speak about something that i saw in my life during this short time please gmail to me thanks i really thanks to you about your site i siad your address to all my friend
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I would like to share a few of my motivational tips

1. find real life inspiration — the things can be done by real life person

2. find a good mentor or leader or create one yourself

3. Reward – people respond to incentive

4. Punishment – people respond to negative incentive

5. competition

6. Deadline — forces people to act

7. momentum — like a hand to push u

8. Success — brings more success

9. positive revenge… yeah, this is strong!!

enjoy!

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Buddy !!!
It’s just outstanding article. Thank you very much.
God Bless !!! Cheers

Thank you for writing this wonderful blog! It’s great to know others are going through this too…Have been super demotivated for quite some time now but with these tips I know I can start on the road to achieving my goals!

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Thank you for this John,

Absolutely excellent article. Time to go save myself.

Cheers,

Phil

God Bless You, Your article is absolutely needed for me on this day. I have been in a stagnant mode for about two weeks. I felt like I was not motivated and did not have a clue on what I needed to do next. I truly know that I need to stay focused on the things of God and seek Him first. Continue doing what you are doing because it is so wonderful to see so many people being blessed by you.

Blessings,

Obedient

Great article! Unfortunately, these are tough times and people need all of the motivation that they can get. If any of you guys are interested in more inspiring articles and quotes, do yourself a favor and visit Joan Marie Whelan’s BLOG.

I’m having some serious motivation isssues. I’ve recently married the most wonderful man, who is giving, outgoing, willing do what it take to better himself and our future. He’s positive about life and that it has to offer. He has the struggles I don’t have, he’s illegal in this country working as a janetor, paying for school to be one day become and Architect, and he does it with such devotion and love. His obstacles are much greater than mine.

I on the other hand, am a US Citizen, 25, no college education, not motivated, I don’t know what I want, I hate my job. I’m afraid to go back to school. I’m a mess. I don’t know were to start. I feel like I’m the only one who feels this way. I graduated high school in 2001. What have I done since then? I’m so depressed.

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Hi…!!
Excellent Article…!!
I gained motivation from your article…!!
Thank you and keep writing the articles…!!

it is a good article. It analyses the problem of having motivation all the time. It keeps one on guard as to how to keep away the motivation killers and helps one get going. A great job done
raj

thanks4 the articles,it does help me_whalah!!

thanks, an excellent guide

Great article on how to motivate. It is very easy to get distracted. I read a good article in addition to this one about motivating at http://www.freemoneylessons.com/2008/10/how-to-fire-up-an-individual-or-team/

Thank you so much for this! I’m a young adult working from home. I’m only 19. My town is full of people hooked on crystal meth and there are no good jobs. I struggle because it is hard to work from home for me because of the lack of interaction with people. I want to find somewhere to work outside of the home with this same job but I have to be in a quiet area. It is just frustrating with the lack of other jobs. Once again thanks for you article!

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thank you for writing this article. The example of procrastination you used was really good. i was able to visualize myself in a similar situation whic I didnt realise I was doing! your comments helped me to move on and actually start succeeding in my job and day to day stuff! thank you so so so much

Sophie

Fantastic article, just what I needed to refresh my mind. Thanks a bunch!!

I pulled this info because of the counseling I do everyday with people that are unemployed or underemployed. Being in the Staffing Industry has really been hard in this economy. So many people are hurting and families too that is is hard to keep a positive attitude when everwhere you hear “we are not hiring”.

I have been in the Employment/Staffing industry for more that 25 years and this is the hardest I have seen the employment field. We are seeing a little upturn but nothing to get excited about.

Hopefully there won’t be too much family suffering before the economy turns around.

I will be using some of your material at a group of challenged adults that are having a very bad time. So I am going to use my encouragement skills hopeing that will help. thanks

So, you watched ‘The Secret’ and then regurgitated the information as ‘How To Motivate Yourself’….

Self motivation is the ability to motivate yourself. But, many of us find ourselves in motivational slumps that we have to work to get out of. A good way to be continuously self-motivated is to implement “Right Attitude”. There’s is nothing more powerful for self-motivation than the right attitude. You can’t choose or control your circumstance, but can choose your attitude towards your circumstances.- Max

Wow this article was very empowering and help me relize that im not the only one who isnt self movativate ill keep these things in mind in the future thanks.

This is a really great article. It allows me to get to know more about my own problems. More importantly, it tells me how to get out of the trouble. Thanks!

Excellent post, just perfect timing as I needed it, it helps to organise thoughts, Thanks a lot

Wow, this was exactly what I needed. Very informative, also very coherent to my natural experiences.

Marvellous article,it rejuvinates my mind.whenever i feel low i read it…..Thanks

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hi, a million thanks for the article..
it helped me a lot..
Godbless!

Love it! Well put.

i read it just now and i m feeling good and i know this will work definitely , i m very gratefull to this artical, i was really just needed this one as i was going with un awarenes of these even i knew these ones already………..thanks alot

Ben…

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This is really a very good article and timely helpful for me to regain my confidence. Thanks for the author.

that’s really motivating…

any reference on your article ?

Very Good Article, I like the line from the artlcle ….

“The more negatively you think, the more examples your mind will discover to confirm that belief. When you truly believe that you deserve success, your mind will generate ways to achieve it.”

Or some of us just unfortunately suffer from ADD!

Its a very good article I like it and its help me to get motivate.
Now i have a goal which i have to acheive any how with
day to day planing.
I Joined RMP Business and its help me to fulfill my dreams.

Exams are in less then a week and still am unable to get motivated!

My plan is go to school and get motivated there! =P

D= sucks

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Great article check out what TheLeaderGuy has to say about motivation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_LxE-Fedlc

This is just what I needed to hear. Thank you.

I never thought about the things you mentioned, but I now see that I in fact do come up with excuses and am afraid of the future. With your brilliant article though I’m wiling to try and work my way up! Thank you very much I really appreciate it.

Thank you for such valuable tips for motivation. This is why you article ranks the 1st for SEO and you deserve it. THANK U AGAIN>! (BOW)…

Thanks for the great website.
As a sufferer of a lack of motivation for many years I am very interested in this subject and have found some of your advice really helpful.

Very nice article, I energy is back to normal after reading your article. Well written article. Keep the good work !

sir ,
this was realy a great piece of healing thoughts problems really matches with my current condition.
I will surely try all these methods and thanks a lot in advance

I figured out that we should write day-by-day plan in order to achieve our goals.

