I Need Motivation Theories

Have you ever had a day when nothing goes as

planned? You’ve missed deadlines, late to

meetings, the car won’t start, traffic is awful

or your kid is ill and can’t attend school when

you must make an important presentation and you

have no alternative child care! You are

experiencing anxiety and extremely discouraged

but you continue to mask to others that all is

well. Hey, we’ve all been there. When no one is

there (or you prefer not to share) you must

motivate yourself to go on and get through this

mood. Try these three self motivating strategies

to get back on track.

Mission Statement

Create a personal mission statement to review

and remind yourself of what you are working to

become, have or create. A personal mission

statement defines your core values, goals,

visions and what’s important to you, the

principals by which you choose to live your

life. What are you pursuing? Why do you do what

you do? Why is it all worth it even on the most

challenging days? Your personal mission

statement should answer those questions.

Review this personal mission statement: To use

my education, experience and God given talents

to empower others and to create a six figure

salary within three years doing the type of work

I love. Imagine having that statement near by to

review when you feel like giving up! Your

personal mission statement should motivate and

inspire to continue on your course of action

until you reach your desired outcome. Create

your personal mission statement and keep it

within arms reach for those challenging days or

read it daily as your personal motivator.

Meditation

If you feel that you are at your boiling point,

stop! Sit down at your desk, close your eyes,

relax your shoulders, and take deep breaths

while thinking of nothing. Although thoughts

will come, honor them and then let them go. Try

this meditation exercise for 10 – 15 minutes if

possible, incorporate it into your daily

schedule. Meditation can reduce high blood

pressure, help you gain focus and most of all

defuse negative emotions. Once you have

meditated, you can focus on the positive as

oppose to the negative and take care of your

physical needs because carrying around stress is

not good for your overall health.

Change Your Mindset

Change the way you think about challenges. It

may seem as failure to you, however began to

view failures or setbacks as challenges and as a

learning opportunity. What have you learned

about the experience that may help you in the

future? If you missed deadlines in the past,

what can you now do to your schedule to meet

future deadlines? What about creating self-

imposed deadlines that are set three to four

days prior to the actual deadline? In the case

of the ill child example above, what if you did

not have alternative child care in an emergency

situation when you can’t miss a meeting, this

would be a great time to secure a backup baby

sitter to eliminate this type of a challenging

reoccurrence. Embrace challenges as a learning

opportunity of how not to do it again or how to

better plan. Learn, improve and move on.

© 2007 Bridgette Boudreaux

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