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5 Reasons People Lose Motivation

Driving yourself to complete goals takes work and success can often seem a distant idea if you get into the wrong mindset. Losing your path means losing your motivation and missing on that success so it is essential to be aware of potential pitfalls that could distract you. Here are five of those pitfalls for you to consider and navigate past to avoid losing your motivation.

1. Tired of old mental roadmaps

Doing the same routine over and over again can cause disillusion within a person and can make a previously challenging or worthwhile task into a daily slog. Change this mindset by actively building new roadmaps. Think about how you can do your work differently or more effectively to reach your goals and keep your motivation high. A challenged mind is always more engaged than a stagnant one!

2. Losing your purpose

Every goal is started with a purpose, a reason for why you are taking the time to do what you do. Disregarding why you started a goal is a sure-fire Driving yourself to complete goals takes work and success can often seem a distant idea if you get into the wrong mindset. Losing your path means losing your motivation and missing on that success so it is essential to be aware of potential pitfalls that could distract you. Here are five of those pitfalls for you to consider and navigate past to avoid losing your motivation. Remember everything you’ve done to get to where you are at today and why your goals will drive you to the next level. When things get tough, don’t forget what sparked the fire within you. Remind yourself why you started down this path.

3. Straying from passion

Being in the moment and enjoyably engaged in the experience for any subject is critical to keeping your goals moving. You have to want to be involved and enrolled in what you are doing for ongoing motivation to be present. Having a task or purpose that needs completion but you lack passion within can be stressful. You can change how the situation occurs to you and gain a new perspective. Finding ways to tie your passion to everything you do effectively can change your life and help alleviate issues with motivation.

4. Setting unrealistic goals

Making sure you have attainable goals can also be beneficial to keeping motivation. The key is to make sure your goals are clear and concise. The result should be well planned. Also, don’t overextend yourself by setting too many goals. By creating a clear plan for what your goals are and how they are measured and making sure you have the resources to do what you are setting up, you can avoid unrealistic goals and the loss of motivation that comes from them.

5. Lack of patience

Psychology Today wrote in an article “The seven laws of impatience” about how we can empower ourselves to ask the right questions when we find ourselves growing impatient:

What is my goal?
How much did I think it was going to cost to reach this goal?
Are there additional costs I’m now aware of?
Am I blaming others for these extra costs?
Is it truly their fault?
Is it worth taking on even more costs just to teach them a lesson?
Do I have too many options?
Should I find a way to limit my exposure to new options?
Are there ways to reduce the costs of reaching this goal?
Is it time to abandon this goal?

These are all questions you should ask yourself when you feel your patience strained. Completing a goal is only possible if you have the patience to see it through!

As discussed, there are a multitude of reasons that one loses their motivation, but in the end, your ability to ask yourself the right questions and create a plan can overcome obstacles and keep you moving forward on your goals to completion.

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The Power of Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation is a powerful tool that can influence how we get things done. Having self-motivation means confidence and lacking it leads to procrastination and possibly not accomplishing your goals. How do you make sure you harness the power of motivation?

Self-Motivation Begins From The Inside Out

First, start with yourself and discover what your internal mindset. What is your idea of having and gaining motivation to accomplish your goals? Self-motivation helps empower you with the idea. It ignites the feeling you get when achieving your goals through competent actions. It also shows the consequences that can come from failing to follow your choices to an end.

However, what you do proves your beliefs and beliefs drive what a person does so make sure you are living into your goals by making them valuable and the consequences of failure real and measurable.

The Psychology of Self-Motivation

There is a sense of empowerment when developing your goals, but how do you get to that stage of empowerment?

According to Scott Geller, Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, there are three questions you can ask yourself to help you feel empowered and motivated. But can you do it? Will it work? Is it worth it? If the answer to those questions is yes, it will cause a feeling of competence at doing worthwhile work. Scott Geller believes this makes you more likely to be self-motivated and complete your goals.

First, it’s all in your view of the world and how you see it. Sometimes, you may forget that you have a choice in what you do. Knowing you have a choice and exercising it can cause you to feel more self-motivated. Understanding the consequences that come from that choice also drives our motivation. Without effect, there is no real reason to push yourself to completion. The combination of decisions we make and their consequences are what help drive our desire to be motivated to do what we want and take it to a conclusion.

Self-Motivation Works Better With Friends

Self-motivation isn’t a partnerless idea! But, social support is critical to successful self-motivation. People who have a sense of connection with others tend to feel more motivated and happier. Whenever you get overwhelmed, break it down and ask for feedback. Think about what you can do now that can help you accomplish your goal and keep your motivations. Finally, bounce those ideas off of others to see what they think and gather their opinions. All this data can help you with your motivation by showing you other choices and consequences you may not be aware existed.

These tools can help you find the right path for your goals and maintain your self-motivation to see the completion of any goals you plan to achieve!

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Exercises of Gratitude

Expressing gratitude for the great things in your life should be done on a daily basis. Your ability to positively influence someone’s day is a powerful one. Through gratitude, you can truly show someone you care and appreciate them. Here are three ways to exercise your gratitude within the world!

The Daily Three

Assessing how the day went before you go to bed can help you gain insight and gratitude for others, yourself and your daily actions. Think of one example for each of the following questions:

1. What do I appreciate most about myself today?
2. Who is one person that positively influenced my day?
3. What was the best thing to happen to me today?

Thinking about the positivity within each day allows you to create an aura of gratefulness that follows you, positive people and situations that are worthy of gratitude every day. The next day, express your thanks to the person who you felt positively influenced the day before. This action can create a ripple of positivity that infects the person you thank and others they affect. Your words and actions have powerful meaning and can have amazing and inspiring results

Gratitude Walk

Walking is not only a healthy activity, but it is also a great way to clear your mind and decrease stress. When you go outside and walk with a mindset of gratitude, you will see things differently. Use your surroundings to remember the small things that you’re thankful for and honestly take the time to slow down and appreciate all that is around you

Gratitude Letter

Think about someone who you are thankful for and the things they do that make you feel incredibly grateful. Handwrite a letter detailing these things and why you value that person. Be specific but make sure you don’t make it too long. Describe how it influenced you and how you remember how they made you feel. Once written, determine how you want to deliver it. Hand-delivered can be a great option but since that is not always an option, mailing them can also be useful.

By sending this letter, you will connect and show someone who has influenced you positively that their efforts mattered to you. This personal and meaningful message can make a good friendship into an amazing one as you showing vulnerability in thanking someone and making them feel valued can create an even stronger bond between you both.

Trying these different exercises of gratitude can help you to not only show appreciation for others but take some for yourself and everything you do to influence positivity within your universe.

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