Thanks for a such motivating article….

I got this article at the right time…answering all my doubts and motivates me to get back to the track..thanks a lot having this article on website when i realllly needed.

this is completely true. thank you for all the tips .ive been stuck in this rut and these tips for getting myself out of it are worth there weight in gold .=D

Excellent advice here, as a personnel recruiter for a staffing agency the people who get placed more easily are those with a positive focused outlook.

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very motivative article

I found this article to be incredibly enlightening, thank you

This is a great article! It is both inspiring and practical. Thanks!

thanks john it will definetly help me to motivate my self thanks

Really an awesome article….

What can I say that others have not said, except “THANKS”! This was much needed!

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You guys are doing a grt job ,thanks for ur support, shilp

Thanks alot, this article is really helpful!

I found the information very helpful and I am motivated to take actions to control my life again. Thanks, keep writing.

As someone living with an incurable disease, (Lupus) that causes much pain, and prevents me from going out in the sun, among other unpleasant and dangerous symptoms… and prevents me from living a life I want… I find this article confirms my personal experiences.

People measure their success differently. If I can force myself to go downstairs under my own power and eat, its a good day.

Thank you for the article, I will start to cherish what I can do, rather then dwell on what I am unable to do for a temporary period of time.

<3's Sasha

10q so so much it’s wonderful

hi john
your article was great I’m gonna use your tips
thank you

thank you. this is a great article. i feel better having read it.

Brilliant article. When I have been successful I seem to have been doing all the Dos and now I am doing most of the donts. I trust the contents of the article and hopefully follow it to get out of this dull period

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Nice article, it really makes me think when I’m not feeling motivated. Thanks

Thanks, you made me realize what to do and what not to…

Hi John,
nicely written article! I came across it while researching one of my own. I think anxiety and fear have stopped most people from achieving what they are truly capable of. A large long term goal that you are passionate about is absolutely essential in life and an awareness of your limiting beliefs when things are not going well is just as important. Thank you for the article.
Maxwell

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Amazing article … I’ve read many others but this one is just amazing …. thanks!

Awesome, haven’t felt this good in a while.

Thank you sooooooooooooooooo much =)

I have found reading your article very helpful and uplifting. It summarised the position I find myself in and confirms my thinking on how to pull myself out of it. Thank you.

great article……..
well said….

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I’ve been through a massive slump since I left college last year. I have struggled to find a job, I’m feeling neglected by my friends and family, I have no-one to talk to about my feelings and I feel extremely lonely. I have felt absolutely terrible in the last few months, I suddenly gained a bit of confidence but then I had a few knocks which set me back. Emotionly I feel as if I’m at the worst point in my life. So what I’m gonna is read this article a few times and other articles and hopefully feel fantastic by the end of this month.

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You have no personality, we make ourselves up as we go along, the choices we make for our thinking either motivate us or they don’t. Your attention grows your thoughts, stop growing bad fruit.

