Nicki Leavens

The 6 Best Ways To Motivate Your Life and Stay Motivated



Posted: Monday, February 22, 2010

by Nicki Leavens

What do you hope to achieve in your life? What motivates you? Do you enjoy the quite satisfaction of a job well done, or would you rather have the glory and the money? If you feel you are lacking in enthusiasm these days, and are looking for ways to power your engine and achieve all you desire, then read on.

1. Sign up for a class or hobby that makes you feel contented. If you want to go bird watching or learn how to cross stitch, do it. If friends and family scoff at your intentions ignore them. Once they see how happier you have become they may have second thoughts. Even if they don't, you would have made new friends anyway.

2. Make sure you are in the right job. Ask yourself, are you working in the field you are in because are drawn to it, or because it is expected of you? Many people choose a job because it pays a high salary and has a respectable status. People, who do this, may be respected, but they hiding a miserable existence.

3. Stop showing off. If you bask in the attention when you have finished a job well done, that is great, but can you do the job that well all the time? We can cope better with setbacks if we can learn by our mistakes rather than moaning about them. If we can treat failures as a learning curve rather than incompetence, then we can focus on improving our performance and become more skilful than we were before.

4. Be realistic. A friend of mine watched Kelly Holmes bring home 2 Gold medals. She thought that because they were the same age, she was in with a chance of running for Gold herself. Since a jog to the biscuit tin is her idea of exercise, this was never going to happen. If the nature of the goal you are working towards is too hard you will give up. If it is too easy or you have not made a set plan to work with, you will lose the motivation to stick with it. If you want to lose weight, fine. You will need a target weight to work towards. A date you want to lose the weight by, and knowledge of how you can lose the weight.

5. Visualisation. Ok, so you are in the right job, you have picked the right hobby and you have stopped showing off. Now what. By now you should have a goal you are working towards. Find a peaceful moment when you are on your own. Close your eyes and imagine yourself achieving that goal. What are the surroundings? What can you hear? Watch yourself for a moment and imagine you really are having that experience. Notice how you are feeling.

6. Encouragement and support. Once you have found something worth working for and you are on track, improving all the time with that little bit of extra effort, you want people to notice, right? If you have boosted sales at work it is nice for your boss to notice. If the cross-stitching is improving and the designs you choose are more complex, I bet you cannot wait to show your friends. When constructive feedback is not provided, motivation is often weakened. So if you are not getting it, ask for it.

Nicki Leavens works in the leisure industry as a swimming teacher and personal trainer. Nicki's aim is to help people get into shape by showing them how to live a full and healthy lifestyle. Nicki is now training to be a counsellor. She lives alone and spirituality and the angels are close to her heart. Recently, Nicki has just finished a Children's book about a child and her relationship with her Guardian Angel.

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» left by Terence Tam
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Simple yet very helpful article you have. Thank you for sharing it with us. I'll keep a copy of the list myself!
 
Thanks,
 
Terence
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