5 Great Tips to Motivate Yourself

The key to accomplishing all of your goals is staying motivated. There are tasks that may not be your favorite, yet you find the motivation to complete even them because you know each task is equally important and can bring you closer to your goals. If you are having trouble getting your tasks done, then you may want to evaluate what keeps you motivated and what doesn’t. Understanding the factors that affect your productivity is crucial to making better results happen. 

Here are some tips that can motivate you to take control over your life.

●    Find the Good Reasons

Any task that you need to accomplish has a number of good reasons behind it. If you can’t see the good reasons, at first sight, take a few moments to analyze them – you will easily spot something good. Before you start any of your “difficult to complete” tasks, find the good reasons. They will bring your motivation back and will help you finish the task. Such reasons can be:

●     a step closer to your bigger goal;

●     a feeling of accomplishment;

●     personal gain;

●     a material reward.

●    Make It Fun

Attitude is everything. Different people may have opposite feelings towards one task: some will love it, others will hate it. That happens because some people find ways to make any task more fun and interesting to complete. You just need to look for ways of having fun and you will complete anything you want. Ask yourself questions like “How can I enjoy this task?” or “How to make this task fun?” and the answers will pop up immediately.

●    Prioritize Your Task List

Your to-do list will only work if you are regularly adding and completing your tasks. If you are constantly adding new tasks but you don’t have much time to complete them, your list may become overwhelming. Prioritize the task on your to-do list on urgency and importance. This will keep you focused on reaching your goals. 

●    Reward Yourself

Incentives are magnificent motivators. While businesses create value propositions to keep the consumers motivated to buy products and services, this strategy can be applied to every facet of your lifestyle. Identify each step to achieving your goals and set a reward for each step. As you reach each step, you will find yourself more motivated to achieve the other tasks. There are a variety of tools that you can use to motivate yourself to reach your goals, like wearable technology, productivity software, and mobile applications.

●    Laugh Out Loud

Laughing releases stress hormones and reharmonize our psychological and physiological states. It distances us from the fear of failure and shows us the insignificance of things. The professor of late positive psychology Rick Snyder used to say If you can’t laugh at yourself, you have missed the biggest joke of all, while the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, says that you don’t take yourself so goddamn seriously.