1. Create a Vision. Create a vision of who you want to be and then live into that picture as if it were already true.
2. Tell a true lie. If it’s hard for you to imagine the potential in yourself, you might want to start by beginning to express it as a fantasy. Think up some stories of who you would like to be. Without a picture of a higher self you cannot live into that self.
3. Leave your comfort zone. Every challenge we face creates a more skilful self, so its up to you to constantly look for challenges to motivate yourself and its also up to you to notice when you are buried alive in a comfort zone, then break free and fly away.
4. Find your key. The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind. Remember it is profoundly significant that the only thing that you have complete is your own mental attitude.
5. Plan your work. There is 1 unbeatable rule for the mastery of sorrows and disappointment and that’s the transmutation of those emotional frustration through definitely planned work, it’s a rule that has no equal. Once you get the picture of who you want to be, definitely planned work is the path to self motivation. Definitely planned work contains the energy of purpose.
6. Move your goal post. Most people are surprised to know that their goals are to small and to vague and therefore have no power. Your major goal will not be reached if it fails to excite your imagination. What really increase motivation is the setting of a large and specific power goal. A power goal is a dream that drives you. People that have created power goals are living on purpose. How can you tell if you have a big enough power goal, simple observe the effect that your goal has on you, its not what a goal is, its what a goal does.
7. Dribble with your other hand. Its just the simple formation of a habit, thinking is like bouncing a ball, you can think pessimistically and build that side up of you, its just a matter of repeating the bouncers or you can think optimistically and build that side up , the overall pattern won’t change after a few positive bouncers but you do change one thought at a time.
8. Play your Character. How you act is who you become. By doing the character we want to be, we can become, who we act like we are.
9. Don’t just do something, sit there. For along time, be with yourself, observer insights start to appear. Observe your relationship with yourself is start to get better. Sitting in silence allows your true dream in life to take shape and clarity. You are either living your dream or someone else’s.
10. Use the right Chemicals. Get into those energizing chemicals already in you system, that get activated when you laugh, or sing or dance or run. When you are having fun your body chemistry changes and you get new surges of motivation and energy, don’t keep try to go out search for something that is fun, its not out there anywhere it’s in yourself. If you can’t immediately see the fun in something, find a way to create it. Once you have made a job fun, yon have solved the problem of self motivation.
11. Leave high school. Before high school we were creative dreamers, but in high school we began fear what others were think of us. Our mission in life became not to be embarrassed. We were afraid to look bad so we made it a point not to risks, most people end up design their life’s around what other people might be thinking of them, but we can leave that habit behind. Why should the way I feel depend on the thoughts in someone else’s head.
12. Loose face. You can create a self that does not care that much what people think.
13. Sing without feeling. Become a performer, act like you already feel like you want to feel.
14. Kill you television. Witch side of the glass do you want to be on.
15. Read your self a story. Because you can remember something you read out loud for longer.
16. Get on your death bed. Many of us think our game has no end, we plan to do great things someday when we feel like it. Confronting our on death does not have to wait till we run out of life. Being able to vividly image our own death creates a paradoxical sensation, the feeling of being born again and that is the first step of self motivation.
17. Be Lazy to begin with. There is no job that couldn’t be handled if you will to break it down into small pieces. Its not important about how fast you are doing it, what is important is that you are doing it. Thinking about starting slowly is easy, and doing it slowly allows you to start doing it and therefore it gets finished.
18. Leave your friends. Cynic’s do not create, everyone knows that enthusiasm for life is contagious, and being in a conversion with a optimist opens us up to see more and more of life possibilities.
19. Plan your game. Let the game respond to you and not the other way round.
20. Find your inner Einstein. Next time you see a picture of Albert Einstein, realise that, that is actually you, every human has the capacity for genius. To experience Einstein’s level of thinking all you have to do is to commit to using your imagination. Grown up people utilise their imagination for one thing only, worrying, all their energy for visualisation is channelled into colourful pictures of what could go wrong. Worry is a misuse of the imagination. The human imagination was designed for better things.
21. Feel good first. Most people think they will feel good once they reach some goal, they think happiness is out there some where, but the problem with putting off feeling good about yourself when you reach some goal is that it might never happen. By linking happiness to something you don’t have yet you are denying yourself the power to create it for yourself in the moment. Your Happiness is your birth right, it shouldn’t depend on you achieving something. Start by claiming it and using it to make your journey fun all the way.
22. Run toward your fear. The world best kept secret is that on the other side of your fear is there is something safe beneficial waiting for you, if you work through even a small fear you will increase the confidence you have in your ability to create your life. Fear kill’s more people than death. The rush you get from running through the waterfall of fear, is the most energising feeling in the world. If you are ever in an unmotivated mood, find something you fear and do it, and watch what happens.
23. Just be unexpected. Most people don’t see themselves as being creative but we all are. Creativity has everything to do with simply being unexpected. So if you will to except that you are creative you can begin to cultivate that side of your self, you can start coming up with all kinds of unexpected solutions to the challenges that life throws at you.
24. Create your relationships. We are each of us Angles with only one wing so we can only fly embracing one and other. We can’t create our truest selves without creating relationships in the process.
25. Be where you are. Most of us don’t focus, we are always trying to think of to many things at once. Focus on what you want and it will come into your life. Focus on being a happy and motivate person and that who you will be.
26. Act Like a Hero. Without hero’s we are all plain people, Heroes show us what is possible for a human being to accomplish.
27. Except your will power. Everyone has will power. The first step into developing your will power is to except its existence, the second step is to know that your will power is like a muscle in your arm is yours to develop, you are in charge of making it strong or letting it become weak. Make a promise to yourself to be clear and truthful about your own will power.
28. Say no to yourself. When you are self disciplined, you have simple decided about matters of the will, to become your own disciple. Once you make that decision you start to see yourself as a stronger person, you gain self respect.
29. Make new word connections. To weight lifters, failure is success, unless they lift a weight to a point of failure their muscles aren’t growing. So they have programmed themselves to use the word failure in a positive sense. Language Leads to Power so be conscious of the creative potential of all the language you use and the guide that language in the direction of more personal power.
30. Deprogram yourself. Start by altering how you listen to the media, program/filter out all the negative, cynical and sceptical thoughts that you allowed to flow into your mind unchecked. Once you get good at factoring out all the negative aspects of the media, take a step further make it your own news, be your own breaking story.
31. Open the present. Practise being awake in the present moment, make the most of your awareness in this moment, don’t live in the past unless you like guilt, don’t live in the future unless you like fear, just stay focused on today and watch what happens to your motivation.
32. Serve and grow rich. You can motivate yourself by increasing the flow of money into your life. Our first duty in life is not to be poor and the road to not being poor always travels through you professional relationships. The more your serve those relationships, the more productive you become and the more money you will make.
33. Imitate Colombo. In your professional life, what ever it is, always be curious. When you meet someone think of yourself as a bumbling but friendly type of detective like Colombo was. Ask questions in your relationships, by doing this your are already creating the relationship and you are already self motivated you don’t have to for the other person to make it happen.
34. Give away some power. Motivate yourself by giving someone else the idea’s necessary for self motivation. You can have any experience in life simple by giving that experience to someone else, instant Karma, if you want to be motivated shift you inspiration to someone else, point out their strengths, offer encouragement and support, watch what it does for you.
35. Talk to yourself. Thinking is the soul talking to itself, there is no one better to talk to then yourself. If you really want to get things worked out, no other person has as much information about your problems, skills and capabilities. Get your Creative thinking going each morning buy asking yourself two question every morning, what’s good in my life, and two, what is there still to be done. Because thought always proceeds action, talking to yourself is a proven way to get motivated.

Thank you for your good article. I will apply the knowledge in life.

thanks

Hello hello,

I read through your article and it had very relevant thoughts about how to motivate yourself.

I recently started working in a bank and my job is rather complicated. Everytime I start a new job I get super stressed before I actually know what I am supposed to do. In the past years I’ve only been doing jobs that require only couple days of exercise after which I almost handle it perfectly. Still, I have this annoying feeling in the back of my head.

In my current job it is impossible to learn all the necessary details and actions quickly and become an “expert”. Even though I know that is is going to take quite a lot of time for everyone, I can’t help thinking that I am some sort of a failure. I don’t know what is the problem with me. I’ve been trying to figure this out a long time by reading blogs and other articles about self confidence and motivation but without an answer.

Hi Ipa,

You’re not alone on that boat. Many people tend to develop a negative view of themselves and lack confidence in their ability to accomplish something. What you should know is that your view of yourself can change dramatically towards the positive with the right help.

If you feel that you’ve explored all options you know of, I would suggest talking to a counsellor or professional about it. The reason is that these professionals are trained to help you uncover the real reason that you tend to view yourself this way, and they can help you break free of that habit in all areas of your life.

Like all things in life though, you have to make that choice to seek that help. The decision is yours.

All the best to you!

NSt

Good article! Thanks!

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when i reached my goal and touch the feet of sucess

I have been feeling really down latterly, my life has no direction and I suffer from really bad anxiety, it takes over my life. Doing the things you have advised, has helped more than any doctor or tablet can help. You have helped me put my life into perspective and focus on what is important and I thank you for that, you clearly have a talent.

low self esteem is one factor why alot of us are so demotivated. self believe and self worth majority of us lack… i have learnt never to cooperate when someone tells me it cant be done.. to agree to accept someones opinion of you is to co-operate to fail.no one can give u hope if u can’t first give urself the hope

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First of all, I want to thank you for a nice article. I feel very depressed for a few of weeks. I should say it has been two months since I stop smoking. I am not sure it exactly relates to quit smoking but my loss of self confidence is being worse and worse in the past weeks. I have no courage and motivation to have a thing done. I may sit there for hours or a whole day to read email, sufing web such as NBA or celebrity peoples etc. I am clear about my future goal but just lack of motivation in doing so. To make things worse I even have an fear of the current job securities although I work for this position for 6 years. It is becuase of losing self confidence that I am used to procrastinate the current job tasks till the next day and next day. This fear is worsen after I do it but I could not motivate myself doing it.

