Motivation is essential to living a productive life. It gives you a sense of purpose and brings your personal vision, values and life goals into focus. Motivation drives you to pick up the pieces after a failure and try again and again until you succeed. It is the inner spark that ignites your passion and gives you energy to accomplish whatever you set your mind to do. Trying to define motivation and pinpoint the things that motivate you can be difficult at times; but if you follow the tips and strategies in this article, they will be revealed.
Instructions
1. For seven days, keep a running list of activities that spark your interest. On the eighth day, put these items into categories according to themes. For example, if your interest is captured by playing football, watching golf on TV and exercising at the gym, you may wish to group all of these into a category called "sports".
2. Reflect on the things that bring you the greatest satisfaction in life. Assign them to one or more of these categories:
a) Things I want to accomplish in my lifetime
b) Things I will do to maintain balance in my life
c) Things I absolutely enjoy doing
3. Think about the activities you do at work and home that energize you. Each time you get a burst of energy from doing something, describe the feeling and make a note of the time you spend at this increased level of energy.
4. Discover your inner drive. This is your personal action orientation or the driving force that compels you to achieve and succeed. You will find clues to this drive even in the small things you do daily.
5. Now focus on your aspirations and sources of inspiration. Describe your wishes, wants and desires. How determined are you to get them?
6. Share your findings with friends and family as appropriate. Ask for their observations.
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