Get it and Keep Motivation Moving

Ok, so you know what you know exactly what you want to achieve.  You have a clear goal in mind.  Now’s the time to create an action plan put your plans in motion.  That’s because you have to get it and keep motivation if you are to succeed in what you want to accomplish.  It’s one thing to say what you want to do, but it’s another thing completely if you want to pace yourself through to the finish line without quitting in the middle because your motivation disappeared for one reason or another.

Think about what your end goal is and then break down the larger goal into smaller steps.  It’s these small steps that will allow you to get it and keep motivation, especially through the trickier times when you feel like quitting.  When you are faced with a goal that is so far into the future that you have no real foundation on which to base your success rate, it’s easy to lose faith.  If you break that larger goal into smaller ones instead, then you start to think about achieving the next small goal, and looking back with pride on all the completed smaller goals you've already conquered.  This is part of the principle of motivation and emotion where what you feel about something can drastically affect the outcome because your emotions can both inflate and deflate the amount of motivation you have in any project.  By creating a positive emotive state through the successful smaller completed steps you are making an environment to get it and keep motivation moving in the right direction and understanding that will be one of the biggest skills you can bring on your goal fulfilling journey.

Another way to get it and keep motivation moving is to reward yourself for each small goal that you achieve.  You can do this simply by just creating a check-list to pin on your wall that lists all of the steps you need to complete from the project start until you achieve your goal and ticking these off one at a time, or it can be something more elaborate such as taking a day off work to spend doing what you choose to do, or having a meal out at a fancy restaurant, or taking yourself off to a spa or the golf course for the day.  What’s important about this reward is how it makes you feel.  Is it something that you don’t do often but really enjoy?  If so, then it’s a great way of subconsciously having you work harder to achieve a small step goal in order for you to “earn” the treat – enough of these and your get it and keep motivation meter is going to constantly remain on full power and bring the realization of your goal nearer.

There will be days when get it and keep motivation moving techniques are not going to work however, and you need to prepare in advance for when these happen.  If you prepare for them, and have an action plan ready for the time when your motivation switches off, then you know how to react positively instead of over-reacting negatively!  Sometimes you just need to take a break away from your goal for a day or even a few days, sometimes you need to have a little more creative input to get your inspiration flowing again and so you could invite some friends around and brainstorm what you’re doing, and sometimes it can be as simple as sleeping on it, or talking a walk to clear your head, and your mind starts working on the next small goal without you even thinking about it – once you get there, get it and keep motivation moving along again by just going with the creative flow until you’re comfortable that you've got over the hill and you’re back on track again.

However you do it, the one thing you need to always remember is the importance to get it and keep motivation moving in the direction of your goal, because in doing so, you are ensuring success in what you set out to achieve.

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