Thanks,
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Your article is realy energetic & giving power to those people who lost their confidence & self respect.
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After reading this article i am started thinking positively…Thanks a lot..

where did you learn these things? I feel as if I wasn’t paying attention to my mentor/parent/teacher when they were explicitly telling me that this is how it’s done.

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30 years of crappy luck on all the 6 jobs that I had. Its quite rare for me to be moved by these kinds of articles, maybe its how the author delivered it. It is very helpful and muuch appreciated thanks a lot. . .

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This has come to me at a very down time in my job hunting. I have just received my latest “NO” from my last interview. Very crushing, I would have really liked that job. But I have made my action plan and it is onward and upward as it goes.
thank you very much. this reinforces how i am feeling now, good, no longer down.
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It is amazing that everything you said should be common sense, but sometimes you need someone else to tell you these things for them to register. Thank you very much, reading this article has made me feel instantly better and I am now going to get going and change my life.

Thanks and God bless.

I love the 3 big ideas. Much easier to understand compare to other How To Get Motivation articles. Thank you very much.

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tomm i hv a presentation in my coll….i usually feel confident while speaking to a teacher or ne1…bt whn it cums to speaking to mny ppl alone…dat fear cums to me….everythn will go right bt whn d actual tym cums for speaking in frnt of dem it just doesnt go d way it should….i really dun understand y??…
thanqq for this article….i’ll try to follow it…

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ganesh
I had lost direction and focus and after 20 years of wrong jobs I decided to concentrate on my strengths rather than my weaknesses.
Now I have a time bound action plan.
Thanks.
Rohit

sir
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Thanks a lot. It helped a lot!

Im saving this to my favourites. i think its awesome, always looking for motivational uplifting people/articles/movies etc when im a bit down. Cheers

Lack of confidence, focus, and direction are exactly what can throw into a downward spiral motivation-wise. I would also offer lack of perceived accomplishment. Along the same lines of lack of direction I suppose but if one isn’t achieving small signs that they are moving in a profitable direction than they may lose their inspiration altogether or become overwhelmed with achieving their main or larger goals. Having small, easily obtainable, goals is just as much important.

May G-d Bless you. You have been a great inspiration to me and I pray you continue to be to others. Stay beautiful! <3

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I’ve been struggling with the paradox of self-motivation for my whole life, and you were able to logically define a method of breaking my procrastination, thank you. The article was instantly helpful to me.

Thank you so much ……

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i must thank you too.. my understanding of why I’ve been so depressed and unmotivated and i shall use these steps until the day i die..

isn’t it ironic how at first i didn’t even have the motivation to do this?

lol but seriously thank you so much this really did help.

This is a really really excellent article.
I, for so long, have suffered with feeling like I just don’t want to do anything.
I felt depressed, worn out, and super unsuccessful. Feeling these ways just made me even more unmotivated. It’s a vicious cycle.
I recently wrote a post about laziness and motivation, and ways to move forward.
If you’re interested, check it out.
http://notjustalive.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/laziness-where-good-things-go-to-die/

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I’ve been having the exact problems that you’ve mentioned above. I was really depressed and had no idea what I wanted to do in my life. Instead of searching about motivation, I searched for ways to deal with depression, which didn’t really help. But this article helped ALOT! I feel so much better and much more confident after reading this article.

Thank you so much! you have no idea how this changed my life

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When I enter my email to get the free motivation information it says I need to enter values. I don’t know what that is. Please advise. Thank you!

The only piece you don’t describe well enough for me is how to generate a plan……it sounds easy to tell someone go back to school but what if they already have 30,000 in debt costing 200 a month? Do you go back and get another 30,000 in debt and get a graduate degree that doesn’t give you enough earnings power to pay back 400 a month in debt?

I glad I visited this site, I have seen the antidote to reawakening myself from my deep sleep of relaxation.

I am finding it really difficult to focus and motivate my self to complete my degree, I am in the final year. what shal I do I have been experiencing this problem for a long time now

Speaking of being motivated … this just really opened my eyes. http://www.mcmarkarian.com/2011/01/greatest-lesson-of-all.html

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Confidence, focus, & direction are incredibly important! Gain control over them, and move forward! Nice article!

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Inspirational thoughts are always encouraging when no one is there actually with you to share your feeling.

Thanx for such a terrific article…while i was reading it i experienced a change in my thoughts….Thnxxxxxxxxxx a lott……

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I need the change now, for my sake and my family’s. I have nothing to loose and lots to gain. thankyou

thanks i hope this helps me

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i’ll share this to my friends.. I must have forgotten the way I have motivated myself before; but hey, thank you so much… this is the first article that appeared on my bing search.. i did not even hesitate to read other articles. ^^,)

I was laying in bed thinking about masturbating but i couldnt gain a great enough erection but after reading this i had the best wank of my life because i really focused in on the things i needed periodically Good porn, backround music, lit candles and some better lube. Amen to your article

Hi all im 20 and just under a month from turning 21. Im alredy married to my beautiful and lovly wife who puts up with all my crap. I don’t know what to do in life I dont know what I want to be or how to get there. I don’t know how to drive myself forward and be sucessful. The idea or failing at school scares me to no end and I just want a better life for me and her. Our marriage is rocky due to my lack of self motivation.. I have no drive to do anything. I work a 8-5 kinda job for just minimum wage I have done nothing to start on a education besides a very minimal amount of studying. Anytime somone says what they are going to school for I think oh well that sounds great. But I don’t know if its what i want to do. I always think what everyone else is doing is a great path. I can’t seem to come up with my own.

any suggestions please email me at
camerontaterka@gmail.com

God bless…

Thanks for that pick me up — just started my blog and I have been terribly unmotivated from doing regular, daily blogging. After reading your article… I think I was suffering from #3 (Lack of Direction).

Great point on that one — stating that we should do 2 tasks (1 being a smaller) and using it as momentum in getting one step closer to that ultimate goal. -Daniel Wiafe

For Cameron: Don’t stop working. Dream BIG dreams. Read “Wishcraft” by Barbara Sher.

These lines were priceless “…because I’m focusing entirely on what I want and neglecting what I already have. When you only think about what you want, your mind creates explanations for why you aren’t getting it. This creates negative thoughts. Past failures, bad breaks, and personal weaknesses dominate your mind..this significant shift will make a significant impact on achieving my outcomes…thanks,Art

Thanks a lot for writing this article. It really is helpful to motivate oneself. Unlike many other articles about self-motivation that i have read in the past, this one actually strikes a chord and makes me want to go for my dreams.

