How to Motivate Yourself at Anytime
Self-motivation is one of the inner strengths that we all must have if we really want to achieve our goals in life. Motivation is said to be that which induces action or determines the choice. It is creating a motive behind the action taken or not taken. What is a motive? “Inner urge, push, the force within that incites a person to act. The associate terms include instinct, passion, emotion, habit, impulse, desire, habit, or idea, and so forth.
Any force to elucidate action in an attempt to achieve or produce specific results is motivation.
How Can We Motivate Ourselves?
We know how to do something by learning. We learn by seeing the need to learn. When we are safe aware of what is missing, where the struggle lies, then we can take action to improve. So, in this case, the action we need to take is to learn from experts the principles of self-motivation.
The starting point
In other to motivate yourself, you have to have hope in yourself, in what you set your mind to do. It may sound simple, but it is powerful. For me, it is one of the principles that keep me moving. How do we understand hope? It is that desire we have with the expectation of receiving or achieving what is desired, with the conviction within us that our desires are achievable.
Every one of us responds to any offer, project, idea, relationship which we feel is achievable, doable, attainable, believable, and desirable. Isn’t it so? At least we agree that there can be various types and degrees of motivating factors for us as individuals. We just learn how to identify them.
We do things or refuse to do things based on our inner urge and any given cause, which can be our motives. For instance, I started my business with the hope to achieve some expected results. Therefore, I started to create content because I hoped and believed within me that I can create from time-to-time valuable content to my audience. And in return, my audience or visitors to my website will visit from time to time with the hope and belief of reading good articles. So, in this case, both parties are motivated by hope for the actions we take.
So, the point is that no one ever does anything without being motivated to do it. That’s why knowing how to motivate ourselves and others to do anything worth doing is essential. How to Invest Energy on What Matters
Another way to keep self-motivated is by keeping your mind focused on your goal. Avoid being distracted, and your energy drained by what you don’t really want. This is a line of thought drawn from Benjamin Franklin’s 13 virtues, for those of us who have read his Autobiography, you how important the 13 virtues were to Franklin then, and they are still being applied till today.
For the purposes of refreshing our memory, and also for the benefit of anyone who has not read the 13 virtues before, let us revisit them here together: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. Let’s add some sinews to them.
Franklin’s 13 Virtues Explained
1. Temperance: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
3. Order: Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
4. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
5. Frugality: Make no expense but do good to others or yourself, that is, waste nothing.
6. Industry: Lose no time; be always employed in something useful, cut off all unnecessary actions.
7. Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
8. Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
9. Moderation Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
10. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation.
11. Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents, common or unavoidable.
12. Chastity: Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another’s peace or reputation.
13. Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates.
Do you see how powerful these rules are? It was Franklin’s personal development that made him create some rules to motivate him personally to attain his goals in life. He understood the importance of being self-aware, being authentic, and remaining focused while pursuing a worthy goal of public life. And as a great leader. He was one of the American Founding Fathers, a great politician and other various roles and positions held.
If we study these virtues carefully, we can see their relevance in being self-motivated. It is like having a road map guiding your daily actions. https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/20-ways-inspire-people-around-you.html
We can also achieve self-motivation, by the use of an accountability group. An active accountability group or an individual can act as a watchdog, or as an alarm device to wake you up from slumber, which happens so often.
I do personally, drive strength from prayers, and reading the scriptures, and that motivates me to pattern my activities, as Jesus would expect me to. There is this popular question to ask yourself whenever you are facing a challenge or hard decision. It says, “WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?” If you are a Jesus follower you will be able to know what to expect from Jesus. Because He is our role model.
I want to conclude with this, anything you want to do that is your desire, which you know is obtainable, profitable to you and others, DO IT NOW. Avoid being distracted by things you know that will not help you to achieve your dreams in life.
Always endeavor to keep your intellectual and spiritual life hydrated, and updated, because it will help you to maintain an active mind which is apt for creative thoughts, and with that, one never lacks positive energy to draw from.
Again, learn to motivate yourself, by drawing from the examples of others, whose life, faith, achievements, and successes have inspired you. Motivate yourself by self-suggestion of what to do and not do at any stage. Develop self-confidence to eliminate fear and self-doubt. Be enthusiastic about yourself, and what you do. Speak up when you should.
Remember that anything in life that is what pursuing, is worth praying for. Therefore, always fuel your spirit with prayer.
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This article has just reminded me that we need to be our own biggest cheerleader. No one is going to be there for us so we need to motivate ourselves all the time. I will be sure to share this article with friends and family. I know that it will touch someone out there so thank you for this article
Aubin, as always. thanks so much for your time and kind comment.
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Remain blessed!