This document provides tips for increasing motivation. It begins by explaining that motivation is something everyone seeks to feel more of in order to achieve goals. It then outlines several steps to build motivation: 1) Take a self-assessment to understand your values and desires to identify what truly motivates you. 2) Set goals using the SMART method to shape your routine towards your ambitions. 3) Invest in self-development through learning to value yourself more. 4) Identify and remove limiting beliefs that discourage action and replace them with positive beliefs. Understanding one's drives and working to overcome obstacles is key to cultivating self-motivation.
2. What is motivation?
Motivation is one of the most
spoken words in our daily
lives. Everyone wants to feel
more motivated and full of
energy to achieve their goals
and dreams, whether
personal or professional.
3. How to increase your
motivation?
Are YOU acknowledging your daily life in these
descriptions of the impacts of lack of motivation?
So, it's a warning sign to try to improve that aspect of
your life.
But where to start?
Below, we've listed some habits that are all there to
help! However, focus on that word: habits.
What do we mean?
Well, motivation is a very volatile thing. Some people
are more likely to be self-motivated, but it's still a
constant exercise.
So, try to transform the tips below into a new way of
living your routine, worrying about each of these
aspects on a daily basis. Come on?
4. Take a self-assessment: who are you
and who do you want to be?
The first step to more motivation is — guess what! —
find out what motivates you. Obvious, right? Not so
much.
Have you noticed how difficult it is to understand who
we are and, above all, who we want to be?
Since children and teenagers, our instinct is to seek
adaptation, not self-assessment.
For example, at school it is very common to have
such “panelinhas”, right? The little girls, the fundão
people, the nerds. But let's face it: the human being is
much more complex than these stereotypes indicate...
What happens is that we give up part of our
personality, our tastes and even our values to fit in
somewhere.
5. Continuing...
…And what you need to discover — or rediscover —
to be more motivated are precisely these traits that
are often overlooked throughout a lifetime of
adaptations.
Try going back to your childhood impressions: who
did you want to be when you grew up? What were
the most important things in the world in your raw
childish view?
Are these difficult questions?
Yes, and a lot! But understanding what your true
purposes are is the critical first step to being a
self-motivated person.
After all, as we become more aware of what drives
us, less and less outside influences—such as a bad
day at work, a personal disappointment, or a closed
door—will be able to shake your movement into
action.
6. Set goals and objectives: where do
you want to go?
After that real leap into your inner self, let's do a more
practical exercise to improve your motivation.
Given your reflections on who you want to be, how
about seeing these aspirations as something possible?
Yes, you already know: it's time to set goals!
It is through them that you will be able to shape, little by
little, your routine so that it is more in line with your
positive ambitions.
The result of this is that your everyday actions will be
easily self-motivated. After all, you know exactly where
you want to go with them and what they add to your life.
To do this, you can build a dream wall! And here's a tip:
to make your goals more effective, it's worth using the
SMART goals method. They are:
7. Continuing...
● S — Specific: say yes to
clarity and no to generality;
● M — Measurable: they must
be possible to objectively
assess;
● A — Attainable: dream big?
Yea! But no utopias, huh?
● A - Relevant: remember
what you discovered about
yourself in the previous
step and set goals that
make a difference in your
life;
● T — Temporals (Time
based): assign a deadline
for accomplishing each
goal.
8. invest in self-development: how
about valuing yourself more?
Another key step in being motivated is taking care of
yourself. So, write it down: self-development! Don't let
yourself go: learning new things is always a little extra
spice in our mood for life.
Remember that you need to become an amazing
person, the one we discovered in step one. So, how
about starting a course, learning a new language or
embarking on what you like?
Not sure what you would like to do for your
self-development? There is a very useful tool for this:
the personal canvas.
It works as an assessment of your life project. By
building one, you will discover, for example, what your
strengths and weaknesses are, who you can relate to to
see your goals come true, among other things.
9. Get away from what is limiting:
what discourages you?
Ready! You know who you are, what drives you,
what you need to do to have personal and
professional fulfillment and how to stimulate your
self-development. It's all there, the motivation will
always be there, right?
Um, not exactly. Because of a big problem: limiting
beliefs. The human being is full of thoughts that
impede actions. Which, consequently, brings
demotivation.
These beliefs can cause you to throw away your
dream wall, so they're worth paying attention to.
It's important for human beings to take risks, even
when you've stuffed “sweets” in your head that
make you go to the opposite side: that of
conformism.
10. Continuation…
…For example, is it your job that puts you off? These
are the limiting beliefs you need to eliminate from your
life! In their place, strive to stay positive.
Operate a shift in perspective and make room for
liberating beliefs. You can, you can, you deserve it!
Does it add nothing to your life purpose? So, it's a good
change of professional performance. How about
creating a digital product and starting teaching?
But what if you're not good enough to teach? Your
oratory isn't that great, right? Verdict: The security of
this demotivating job is better than an internet
adventure!
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