Wishing you immense success in your blogging (and all else) endeavors,

Much respect and thankfulness,
Swap

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You have shared good point on motivation, according to Norman Vincent Peale “People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.”

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hello friends,
i want to share something with you because there s no-one who can tell me the required answer.i am feeling very bad to tell you that my confidence has been decreasing day by day.i am feeling myself very weak.
today my teacher ask me questions but i could not tell her anything.
i am too much emotional person ,i can’t debate with any one.during debate i becomes emotional and my face becomes red.my friends says that my heart is weak,and i do not have any confidence but knowledge.
i want to be the more confident and want to walk with this world.
pease tell me some tips so that i can be more confident.you can send me your advise on my e-mail address “mohd.iqbal67@gmail.com
thank you ,i will wait for your advice

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Hello everyone,
I am struggling with keeping myself motivated as well all the time. BTW confidence and motivation are two different things. What Iqbal is referring to is lack of confidence.
Iqbal, in order to overcome your fears and gain confidence, I would suggest that you go out and do exactly what scares you.
Motivation is the drive that each individual has for doing/behaving in a certain way. If you would watch TV rather than doing groceries or cleaning the house, than your motivated in watching TV. If you need to prepare for an exam and yet you do everything like cleaning the car, washing clothes, than this is escapism and shows your lack of motivation.
Everyone has a different way of getting motivated. You need to find yours and keep that in mind, write it down or do something so that you look at it everyday. That way you will motivate yourself everyday Now I hope someone can keep me motivated eveyday

hi. i have motivation problems myself. i have ideas to do things but dont even try to do them. i seem to behave like Sohaib says,escapism. i’ve been thinking of ways to motivate myself, but have’nt found any answers, so i picked up to laptop and had a look on the internet. i dont blog on anything so this is new to me. i would appreciate any suggestions to help.

I really liked this article, it motived me to move along. Truth is I have been very unmotivated since I lost my job and I have sort of marinating on a ton of ideas of what to do with my time. Time is flying me by and I still haven’t done anything.

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You never answered the second problem. It was clearly defined; you answered another question instead. I am not fearful. I just don’t Know what I want. I have lost count of the people and books that start out with the premise they will help you find out what you want, then just tell you how to overcome obstacles to achieve what you want. I can figure out how to achieve a goal or a novel approximation for that goal. YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS FIRST!! Until you have a goal the rest is useless. I am frustrated with useless.

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I am at college and to be honest i dont really have any motivation because i don’t know what im good at :/ i have had alot of problems in the past that have made me really negative and i offically have no confidence anymore. No offence but this Artical dosnt really help me because i can’t think of anything i have achieved in my past so how can i change my thoughts? i am grateful for most things i have but it dosnt make any difference :/ I have no idea what i’m going to do to earn money in the future because i have no idea what im good at. :/ But this artical is very well written and sounds understanding.

This is like advice from an old wise philospher, its all truth but takes time to fully take control of ones entire mind, body, and sole, its almost like teaching yourself to be at complete peace. something that we all would have to work on for a while but can achieve. yoda status.

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i am so unmotivated i couldn’t even finish the article. i skimmed thru and i agree with the points. being unmotivated SUCKS

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Self control, learnig how to say NO, without hurting the oher persons feeling!! thats how you know what you want.

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Just because you tell someone how they should motivate themselves doesn’t mean that they can actually put it into action. I’m someone who truly has no motivation and this article is just empty words on a page to me. A person like me needs real help not some article from someone who thinks they know the cure for unmotivated people.

“By defining a goal, you automatically define a set of actions. If you have a fear of poverty, create a plan to increase your income. It could be going back to school, obtaining a higher paying job, or developing a profitable website.” Just because you have a goal doesn’t mean you know how to act on it or have the confidence and courage to pursue it.

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its not that i don’t know how to say NO, it’s more or less the fact that i can’t make myself do my work. I procrastinate which isn’t good cuz my best work isn’t done right when i do. I know how to say NO to ppl but don’t know how to control on my work for college.

i’ve read before where u need to stay positive but what if its not you and its someone else? what if the cause for your motivation is your parents? don’t they have anything to do with a person’s morivation? I’m so frustrated with this fact cuz my mother always has negative things to say and it never helps me at all. i still live at home with my parents cuz i go to a community college and don’t have the money to live on my own at the moment. (for ur info. im 21) I just feel like i’m going to be in a rhude awakenning some day when i transfer to a four yr school. I need to learn to be motivated soon. I want to be a writer but i’m not certain about my future. I don’t know what direction i’m taking nor do i the focus. The article is kind of helpful but i wish i had some deeper understanding of why i can’t get myself motivated.

Everyone faces doubt and depression. – disagree

I wasn’t even motivated enough to read this article

So you have never gotten any decent grades? made cool friends? If you had a particularly bad experience trying to get something you want why not try again? change your approach. focus on what you want. to motivate you why not try having a good sleeping pattern for a week or eating 2 peices of fruit a day… maybe join a sporting club. you have to put yourself in a position where you can obtain a positive outcome.

Haha no motivation? so what made you lift the finger that turned on the computer on which you read this artical? was it Salmon? was it cheese? Nope… you motivated yourself to do it because you felt you had no motivation. you then set yourself a goal… took a simple course of action and then BAM! you had the motivation to not only read it but to mock it =P Check mate!

Great article and good tips for Self-Motivation…

this article is very much helpful to those who realy want to do positive change in life.
1. short term goal and long term goal,but we should give our efforts to do it. just start working on it success is yours.
Article is to motivate us but we had to work on it not the article writter will do for us.

really liked this article.. i needed this motivation now. Have to put into action and see if it helps me.

Raymond, check mate indeed! I think your comment will give people even more motivation. Everyone has to start somewhere. So searching for tips is a great way to start. It certainly helped me. Thankyou

that was really meaningful…

hey this is awesome ……………… i am felling a great change in me just after reading it

i have a dream of my future. but i cant bring myself to start even the first step. all i feel like doing is laze around in bed. Even after i read this article which i find great.

