10 Simple Ways to Motivate Yourself - Part1

 

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There  are some days or sometimes you feel less than motivated. This can lead  you to not accomplishing task or goals set for the day or that period.  When you are feeling lazy and unmotivated, you might need some practical  solutions that solve that universal motivation problem. Below are 25 of  the best solutions and if you try some of them, you will find few that  will work really well for you and get you pumped up.

1) Make a perfect deal with yourself.

 

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Set  goals and plans. Make the targeted goals achievable and strive to  accomplish them. This makes you overcome procrastination and helps you  get things done. The deals can be a simple treat after accomplishing a  certain task like: "I will watch a movie after I have done my reports."

2) Act like it.

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When you are not feeling enthusiastic, uplifted or motivated, acting like you are will get your moods up.
The  greatest way to achieve something is to first believe you can do it.  Believing that you are motivated will actually get you feeling motivated  and enthusiastic for real after only a few minutes.

3) Asking yourself uplifting questions early in the morning.

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A  great day can be determined by how you start your morning. Asking  yourself worthy questions about your life, career and relationships can  get you fired up for the day, working hard to achieve the best of them.  Asking yourself these 5 three-part questions will help you get your  motivation up:

What in my life that ____now?
What makes me _______about it ?
How does it really make me feel?

You can put your own values there. It can be happy, cheerful, excited, achieving, and many more.
These  questions are bound to derive positive answers from you. The answers  may vary from all the great things to happen in your life, to even the  smallest things that you might be taking for granted. They also prepare  you for your future.

4) Move the goalposts and target. 

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One  way of motivating yourself is setting a specific and large goal. This  large goal motivates you more than setting many small goals. With big  goals, there is a big effect which creates more motivation. When you  achieve your specific goal, set a new larger goal. That way your  motivation never drains away.

5) Do something small & start a flow.

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Whichever  task(s) you need to accomplish, the important thing is to start them.  Doing something small can create a flow that will get you set for all  the other remaining tasks. After finishing any first small task that you  chose, you became ready and alert for the next tasks. Getting started  on any small task will have you motivated to conquer the rest.

6) Start with the toughest task.

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Getting  the toughest task out of your way early will ease your worries and your  self-confidence will be soaring. Tackling the hardest task gives you  morale and motivation to tackle the other not-so-tough tasks of through  day.


7) Always start slowly.

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Starting  at a slow pace has a great effect on your mind has it will visualize  that task as not a hard one. With a slow pace, you are able to see  problems more clearly and view tasks as manageable. You get to figure  solutions and ways to accomplish tasks perfectly and more clearly. Even  with enormous tasks, starting slowly is better than not starting at all.

8) Comparing yourself.

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The  only person you should compare yourself with is YOURSELF. Don't compare  yourself with others. Focus on yourself and not others. You review your  results in the past and what you have achieved now. You can be able to  see where you might have gone wrong previously and avoid repeating it in  the future. You can also see your improvement from the years past. This  is certified to motivate you to to continue improving.
Comparing  yourself to others can get you down and affect your motivation. In  life, there are always going to be people ahead. But if you focus on you  and work to be better than you were yesterday.

9) Remember your successes. 

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The  saying goes: "It's always good to look into the past, but don't stare."  When reflecting on your past, concentrate on successes rather than your  failures. Successes keep you motivated to achieve more in life. Write  them down and enjoy them. But don't dwell on them so much you forget the  future. Let them act as a launching pad for more successes rather than a  destination point.

10) Act as your role models and heroes.

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The  only way you are going to learn about them is if you read their books  and books about them, listen to tapes and recordings of them and watch  them. Discover their journeys and what they did to overcome obstacles  they faced. Get challenged to become more like them or even better. This  will definitely motivate you. Get inspired by them and work to inspire  too.

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