This document discusses motivations for migrating to a new country. It explains that while motives like escaping cold weather or traffic jams in one's home country can motivate leaving, they do not provide goals or purpose in the new country. The key is to identify positive motives focused on opportunities in the new country, such as enjoying warmer weather or having more opportunities for one's family. Developing clear, positive motives in writing and keeping them visible can help migrants stay motivated, especially when facing challenges after the initial excitement wears off.

1. Migration Motivators
So What's Your Motive for Migrating?
Being motivated and having clear goals will certainly help you on your way to being successful in
your new life in Australia. The only trouble is when it comes to identifying our motives we seem to
get a little confused and tend to look back at what we want to escape from as opposed to the future
and a new life.
You really need to be setting yourself more positive motives' looking back at what you are leaving is
a little negative. To understand what I mean by a positive and a negative motive take a look at the
reasons below, which have been given as motives for migrating.
o I want escape the cold weather
o It's too expensive to live here
o I hate the English summer
o Its just to crowded
o I hate the traffic jams
o This country has so few opportunities for my family
Some of them may sound familiar to you and I have to admit some of the motives I can sympathise
with as they went through my mind before I migrated. However, if you look carefully at the motives
above they are not really reasons to migrate to Australia or anywhere else for that matter. They are,
in fact, simply reasons for leaving your present country. You are motivating yourself to leave your
home but they give you nothing to aim for in the future.
Many migrants flounder when they arrive in their new country after the holiday mood wears off.
They feel a little lost because they have no real goal to aim for in their new country. The trick is to
turn your motives around, start to look at what you want to achieve in your new life rather than what
you are escaping from in your present one. Change them round so they create a positive impression
of your new country like these:
o In Australia I will enjoy a warmer climate
o Australia has lots of opportunities for my family
o In Australia I will have a larger home and more space for my family
These are just examples. but believe me, you will find this exercise one of the most rewarding ones
you do and if answered honestly it will be your most powerful ally when the going gets tough. Write
your positive motives for migrating down on paper. Maybe add a picture of your new country or
maybe your dream home for more impact then put it somewhere where you can see it.
Migration is a once in a life time achievement, the ones who it achieve are so lucky to have that

2. opportunity so be positive and grab yours!
Nick Jay
A life coach who specialises in helping migrants achieve their dreams.
Migrationcoach
www.migrationcoach.com
Author's Bio:
A fully qualified trained teacher Nick has a colourful career history stretching back some 30 years.
His early career saw him successfully working his way through the management ladder for major UK
high street retailers. Later he progressed into a highly successful spell in management for a major
direct sales company. Not surprisingly Nick then used his extensive business experience set up his
own Retail stores.
Nick is an independent thinker, who lives his life by his own high standards and is never afraid to
change or take a risk. In 1995 Nick returned to college to forge a new career as a Lecturer. In 2006,
which Nick describes as his biggest adventure yet, he and his family decided to set up a new life in
Australia.
Nick is certainly an expert on changing lifestyles having successfully migrated to Australia he has
also moved home 20 times in the last 30 years and had to deal with four major career changes. Nick
is a person who thrives on change and personal development. His mission is to help migrants with
their decision to migrate or relocate. Coaching at this stage can help clients gain clarification of
what they want from life ensuring the decision to migrate is the right decision for them.
Further coaching and support is also available for clients during the application for a visa and when
the client moves to start living their new life. Each stage will pose a different set of problems but
Nicks experience has allowed him to develop simple and effective strategies to help the clients gain
understanding and clarity of their situation allowing them to move on with their new life