Thanx a lot. i believe this will help many people as it helped me. Thanx again

Hi i think this article is good and helped me. But i need more deeper understanding. So can you go through this motivation topic deeper. I know my goal. but i am not concentrated. When i am going to study, my mind thinks something. My lips reading my mind think some issues. so i did not get through my goal.But i really want to achive my goal.

i have the confidence, focus, and direction to do what i have to do. but the problem is is that they aren’t strong enough for me to do it. i know what i want, and i know what i have to do to get it, but i just don’t have the will to do it. so how do i change that?

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Hi sarah! How are you? I know how you fell I fell same way us you like you said your mother give you a negative words and she won’t believe you you cant do it. Same me I give I tell you a short story about me. I grow up in the Philipines and my mom work in aboard and I grow up with my grandma and my aunt. My aunt reaise me very well. But When I went here In Chicago at 2002 everything change till now my mom always telling me i cant do it right. But I prove her she wrong when I take a citizen ship she told i won’t past that big test but when i took the test the lady tell me I past it the test im really happy that day! But when I went home my mom tell me that lady had helpedpetty on me. It’s hurt to hear that to your own mother. But I think postive I change my self I won’t listine what they say about as long I know the right thing. Don’t lose hope and pray always. I think you should focus your dream what you want do’nt think other person tell you you cant do it. Ijust think and motivation your self tell your self every I will do it positively and motivetion your self. I know that how you fell cuz i fell the same way but I move on and start my new life. Dont let other people let you down.

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Thank you so much for this article! Great presentation and easy to understand, it helps that it’s logical and doesn’t have a long list of to-do’s. Please keep up the good work, you’re helping so many people.

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This is a wonderful article. Exactly what I need to get out of this slump. I’ve been working day and night on one of the three motivation killers, confidence. But I absolutely lack direction and focus. As a college student I’m hitting slumps ALL the time. Worrying about my future is one of them and comparing my success to others is another. I just want this part of my life to improve already so I can be the success I’ve always wanted to be. Thank you SO much for this. I’m printing this out right now.

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For the past few weeks, I had small bursts of motivation, but then would completely fall back to my usual, non motivated way of thinking. I just googled how to self motivate yourself, as that is a key skill that all successful people must learn. This article really provides great insight and just reading it has motivated me to start going again. I will come back to this again when I need a little push to get going. Thanks for this amazing article!

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This is the best article about motivation that I have read. I learned a lot from this.

what if i have no motivation to do homework? what should i do?

i just want some motivation . . . . 

Enjoyed reading that. I’m now getting off my lazy depressed bum and pursue life!

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well my confidence is often shit .. i have no fucking idea what to do or what the fuck i want ..  im also so fucking tired and lazy so i dont even have fucking energy to to what this article says .. so any good advices how not to be lazy motherfucker.

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This information is spot on. Here’s a couple of things that help me:
1. Create mental pictures of yourself being successful / motivated
  -See yourself completing the goal
  -See yourself happy and relaxed
2. Listen to music while you work on the task
  -Pick uplifting music and resolve never to quit until the task is 100% complete
3. Add a tangible item to represent the “struggle”
  -Example – for me it’s a plastic pig. I get really angry at it and vow only to touch when I need to complete something.
4. As above: Attach emotion and feeling to your present state (negative/positive).
  -For me, I visualize my mother crying and being extremely disappointed in my complacency. For positive, I see my peers congratulating me on my achievements.
5. Lastly and most importantly- recognize the distraction and take drastic action.
   -For me its Nexflix. I’ll just watch this one episode of “this show” and then do it. My breakthrough was not allowing myself to use my laptop in bed (since thats where the Nextflix watching occurred)
Hope this helps,
-C

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John, what happens if you are too use to having other people help keep you motivated and are starting new on your own?

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I recently wrote a blog on how to do well in college and I didn’t even think about talking about motivation as a factor in doing well until I read this blog.  All of this information is great!  I may update my blog or write another one on being motivated and how it can help you succeed in school, as well as in life.  This is a great source to reference.  Thanks for the article!

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I was going to write a lengthy and eloquent comment… but I’m just not motivated enough.

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Im mean keep.

Sorry but NOT helpful here… I am a CEO and get demotivated when the factorsi can not control become big hurdles… If you get what i mean… 

exactly… i need this article….  im losing my confidence and and lack of directions…

i also breakdown in tears…. i keep praying to god… plus this article helps me a lot….refresh my life…..

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I just wanted motivation to fry my hair, and my hairdryer is right next to me, half way through i realized i was a total douche and that i could have dryed my hair by now, infact i dont even know why im posting this. i probably could have dryed it twice… 

it’s really help me to start think to change my life

Really helpful and very well written. I agree with every word !

Thank You

I love finding your site, great ideas that I can use at this time…as I find my way back to full employment in a new field. 

This is some really useful advice. it is hard to gain motivation but i think this will work for me so thank you

This is some really useful advice. it is hard to gain motivation but i think this will work for me so thank you

Hello Mr. John i have a question. Are you still motivated or not by your own thought ? I have lose confidence. Ut i am not depressed at all. Only thing is i try to focus but i get distracted. I want to know about you more plese co-operate me. Can you give me your email? I want to conversate with you. If not then i will give mine, i.e. just_adjust_me@hotmail.com . Do mail me anyway thank you for the suggestion.

Hello Mr. John i have a question. Are you still motivated or not by your own thought ? I have lose confidence. Ut i am not depressed at all. Only thing is i try to focus but i get distracted. I want to know about you more plese co-operate me. Can you give me your email? I want to conversate with you. If not then i will give mine, i.e. just_adjust_me@hotmail.com . Do mail me anyway thank you for the suggestion.

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I like all the given points to stay motivated. I also feel that for certain goals, they were not meant to be achieved solo. So I enlist the help of other people in a group effort of some type in order to gain the group motivation, support as well as accountability. For certain goals, I find that especially the accountability that comes from others really helps make the difference to get motivated. In a good group environment, no single person wants to let down the others so this in turn pushes each person to do his or her part. As a result, everyone achieves their own goals thanks to the efforts of the entire group.

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One of the best articles I’ve ever read. Thank you so much. 

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nice…i am really demoralised today but after reading this feeling good

is there any kind of food or fruits that keep us motivated?

life changing ? yes it is. this article has so well touched me, it was really worth the time. i felt a lifting inside of me that is propeling me on how to be focus, set future goals, work towards it & achieve success. i will like to have updates & articles via my mail box. ‘soloflakky@yahoo.com, or via facebook/soloflakky. thanks.

