Motivated to Take Action

There are two basic types of motivation, each of which can overlap with the other. One is the fear of something terrible happening, and the other is the desire for, or reaching out to, something great happening in your life.

However, within this context of fear and desire, there are three other types of motivation: emotional, mental and social.

Firstly, how can you motivate yourself emotionally to take action, get working through your plan? Obviously, you can feel how bad you'll feel if you don't get started and complete the plan. Remember a time when you've felt bad like that before. This is what you want to avoid at all costs.

In contrast, remember a time you fulfilled, even in the smallest action, something you promised yourself you'd do. You want to repeat that by taking action now.

Secondly, how can you motivate yourself mentally? Simply ignore or delete negative thoughts and generate lots of positive thoughts. Tell yourself how well you're doing, accept any slight praise from others, and have a tick list to tick off things you get done. As soon as you have a negative thought, say something like, "Delete that negative program", and replace it with something positive.

Thirdly, how can you motivate yourself socially? Ignore any and all negative comments, as if they had not occurred. Fully accept the slightest positive comment or praise. Another thing is to tell someone you trust what you are doing, in detail or not. On the other hand, keep your dreams to yourself so you can nurture and grow them.

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