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Brain Switch: How To Creatively Keep Your Fitness Resolutions

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Erin Falconer

April is about the time New Year’s resolutions dissolve and gyms become less crowded again. It’s not that folks have lost their desire to trim pounds or increase their level of fitness. For some, it’s simply a motivation problem. They want to continue, but just can’t seem to make the time amidst competing demands. But for others, they just don’t enjoy exercise. I once watched a woman jogging whose scrunched up face displayed a combination of irritation and defeat. She wasn’t enjoying herself, but felt compelled to continue. So it’s no surprise that keeping our fitness habits going is difficult. Any activity that isn’t innately enjoyable quickly becomes drudgery and nearly impossible to maintain. Continue reading →

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5 Ways To Slay The Un-Motivation Demon

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Erin Falconer

Are you having a hard time getting motivated? Know what you want to do, but it’s a challenge kicking yourself in the butt to get up and do it?

You’re being haunted by the un-motivation demon. Fortunately, there are 5 ways to slay it. Continue reading →

Having Consistent Motivation for Your Projects

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Erin Falconer

Have you ever started off a project feeling really enthusiastic about it – perhaps even to the point that you were losing sleep? Whether it was a new business direction, or book, or piece of art, or home improvement, or diet … it had you gripped. In the early stages, you found yourself thinking about it in the shower, jotting down ideas in the evening, wondering “what if…” Continue reading →

How To Develop Motivation in Your Everyday Life

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Erin Falconer

A motivational article. Personal development, maximizing your potential, goals setting, motivating yourself for the better – these are some of the inter-related things that you need to work on as an individual. Here, we will set our sights on the many ways that you can develop motivation in life. Continue reading →

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: Which Do You Need?

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Erin Falconer

A comprehensive explanation of different types of motivation.

You know what it’s like to feel unmotivated. You sit and stare at your to-do list, and nothing on it inspires you at all. It’s just a string of tasks that you wish you didn’t have to do. Simply getting started seems to take an unfathomable amount of effort.

Yet, you don’t always feel that way. You know what motivation feels like, too. You have times when you can’t wait to get started on something – a much-anticipated trip, a big project that you’ve been looking forward to sinking your teeth into, a new course that you’re taking, or a job which is going to be so satisfying when it’s done. Continue reading →

Change

Change – Here’s How!

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Erin Falconer

How to motivate to Change your life! Nobody said change was easy. That’s why most people don’t do it. But there is a deeper reason behind why it is hard that if understood, will lead you to take action that will bring you new habits and sustainable results. Continue reading →