Gr8 job man was very inspiring, looking forward to try your “advice” thank you

Gr8 job man was very inspiring, looking forward to try your “advice” thank you

Thanks a lot!!!! Really needed it right now!

great insight

I spend each morning reading and creating blogs.

Best way to get your brain and mind prepared for each day.

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very impressive, I was just looking out for why I am not active…even if aim is there.  Your explanation and action plan is simple and powerful!!!! Thanks a lot.

Nice tips mate. will try to use them in the future to help myself achieve my goals. 

wonderfully  motivating. Thanku  for  being  this timely 

Personal Coaching truly I think that people deserve the best out of life and can reach any goal that they set for themselves. My job as a life coach is to do one thing and that is to help you be your personal best. I work with clients in person. Together we establish what blocks or limitations you have, then decided on the appropriate tools and solutions that will give you an effective strategy for success. I coach people on every aspect of life and no matter if it is an acute problem, or an overview of your options in life, together we can find the answers to your life questions”
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Thanks  for the exciting information of how to be in line to fight and drive ourself for sucesss.. great

Thanks  for the exciting information of how to be in line to fight and drive ourself for sucesss.. great

thanku very very much .it,s realy nice .i like it .thanku for help .i,m very grateful to u

these all things remains in our minds,but we often forget these ……need to redefine with a positive feeling……be happy…

thank you, this will really help me 

thank for changing my way of thinking………..thank a lot…:)

i want to more thought to improve myself…and i’ll achieve my goal….thanxx:)

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Thanks… it is really useful article to me.

its really working, i would like to suggest the same to other peoples also

i m motivated.

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Impressive article. Thank you.

May u be blessed abundantly for good work that are doing to many people world wide carry on…

fresh i like it

i wasn’t motivated to read the entire thing..fail :L

[...] Education comes in many forms both formal and informal, and no one is better than the other. The exciting factor here is that technology allows for everyone to learn in a way that suits them, creating the stepping stones towards the development of individual learning pathways. Once the choice is made to make education a priority in your life, the opportunities are endless. Motivation moves us towards our goals. There are many factors that influence your motivation, both good and bad. Bad influence does not have to necessarily bad, it can be good, it just depends on how we apply it. Discovering the key factors that will enable you to develop your goals and develop a plan of action will only help you further your success. The website, Pick Your Brain, has a really good motivational article that talks self-motivation. http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-motivate-yourself/ [...]

Family and friends keeps me motivated always but family and friends won’t be there when you are at work. At work one thinks keeps me motivated it is when the company allows employees to visit social media. Our company also engages to monitoring tools: http://www.timedoctor.com/blog/2011/04/14/compare-screen-monitoring-software

In order to keep an eye on how we use our computer at work. It also reminded us that we should not abuse the privilege that our company has given us. In return us employee work even harder to do our work.

These tips were fantastic on how to motivate yourself. 

Very nice article, thanks for posting your ideas

great!

This is a lovely article…
It inspired me to get myself motivated.
I am expecting many more of this

i belive a very smart person has taken alot of time to come up with this studying about all the topics to which this refers and they obvioulsly spent alot of fucking time on this and should be proud for that and the feeling of seeling a book for127$ which is the real reason for writing this artical and you think we will love the person that wrote this that we will never know and we can improve our life if we read a book a (smart) person wrote but its all about choices and mind set all about how you yourself can think and put situations of life in order and keep moving to acheive more money! cause thats the biggest thing in the world to everyone and if it wasnt someone would have said all of this for free idk think im just saying shit idc but im just a normal ass kid didnt graduate and got lucky and got a good job at the moment but who knows how long idc i will find a way to be rich just like eveyone else in the world i have a car thats always broke and love to party and cant save money love a girl that feels the same but loves another more i guess but just obstical of life just do as you do and live for you and who you care most about anything is possibe if you belive that you cannot fail this i promise you, this is one of the first times i have ever written anything on the internet hope you enjoyed my writting of random thoughts

i belive a very smart person has taken alot of time to come up with this studying about all the topics to which this refers and they obvioulsly spent alot of fucking time on this and should be proud for that and the feeling of seeling a book for127$ which is the real reason for writing this artical and you think we will love the person that wrote this that we will never know and we can improve our life if we read a book a (smart) person wrote but its all about choices and mind set all about how you yourself can think and put situations of life in order and keep moving to acheive more money! cause thats the biggest thing in the world to everyone and if it wasnt someone would have said all of this for free idk think im just saying shit idc but im just a normal ass kid didnt graduate and got lucky and got a good job at the moment but who knows how long idc i will find a way to be rich just like eveyone else in the world i have a car thats always broke and love to party and cant save money love a girl that feels the same but loves another more i guess but just obstical of life just do as you do and live for you and who you care most about anything is possibe if you belive that you cannot fail this i promise you, this is one of the first times i have ever written anything on the internet hope you enjoyed my writting of random thoughts

i like it

nice article

I need this, thanks

I disagree. u know why? just becausI think lack of money is the why of motivationless and these are just articles about motivation

thanks
excellent article

Staying motivated is really hard, especially if the people around you keeps pulling you down.  It is important to always stand on guard and deal with things confidently.

Thank you this article really helps for me…

OMG …i cant belive i am that much motivated … this article actually will change my life …all what i felt from experences of failure,depression,lack of direction was like you said ..thanks for such a life changer article …….
and actually because we are starting a new year so it gonna be a new year with a new me ..
thanks

your article is very helpful, it made me realize a lot of things. thanks!

Was losing interest in my career but ur article gave a boost !

I am confident that in this moment, this “nowness” . I can conqueor my greatest
fear—and that is beleiving in myself. One day at a time.

i have a high ability but not motivated still not
and ofcourse no friends

i was verry much inspire with this article…nice..

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Really love this article..it’s true..yes many time I don’t know what I want ^_^. Thank you for nice article.Keep it up!.

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this is awsumm article,,most motivating article i hav ever read..incomparable,,you hav brilliantly explained the situation…hats off…you r the best,,,if i would be able to implement this thing in life,,,i will never forget your contribution…thanx a lot…i dont hav words to explain how your blog helping others,,,god bless u with everything…all happiness..:)

This has helped me a lot thank you.

This has helped me a lot thank you.

This has helped me a lot thank you.

This has helped me a lot thank you.

This has helped me a lot thank you.

This has helped me a lot thank you.

Don’t neglect the factors you as quickly when you owned. Treasure the factors you cannot get. Don’t quit the factors that belong for you and retain people lost factors in memory. gss3w43s%6

I can’t be bothered to read the whole thing. I’ve never found anything worth focusing on, everything is fleeting and ultimately pointless. I wish I’d be born rich, so I would be facing the hell of job searching for the 1’000’000 time.

