How to motivate oneself?
Have you ever wondered what is motivation? What elements compose it?
Why do some people seem to have a lot of motivation and enthusiasm while others struggle each day to get a small ration?
Motivation is literally the desire to do things. It's the difference between continuing to fight with your alarm clock or getting up 20 minutes earlier than you've done for the last 5 years to run a workout before going to work.
And it's also the difference between dedicating time to reading a good book or watching several instructional videos on the Internet, against sitting down to chat and surfing the internet for two or three hours without meaning.
Motivation is important because it is the impulse you need to learn, practice and perfect, skills, routines or tasks that can impact your life positively.
So this is the formula that you are going to apply to maintain a good level of motivation: autonomy + value + skill = motivation.
Let's quickly see the 3 techniques you are going to use to transform your motivation into action.
Let's quickly see the 3 techniques you are going to use to transform your motivation into action.
• #1 technique. Look for your autonomy.
I know you decide. You're the one with the last word.
To achieve autonomy seek within you that inspires you, not your parents tell you or authority, but within you what is it that drives you?
• #2 technique. Find the value.
Find what is valuable to you.
Many students, for example, feel that mathematics does not serve them in real life. But they are not considering how much it really benefits them, practicing logical thinking and discipline to learn how to apply their deep thinking ability to solve complex problems.
• #3 technique. Recognize your skill.
The martial arts have a belt system that begins with the target for the person who is starting and then progress in hue to yellow, green and other strong colors to reach the black belt representing an expert.
Unfortunately other activities that we do, do not have this system so clear to measure your progress. Because of this you have to pay a lot of attention to recognize when you are improving your skills or skills because this recognition will make you feel more and more motivated to continue practicing and advancing in the domain of the area or the skills you want Develop.
Bill Gates said:
Most people overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade.