What Is Motivation?
I know enough about myself through time and self exploration to know why I have chosen to do this; I love to write, I have information that others can use, and it is important to me to give that information so that others can be helped by it. So again, the “why” came about rather easily as the dream took shape in my mind. I choose to do this for a certain reason; others will choose their paths for other reasons. For instance what if you are the type of person who wants to generate sales, or you are the person wanting to create something new or make a new scientific discovery, and you are reading this book? Whatever you want, this is where you start in figuring out the how and why of your dream: Attitude, motivation, and goal setting. Let’s get you motivated to make your dream(s) become a reality; let me guide you through some proven methods and strategies to propel you into greatness!
First we must answer the question: What is Motivation? The short answer is “Motivation is Goal Setting”. At the beginning of this book we looked at an idea of successful people and how they got that way; it was because they were motivated to do something. However, even highly motivated individuals need to be able to see where they are going, so they create short and long term goals to see the road ahead. We will be going into much more detail later in the book about exactly what goal setting looks like, but for now, you just need to know that motivation begins with goal setting and ends with accomplishing those goals, each one in its turn. Actually, once you become an expert goal-setter, you never seem to quit setting and achieving new goals. That is the momentum I am talking about that propels you forward. Every time you reach a new goal, you feel empowered and successful and become more and more convinced of your abilities to create bigger and better goals to improve your life. So I can’t really say that goal-setting ends with reaching a goal because that is usually just a pause in the road to a new goal. You will be, and probably have already been, excited to continue doing something after you have reached a halfway point of a project and you can begin to see the way it will look upon completion. Each step that takes you closer is simply a goal along the way. A step forward toward something specific is a goal, and a goal is a step forward that has been planned as part of the whole. In a little while you will be writing your dream, your wish, your goal ~ I always call this a continuing work-in-progress, a living document that adjusts and transforms because you should always want to improve your life, always have dreams that grow and change with the situations that grow and change in your life.
What Is Motivation?
I know enough about myself through time and self exploration to know why I have chosen to do this; I love to write, I have information that others can use, and it is important to me to give that information so that others can be helped by it. So again, the “why” came about rather easily as the dream took shape in my mind. I choose to do this for a certain reason; others will choose their paths for other reasons. For instance what if you are the type of person who wants to generate sales, or you are the person wanting to create something new or make a new scientific discovery, and you are reading this book? Whatever you want, this is where you start in figuring out the how and why of your dream: Attitude, motivation, and goal setting. Let’s get you motivated to make your dream(s) become a reality; let me guide you through some proven methods and strategies to propel you into greatness!
First we must answer the question: What is Motivation? The short answer is “Motivation is Goal Setting”. At the beginning of this book we looked at an idea of successful people and how they got that way; it was because they were motivated to do something. However, even highly motivated individuals need to be able to see where they are going, so they create short and long term goals to see the road ahead. We will be going into much more detail later in the book about exactly what goal setting looks like, but for now, you just need to know that motivation begins with goal setting and ends with accomplishing those goals, each one in its turn. Actually, once you become an expert goal-setter, you never seem to quit setting and achieving new goals. That is the momentum I am talking about that propels you forward. Every time you reach a new goal, you feel empowered and successful and become more and more convinced of your abilities to create bigger and better goals to improve your life. So I can’t really say that goal-setting ends with reaching a goal because that is usually just a pause in the road to a new goal. You will be, and probably have already been, excited to continue doing something after you have reached a halfway point of a project and you can begin to see the way it will look upon completion. Each step that takes you closer is simply a goal along the way. A step forward toward something specific is a goal, and a goal is a step forward that has been planned as part of the whole. In a little while you will be writing your dream, your wish, your goal ~ I always call this a continuing work-in-progress, a living document that adjusts and transforms because you should always want to improve your life, always have dreams that grow and change with the situations that grow and change in your life.
~Attitude is the beginning ~ Attitude is the middle ~ Attitude is the end~
We will talk about specific strategies in goal setting but there can’t or won’t be any real goal setting or motivation without the right attitude. If your attitude focuses on the negative side and you believe that no matter where you look, bad things are happening and nothing good can come out of anything, you will have to work even harder to change your way of thinking. But it can be done if you want it badly enough; I did want it and I did change it, and now I am able to try to help you with the same endeavor. I can give you information, ideas, strategies, and tools but the ultimate decisions are yours to make and carry out. You control your attitude, it is your responsibility, you own your individual self-fulfilling decisions, and you make it happen, or not!
So where do you get this new attitude? You get it the same place the rest of us did, you learn it, you put it into practice, and you accept the fact that you own your attitude and the triumphs and disappointments of your life belong only to you based on choices only you can make.
Here are some tips to help develop a more positive attitude:
- Don’t worry about things out of your control. If you make a list of all your concerns, you’ll most likely find that you have little control over them. Stop wasting energy worrying about things that may not happen!
- Change the way you think. Every time you think of something negative, immediately write down three positives about the person, place or situation. You can train yourself to have a more positive outlook…
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