*wouldn’t (can’t even keep focus on typing a paragraph)

Don’t get me wrong, I had 6-7 jobs in the last 2 years, they all been sh*t, so I can fake it for a short while, but life keeps dissapointing me and I walk out…

thank u pickthebrain.com …..im really grateful to read this article ….happiez

thank you for supperb article. & making me mentally strong & now i am ready to go forword withs this tips……..thanks a lot .

I needed that

thanks alot ,I really needed to read this ,
Very inspiring article 

We need this kind of article..Thanks a lot god bless !!

Practical and do-able points. Exactly what I needed to find.

great article

I am Mohammed Shahid from Indian , this is very motivated article to the actually need person. I am impress from this ..

Thanks a lot

All starting to make sense again… We forget how to control our most important thought process and do the opposite let it feed like you said and drain our energy.

thanks 4 dis article

good article this should help me a lot. Thanks.

thanks helped lots.:)

thanks helped lots.:)

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Greate Article! Thank you so much this really helped me!

Greate Article! Thank you so much this really helped me!

very helpful artical. I will always follow these steps

very helpful artical. I will always follow these steps

very helpful artical. I will always follow these steps

I feel more motivated already, could you add some instructions for the developing focus and direction parts? I found the instruction to write out strengths, successes and advantages great.

dear sir, iam nitin .potdar, aurangbad, india maharastra stat. and DME. Diploma mech engr, worked 20 yrs, now i left the company, now i am shortly opening my self no investment job as for technical and non technical persons who realy interested focus for future like me.My first step is to guide the people for 6 month free some creating, tachnical systems, give solution through divotion and then fulfill real requirements.
My question is that, previouly 1 and half month back i lost my confidance, after dec 2011 ,again i got full confidance with grace of matru and pitrue and god.

I want start the own job like this with through my visitin card.So kindly infom me. is it wright way for starting.

pl  let me know on my ph no 0770082102

great one

it really help

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No-one can really motivate you but yourself, although others can encourage you. So you hit two birds with one stone with your crystal clear article.
In a despondent mood after months of suffering perimenopausal stupors, I stumbled upon your article, managed to read it AND digest it (which alone is a feat these days).
After all those years of being a ‘let’s get up and do it’ kind of person, I was floored by successive disasters and bad luck and was ready to throw in the towel.
But I’ve listed things to be grateful for and past successes. What I really like is this line: The best way to bring success to yourself is to genuinely desire to create value for the rest of the world.
Gonna work on that!

wonderful article.

To be put in good use. I need to motivate myself into motivating others. THank you for the post

i agree with you .

what you said was very meaningful but you know for me im a 16 yr old boy who is just sick of being treated like crap and this article gave me an idea of how to do it but you what i say to that… easier said than done

Very good article, nicely framed and useful! Confidence, Focus, Direction…. those are the problems. Thank you.

What if its down to loosing interest in the prize. how do you tackle apthy that comes with Depression and alike. 

Excellent article!!

Hi, I’d just like to say thank you for posting this article.

I have been lacking motivation to do absolutely anything productive with regards to my education or career for the last 3-4 years and tonight was no different. I have an exam tommorow that I’ve already failed once and this isn’t due to a lack of intelligence, it’s a lack of any drive or motivation etc. Having already failed various exams in the past and the resit exams and having no luck in finding a job over the years I just feel as though the negative energy in my life is just spiralling out of control and so I’m here after a quick web search.

I’ve saved this article and will read it over and implement your suggestions until I get results.

I already feel so much more positive and feel like the happy guy I was 2-3 years ago…

Many thanks once again.

AMC

Very good article thankyou

Yes I agree you with you.I have motivation issues as well and I am at a crossroads in my life. I have never had much confidence in myself so it is amazing that I have got as far as I have. But I now want to go back to school and there are a lot of other things that I wish to achieve.This article has definitely helped

Yes I agree you with you.I have motivation issues as well and I am at a crossroads in my life. I have never had much confidence in myself so it is amazing that I have got as far as I have. But I now want to go back to school and there are a lot of other things that I wish to achieve.This article has definitely helped

Wow, I’ve been going through a major slump… was suppose to have my
site up months ago and have been lacking the drive to complete the
project. Then today I find this article and am so grateful you wrote it.
Thanks so much, very motivating.

i read this post long ago, but only now i *boom* how this can be so true, especially the last two! thankyou for the post ‘nd success!!

Here is it.. I have an important exami need to pass to learn M.d in collage I need to get 750+ score out of 800 i did this test tow months ago and I got 665 while I was expecting to get something like 700+ . Now I have another shot in tow months from now (this April) and it is my last shot !! And I’m not motivated like the last time can you help me to get motivated ? .

Please reply soon I don’t have alot of time! This exam called psychometry exam btw

thanks for this article lets see how do i do it tonight….

This article was definitely needed for me to work on me and do less focus on others negativity.  Negativity can zap all your energy, without you even knowing it.  I’m ready to focus on me again.   

Wise Words ! thx

This article came at the perfect time. I was so close to killing myself because I just didn’t have what it took to continue motivating me to live another day
Thanks bitch

This article came at the perfect time. I was so close to killing myself because I just didn’t have what it took to continue motivating me to live another day
Thanks bitch

Psychometry is for bitches kill yourself

Great article. You told exact points about motivation.

You bitch

You bitch

good article, I wish you had another section where people could comment because there are way too many depressed people leaving comments and that in itself is depressing , having made reading the article pretty much pointless. 

Cycles, whether positive or negative, are hypnosis. That’s right, you have a recording playing in your head that causes you to seek out the same set of circumstances and perform the same activities that will produce the same results. Since you are acting on a recording already, why not change it to a positive recording? Why not program yourself to make empowering changes in your life rather than repeating negative patterns?A millionaire is just as habit-driven as a person who is constantly broke. But, the millionaire has habits (actions resulting from mental recordings) that empower her, whereas the broke person has habits that consistently drain her resources. People in a successful marriage have communication habits that strengthen their bond, whereas people who find their “soul mate” year after year have habits that destroy the possibility of a long-term relationship. By the way, I think the concept of soul mates is wonderful, but when people meet their “soul mate” year after year or even month after month, that is NOT a soul mate, it’s evidence of a negative cycle.
 The whole life you live the whole life you learn new things,