Motivated

8 Things Successful People Do to Stay Motivated

We tend to think that our achievements, what we want to achieve depend largely on our abilities, but what is more important is whether we can stay motivated, especially in critical and difficult moments as lack of motivation can affect our performance rhythm.

So what is preventing you from feeling motivated to achieve more? Is the difficulty of better achievements bigger than before? Or is it a very high goal of climbing?

To help you find new and more consistent energy, you can learn these 8 steps that successful people put into practice to feel motivated all the time.

1.They establish the rationalization of things.

What if one day you come from work had told your boss that you have to do the presentation of an image at 3:00 pm without giving you any reason to do so, would you feel a sense of purpose in achieving it?

But what if I told you it was a presentation to a customer, which would help break down any obstacle and raise the company’s sales to levels never before seen. Would this change the perspective of your work?

So it must be in your life too. Instead of making a list of what to do, state the reason why you do them and what the final goal.

2.Maintain attention in the most important, the final goal.

Many of us lose concentration, our gaze fixed on the great goal because at work things become repetitive and boring. Soon you’ll be in the bar with your friends making comments about yourself: look at me I look like a living dead I’m like a zombie.

You start asking yourself, if it’s worth fighting for your goal and guess what? 100% of the time WORTH THE PENALTY once you have achieved what you intended. So keep your eyes on the prize all the time.

Jim Carrey, who had to stop studying to support his family when he was fifteen, never stopped pursuing his final goal and was to become a great comedian.

3.They write their ideas all the time.

How to stay motivated to do more? Successful people take note of their ideas all the time. Why? Why do they know that ideas are not in the brain for a long time? How do you know that idea in your notebook can become revolutionary?

Writing your ideas and thoughts will give you more clarity in the direction you have decided to take.

4.Your partner supports you incredibly.

The last thing you need to sink to the bottom is a person who does not support you. If you have not noticed, many successful people praise their peers for helping them get to where they are now.

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If your partner does not support you in the things you want to do, communicate, to get to know why he or she does not like what you do.

The ultimate goal is to let your partner know that you are putting 100 percent effort into ensuring a bright future for both of you.

There is a famous story about Steve Jobs in which he stopped going to a business meeting to go to the first appointment with which he would later be his wife. Steve Jobs has an admirable dedication to his wife since she always supports him in the good and the bad.

5.They alternate different methods to feel motivated.

I am sure that at some point in our lives we have been tremendously motivated, inspired to watch a YouTube video. But after looking at it several times it is losing its impact. Instead try alternating different things that motivate you, like a book, a talk with a counselor.

Expose different forms of motivation so you stay motivated all the time.

6.They read a lot.

One of the most common ways that successful people use to stay motivated, is to read whenever they can.

Reading entrepreneur books can spark motivation. Books can communicate ideas, some completely new ideas and others that are a robust strengthening of ideas that you already know.

Bill Gates, one of the richest men on earth, manages to read business book every week because knowledge is an important key and engenders motivation.

7.They add fun and joy at all times.

If fun is not part of your plan you’re probably going to lose sight of your goals easily. Taking everything so seriously is a sure recipe for failure, because simply if you do not enjoy what you are doing, how you will reach a truly difficult and hard goal.

Yes, you will find reckless and frightening tasks here and there, but it is not wrong to put a little fun in it. Is it not like this?

Adding a little joy and humor to your work can put you on a high level of motivation every day.

8.They get up very early.

When you wake up early you will have time to make a plan for the day before you start work.

There is something in getting up early that leads super successful people to do what they do every day.

Richard Branson Chief executive of Virgin Group gets up at 5:30 am, runs out every morning and has breakfast before going to work.

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