- You cannot always rely on others to encourage you, if you have positive friends who are always there when you need them then you are indeed lucky and very much in the minority. If you are lonely or have few friends when you face any difficulties in your life you must rely on your own motivation to get you through. Lack of self motivation at that time could lead to depression.
- You need self motivation to achieve because if you don’t encourage yourself to accept opportunity and challenge who will?
- To plan and find direction in your life
- To take up a new activity, hobby or challenge
- To be enthusiastic about life and living
- To have the courage to see things through despite setbacks or negative comments from others
This is not an exhaustive list because self motivation is so important in every aspect of your life. The very fact that you are here searching for answers and trying to improve yourself shows that you are motivated.
Do you lack self motivation ?
A True Example of How to Deal With Setbacks
Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb. He is said to have failed trying many many thousands of times before he finally got it right. He is a great example of how self motivation will keep you going through what most people would think of as failure. Instead of giving in after one of his many attempts didn’t work, he kept going and tried something different and eventually succeeded. You could say his persistence lit up the world! He would only have failed if he had stopped and given up. This is what he said about his experience after trying thousands of times without success:
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
How Can You Become Motivated?
Good question!
Here are some suggestions:
- Focus on what you really enjoy doing, maybe on something you want to take up or on a hobby you’ve always wanted to devote more time to. What’s stopping you? Think about giving it priority to start doing what you love doing.
- Make a list of things you’d like to improve on and how you’re going to do it
- Review all the successes you’ve enjoyed in every area of your life, totally forget any negatives, just positive successes here!
- Start an exercise program– force yourself to do it, it’ll make you feel much more positive.
- Contact a positive friend and have a chat.
- Read inspiring books that will help heal your mind and improve your attitude. I have put together a list of highly recommended self help booksI know will help you so take a look and order one or two – you’re going to find inspiration on every page!
Are you having a problem with your motivation?
Even the most positive of people sometimes face a situation where they lack motivation. This happens to us all because we all face the same or at least similar difficulties in life. True you may be affected more or less than others because you react differently to the challenges and setbacks which you face. It is your attitude and responses to life which dictate how you feel.
Abusive people lower your self esteem and put you down. If you live with an abusive person you are at a big disadvantage and may suffer very low confidence. The best advice is to get this abusive person out of your life, don’t accept abuse ever. If you absolutely can’t escape that person then you need great inner strength to stand up to it.
Self hypnosis is a wonderful way to improve your self motivation. Try this amazing self hypnosis download – Building your self esteem now! It really works!
You may have friends who are negative or who put you down. This shows they have a problem but the tragedy is these people suck you dry of positive energy and being with negative people can only sap your inner strengths. Chances are that any self motivation you have they will slowly destroy and bring you down to their level.
Poor self confidence may prevent you from being motivated and hold you back so why not build your self confidence now, so many people have been helped by these hypnosis downloads and the CD Trainer which you can order extra (this CD is perfect for maintaining and improving your confidence permanently and I have used it and recommend you get it – it’s worth every penny!) good luck!
How to Change Your Attitude and Become More Self Motivated
A reader sent me something that really made me realize there is one major change you need to make to your attitude towards life that will help you become much more self motivated. It is how you face the problems and challenges that are in front of you. What is your attitude towards life and the problems it throws at you?