5 Ways to Get and Keep Motivated
A simple, easily-followed recipe
from one of the world's top motivational speakers.
I've posted about motivation many
times, but I recently ran across this short and sweet recipe from Omar Periu, one of the world's top motivational speakers. The
toplines are adapted from my conversation with Omar, but the commentary is my
own:
1. Always act with a purpose.
If you don't know why you're
doing something, you're making that part of your life utterly meaningless.
String together enough meaningless acts in your life and your entire life will
be literally pointless--without a point.
Starting every action with a review
of your purpose, however, puts everything you do into context. Having a
purpose for every act keeps you aimed at your life goals rather than cooling
your heels.
2. Take responsibility for your own
results.
Most people misinterpret this
concept. They think it means taking the credit when things go well and
taking the blame when things go wrong. But taking responsibility is not about
blame or credit; it's about what you do next.
If you're responsible for your own
results, you take ownership of whatever future that emerges from those results.
You continue to move forward towards your goals, even when you encounter
setbacks.
3. Don't wait for perfection, just
do it now!
Perfectionists are the hugest losers
in life because they either expect things to be perfect before they take action
or, if they do take action, they can't enjoy whatever happens because it's not
the perfect outcome.
The real joy of achievement doesn't
come from what you achieve but from your efforts in trying to achieve it. The
only thing that's perfect in this world is that you're perfectly free to take
action. Now, as in right now.
4. Eat wisely because success takes
energy.
Our civilization currently suffers
from a self-induced plague of obesity, caused by the mass consumption of
addictive food products that give people life-shortening diseases after first
making them listless and drained.
I'm not saying you don't eat the
occasional donut. However, if you want the energy to act, the energy to achieve
your goals, you need to give your body the kind of fuel that can create that
energy. And it's not refined sugar.
5. Surround yourself with motivated
people.
Numerous scientific studies have
shown that the people around you influence your behavior. They define what you
consider "normal" and thereby either bring you up (or down) to their
level.
If you hang around people who are
energized, purposeful and committed to making a difference in the world, that's
what you'll consider "normal." Being motivated will stop being
something that you do and instead become who you are.
http://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/5-ways-to-get-and-keep-motivated.html
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