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Self Help Wisdom On Motivation

06.25.2009 · Posted in Home and Garden Articles

Motivation. We all know its a good thing to have. It can help us tackle hard jobs and work til completion. It can take dreams and make them start to happen. Or, its lack can leave us filled with abandoned projects and half started desires. nnFrom giving up smoking to starting an exercise program, motivation is a huge factor in our success. The more we know about motivation, the more likely we are to succeed.nnSo heres some important wisdom about motivation. When you boil it all down, it comes in just two forms. Positive and negative.nnNegative motivation is the most common form. We are motivated to avoid a negative consequence. What happens if we don’t go to work? We get fired. Then we can’t pay the mortgage and lose our home. So we are motivated to go to work to avoid those negative results. nnWe were all raised with negative motivation. Avoiding the threat of something bad happening to us. If you don’t do your homework, you’ll fail your classes and get in trouble. It perhaps got us to do our homework, but negative motivation is just that, negative. It is deflating. We grumble and moan as we do our homework or go to work because we “have to.”nnPositive motivation, on the other hand, is very energizing. Normally you may not like getting up at 5AM. You may grumble and moan all the way to work. But if you are getting up at 4AM one day to catch a flight to Hawaii, you may literally hop out of bed singing a happy tune. The positive result of being in Hawaii motivates you with enthusiasm and excitement. Positive motivation is a great way to do things with with zest and energy.nnIt takes a little practice, but you can learn to positively motivate yourself to do a lot more things in your life. Think of how great it’ll be when you fulfill a dream, like writing a book. As you think about it, the positive energy can start to fill you to the point where you want to get started. If you are stuck and blocked in some area of life, think of positive results and see if it helps you take action.nnThe key to motivation is to take action. Positive motivation can start filling you with some enthusiasm and energy to get things done. Focus on the positive outcomes you want or the fun things that go with any job and see if it doesn’t start making you feel more excited to get things done.

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