Ability to do what needs to be done, without influence from
other people or situations. People with self motivation can find a reason and
strength to complete a task, even when challenging, without giving up or
needing another to encourage them.
Be proud of who
you are and not
Ashamed of how
other see you.
10 steps for self- Motivation:
v Determine Goals:
Goal setting
is a process that starts with careful consideration of what you want to
achieve, and ends with a lot of hard work to actually do it. In between there
are some very well defined steps that transcend the specifics of each goal.
Knowing these steps will allow you to formulate goals that you can accomplish.
v Maintain a positive attitude:
A positive attitude can impact every aspect of your life. People
who maintain a positive approach to life situations and challenges will be able
to move forward more constructively than those who become stuck in a negative
attitude. Your mental and physical health can be improved by learning how to
hold a positive state of mind.
v Leave personal problem:
Personal issues can be so consuming that it is often difficult
to keep them separate from your work time. You spend most of your time at work,
so how is it possible to pull yourself out of a personal issue that may be
stressful and sometimes even traumatic? Whether it is a minor family concern or
something more serious, there are steps you can take to keep your personal life
private at work so that it does not negatively affect or jeopardize your job.
v Upgrade your knowledge and skills:
If you’re career minded and driven to succeed, you understand
the importance of continually increasing your knowledge and skills. Ongoing
training and education can boost your career growth and unlock your full
potential. In this article, we encourage you to increase your knowledge and
skills by focusing on three key areas.
1. Industry skills:
Increased Industry skills and knowledge give you the capacity to
work as a professional in your chosen industry.
2. Jobs skills:
Job skills are specific to your current role.
3. Transferable skills:
Transferable skills are useful in every life situation.
Communication, teamwork, negotiation and problem solving are examples of
transferable skills. Depending on your personality, some of these skills will
be your natural strengths; others will be weaknesses.
v Be Passionate:
The
combination of passion and energy is stronger than academic prowess alone. Are
you academically talented and passionate at the same time? If you are, you are
obviously in a really strong position.
Think of how
you react when you meet someone who is enthusiastic, energetic, informed, and
excited. They are contagious, and you remember that person better than someone
who is quiet and timid. The energy you bring to the table and leave in the room
becomes part of your business image, your business card.
v Decrease or eliminate energy drains:
You may be
able to handle an occasional stressful event, but when it happens repeatedly,
the effects compound over time and can have negative effects on your health.
Long-term, stress has been shown to cause heart disease, ulcers, high blood
pressure and low immunity.
You either
reduce stress with energy deposits or increase stress with energy drains. Some
people expose themselves to constant energy drains. To reduce stress, you must
seek to minimize things that sap your energy:
1.
Time commitments
2.
Chronic worrying
3.
Interpersonal conflicts
v Practice self-talk:
Self-talk
can have a really great impact on your self-esteem and confidence. There is
positive and negative self-talk and they both have an impact on how you feel.
There are a few ways you can develop better self-talk including just listening
to what you’re saying to yourself each day. It’s worth practicing self-talk as
feeling good about yourself is worth the effort.
v Confront challenger and fear:
The
challenger is an individual whose focus is to hold us accountable to what we
desire to create. They help us to hold a single point focus. They help bring
the focus of our attention and awareness back to our desired focus when we either
become distracted or when fear and/or an obstacle arise. The Challenger asks
the hard questions each must ask to see clarity in our life.
The three
issues we usually face in our creative endeavors are distraction from our
external world, fear and obstacles in the path. The challenger pulls our focus
from the mundane world back to our heart and what we desire to create. The
challenge us to obtain clarity and the then challenge us to hold focus. More
often than not they appear annoying for their challenge arises as we gain
interest in the mundane world. Yet, they are only doing us a favor in not
allowing us to be distracted.
v Meditation:
Meditation
can be a great way to relax and de-stress. It's also used to create emotional
and spiritual well-being. But for some people, meditation seems like effort and
just one more thing to fit into an already jam-packed day. Ironically, this
thinking is precisely what meditation aims to calm, so finding that space for
it will actually help reduce your sense of busyness, rather than heighten it.
v Acknowledge and reward success:
Rewards
create a feeling of doing something you want to do, not just what you’re forcing
yourself to do. Even the smallest of rewards can work wonders as you travel
from milestone to milestone, pound to pound, and mile to mile.
10 steps to esteem your self:
ü Know your-self
ü Understand what makes you feel great
ü Recognize thing that get you down.
ü Set goals to achieve what you want
ü Develop trusting friendships that make you feel good.
ü Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
ü Stand up for your beliefs & values.
ü Helps someone else.
ü Take responsibility for your own actions.
ü Take good care of yourself.
Do something today that your future self
Will thank you for.
