By June Hunter
When a person wants to lose weight, quit smoking, or hit some other goal they aspire to, they tend to look for motivation from outside sources. I think when we do this we are looking more for inspiration, as opposed to motivation. There's a difference. The difference is clearly that inspiration comes from outside sources. When we hear the person on the bus talking about how they kicked their smoking habit, or graduated from college, or got the promotion in the company. We tend to feel inspired by people's stories. This is good because we can take from their stories and experiences and apply it to ourselves in our own lives.
What we tend to find however is that the inspiration we draw from those experiences will only take us so far. Sometimes it doesn't take us anywhere because we don't take any action. When we do take action that is when we find that things really start to happen. We start to find that the daily brisk walk starts to make us feel better. We notice we're a little less stressed after the walk. If we stick with it we start to feel our energy increase after a few weeks, and we may even start to feel our clothes are a little loser. This motivates us to go a little farther, push a little harder. The cycles continues until before we know it we're in the gym working out four or five days a week. But to get to that point we have to take action. The actions give us the motivation, and give us the drive to get the needed momentum going.
I know people who for years keep saying they want to accomplish all of these wonderful goals, but they never take a step to achieve them outside of reading a journal or an article. They get psyched up about it and for whatever reason they abandon the idea. That's usually because either they don't feel that it will work for them, or they are afraid to fail. Another theory is that when people find an answer to their problem they feel happy. This satisfies our minds sometimes by making us feel good, and we just don't bother to take action. Inevitably we will go looking for an answer again at another time after the initial good feelings wear off. In order to stop this vicious cycle we need to make a goal, put a plan in place for that goal, and finally follow through and begin to take action.
So what do you need to do to set your goals in motion? Here's a checklist to get you started:
- Write your goal down. Be very clear and specific about exactly what it is you wish to accomplish.
- Think of all of the ways you could accomplish your goal. Do a little research, talk to others about it, draw ideas from whatever source you can. Recruit whatever support you need in the way of friends and acquaintances. Join forums or online groups and seek out support.
- Make a plan and stick to it. I cannot emphasize this part enough -- sticking to your plan no matter what obstacles come up is what is going to make or break you.
- Finally, try your utmost to think about your goal in a positive sense, never in a negative way! Visualize what things will look like and feel the feelings you will when you've accomplished your goal. Think about it when you go to sleep at night, and when you wake in the morning.
"The only limitations are the ones you place on yourself." - unknown
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-June
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