Self Motivation Lacking?
Self motivation, is it really possible to overcome everything just by getting your head in the right place? I found this awesome video on YouTube that really demonstrates how we subconsciously restrict ourselves NOT to perform at our best!! Check it out and you’ll see how much more juice is in your tank if you’re really driven to perform!
I’m no psychologist and I don’t why we do this but I do know that it’s a fact and that one can make a choice to overcome the syndrome! I attended a seminar with Dani Johnson once and she demonstrated this to us as well.
At the beginning of the seminar she asked us all to write down our names on a sticky post-it paper and to stick them as high as we possibly could on the wall. Of course, at this point we had no idea why we were doing this. She just told us to make sure we each placed our post-it as high as we could. It became real competitive and we were all pretty happy with our achievements.
Anyway, the seminar continued and much later in the day we came to this subject of why we don’t perform at our best first up. She then set about proving this to us and challenged us all to place a second post-it higher up the wall than our first. It was amazing. There was not one single person out of hundreds of us who wasn’t able to beat their first effort and most people beat it by a very long way!!
Once you are aware of this syndrome you can challenge yourself on a daily basis goal setting to perform way above normal levels. It really is a matter of deciding to succeed and outperforming yourself!!
Goal setting and aiming high are very important but at the same time realize that success is a journey and not just a final destination. You need to be setting mini goals and rewards for yourself all along the way. You also need to be enjoying the journey and having FUN. Life is for living and enjoying each and every day. By working efficiently and consistently you can achieve all your goals without sacrificing time with your family and friends and still enjoy whatever blows your hair back on a daily basis!
Dream boards of your ultimate goal are great but, to be brutally honest, looking at pictures of where you want to be is NOT going to make those dreams become a reality! If you’re going to achieve those dreams you need to lay out what actually has to be DONE on a daily basis and DO IT!! Consistent daily action to reach realistic targets is what will get you to your final destination. Your dream board is there to remind you to TAKE ACTION – Not Dream!!
You will be amazed at how far you get by just slowly chipping away at something. In fact, sometimes looking at the entire challenge ahead of you makes it seem virtually impossible and you’re better off just focusing on the next little step right ahead of you! Ask a serious mountain climber! Firstly, you never get to the top by just staring at the summit from the bottom! You get there by breaking it down into several legs with very careful route planning. Then each leg is further broken down into smaller climb sections. Time goals are set to make sure you reach where you need to be by nightfall and you reward yourself with breathers, food, water and sleep along the way. While climbing, you forget the whole mountain and only focus on the small section right ahead. As the going gets tough you end up setting your own little mini goals that might only be few meters or just one hand hold ahead. In the end, you conquer that mountain literally one step at a time with a resolve to never, ever give up and the same goes for building your online business!
I hope this helps a little with your game plan!
To Your Total Success
Rory S White





