Motivation pushes us to achieve our goals, feel more fulfilled, and improves overall quality of life. It is central to everything that one may want to do or be in life. The world is full of negative people who try to put us down, so to be strong, we need a defense which is motivation.
Some people have negative self-talk and this is hindering them from succeeding in life since it leads to low self-esteem, low confidence and depression. Negative self talk comes basically from;
Hearing the same negative comment too often from the people we live with, this may translate into beliefs that force us to tell ourselves that what others think about us is true.
Lack of self- esteem and confidence. This makes you to be very negative about yourself and easily defeated.
Excuses not to do something risky, we most of the times stay with what is safe and never take a risk, this hinders us from reaching our potential to succeed , in so doing, we are turning away opportunities.
Having negative people in life. If you walk with someone who is highly critical, you need to avoid them as much as possible, these contributes to our demotivation through their comments and advice. Therefore, try to spend time with positive and supportive people who make you feel good.
The question is ‘how’ do you motivate yourself?
Have a cause, a cause that matters to you can inspire you to give your best even in the face of difficulties. It can make you do the seemingly impossible things.
Have a dream, imagine how you want your future to be, having a dream is important because it is difficult to be motivated if you don’t have anything to strive for and your dream must be big enough to inspire you, must be realistic and challenging this will stretch your ability beyond your comfort zone thus achieving your goals.
Have a desire and be hungry to achieve your goal, yearn to reach your dream, this makes the difference between the best performers and the mediocre.
Run your own race, comparing yourself with others is an effective way of demotivating yourself. You have your own race, so how others perform is irrelevant to you. Do not accept others to put you down.
Let the past go, this is one of the best things that demotivates people, your past can drag you down before you realize it. It can give you a heavy burden on your shoulders, but take it off and leave it. Just acknowledge that you made mistakes in the past, disappointed people, but it’s over! Let life go on and focus on the future.
