Just can’t get motivated? Here’s some Effective Self Motivation Techniques to give you a boost!

Self motivation techniques. Are you prone to procrastinate? Are you able to get yourself to take action on a consistent basis? Ever wondered why some people just seem so darn motivated whenever they do something? No matter how hard you try you just can’t get that level of motivation.

Fear not, because just like all other skills and abilities, motivation can be developed. You don’t need to be born with it, but you first need to acknowledge the importance of motivation.

Then with effective self motivation techniques, you can train yourself to be motivated. Ask any successful athlete and they will say that natural talent is important, but what got them this far are all their trainings and practice.

Students can learn study motivation tips. Even in the workplace, you can get motivated with effective job motivation techniques.

The thing is that from what I noticed, it seems that when someone feels not motivated, she acts as if that’s the end of it. As if it is something that is either there or not. And if it’s not there, there’s not much you can do about it. “I just don’t feel motivated to do it” “I just have no motivation when it comes to _____ “ and so on. When there’s no motivation, people don’t really attempt to change that.

What we need to know is that it can be done. There are ways and strategies to become motivated. So let’s not waste anymore time and go right into it. Here are some self motivation techniques that can help get you motivated and just do it!

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Self Motivation Techniques

Use movement & pump yourself up

It’s tough to feel motivated when you sitting idly in a corner. Instead stand up, move around and pump yourself up. Show more excitement and motivation in your movements and you’ll become more motivated. Studies have shown that physical movements affect our mental state.

So whenever you don’t feel motivated, get moving, make a fist and pump yourself up.

Make use of pain and pleasure

One of the best ways to get yourself motivated is to make use of pain and pleasure. How do we exactly do this? Easy, associate massive pain to not taking action and massive pleasure to taking action. So whenever you think of not taking action, for example not exercising - associate painful things like becoming fat, lacking energy, looking ugly, body getting weaker etc to it. Then associate pleasurable things like looking good, feeling energetic etc to exercising (taking action).

The more painful/pleasurable and the more intense you make it, the more effective it becomes. Intensify the pain/pleasure associations by - 1. getting your emotions involved, and 2. by thinking of the impact of taking action/not taking action over a long period of time. Such as all the pain you will get for the next 20 years if you don’t take action now.

Make use of rewards

Another way is of course to use motivation and rewards. As they say, when something is at stake, when there is a reward involved, everything changes. Make a pact with yourself and set some form of rewards for motivation.

Use NLP techniques for greater self motivation

NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is the study of peak performance and how the mind-body works. Many NLP technique and teachings are perfect for boosting motivation anytime, anywhere. Learn more and make use this body of knowledge because it powerful, fast and most importantly effective.

Have variety in your environment

The environment you are in can have a big influence on your motivation level as well. First of all, make it as conducive as possible. The less distractions around, the better. Let’s face it, it is harder to be motivated to take action while you are lying on your bed.

Secondly, make it a point to add variety to your environment if possible. Once in a while change the location – use another room in the house, head to the library, a quite café, go to the park etc. When things are fresh you keep the interest up, and thus the motivation levels as well.

Motivational music

Using music is a great self motivation technique. Prepare a CD or playlist of uplifting motivational music and keep it nearby so that it will come in handy whenever you need it. You can play the music in the background while taking action or first listen intently to the music, feeling it’s motivational quality. And while listening intently, visualize yourself being motivated, taking action, and reaping the rewards from your action. I feel that movie themes music (movie soundtracks) are a great source for suitable motivational music.

Leverage on goal setting

Combine motivation and goal setting to get maximize results. Goal setting can increase motivation because it identifies our goals in detail and externalizes the target. With it we have a more complete perspective.

Just do it! Take a small action first…any small action

Often times the first step is the hardest. But once you get yourself going, you’ll gain momentum. So just do something first! Start off by doing something easy. You’ll realize that once that happens, you’ll naturally follow through and do more and more. Get the ball rolling first, once that happens the rest will be easy.

Get curious and interested

It’s only natural that we feel more motivated to do things that we are interested in. If you dislike flowers and plants, it would be tough to get you motivated about gardening. To counter this, try adopting a curious attitude towards the very thing that you are not interested in. If you get curious enough, you can turn anything interesting.

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Final thoughts…

Like many other things, motivation is borne out of habit as well. The longer you can keep something up, the more closer it is to becoming a natural habit. Make being motivated a habit using these self motivation techniques.

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