Motivation is the most popular term in psychology, management, marketing. Everyone knows from childhood: "you can’t easily take a fish out of a pond without difficulty." But what makes her pull at all? There are many options: hunger, hobby, someone’s request, and so on. It is called in one word - motivation.
Types of Motivation
The totality of phenomena, events, facts that can induce a person to activity, the application of effort is motivation.
In this article, we consider two polar types of motivation:
The external can be described as legendary: "It is necessary, Fedya, it is necessary!" That is, the motivating factor for action is external factors. "I don’t want to do my lessons, but my mother will come soon ... I have to." Or: "To go to fitness is laziness, but money is paid. It is necessary."
Intrinsic motivation is born on its own and depends on the personality of the person. The actions that she induces to perform, bring a person pleasure, benefit.
Both types of motives constantly intersect, it all depends on human behavior.
It all depends on us
To motivate yourself or allow external circumstances to do this? There is no choice, since everything that happens to us in earthly life, we create ourselves.
Want a joke? "A woman rides the subway on the way home from work. Her hands are occupied with bags. Her head is thinking:" How tired I am of work, of shops! And you’ll come home, your husband is a goat, the children are terrible! ”Behind the back is a guardian angel with a notebook:“ Strange desires, but I don’t have to choose, I have to do it! ”
Our thoughts and the emotions they generate are a kind of signal sent to the outside world. The world answers the same. Folk wisdom - "what you reap, what you reap."
And here is what Zig Ziglar said about this:
If you can imagine something, you can achieve it!
So, for starters, you need to change your usual thoughts about what does not suit you in life. "How cold, terrible!" we’ll change it to “Good, it's not hot!”, and “Everything is the same, tired” to “It's so good that everything is stable in my life.” Not happy with the boss? “But over so many years of collaboration, it has become predictable.” Etc. Thoughts are material. Everything that surrounds us was originally born in someone’s brain.
A method such as visualization will help motivate yourself. This tool works the better, the more and more accurately the image of the desired is presented. The English have a saying: "Fear of dreaming, dreams come true."
"Chronic loser"
Walt Disney Campaign earns billions today. And at the beginning of his career, Walt Disney was fired from the newspaper for "lack of imagination." Those cartoons that made him a legend were not accepted by any studio. He was bankrupt. According to rumors, in search of investors for his legendary company, he received more than 300 refusals ... And if he gave up?
How to motivate yourself?
W. Clement Stone said:
A clear goal is the first step to any achievement.
How to motivate yourself on ...? If a similar question arises, then there is a need to achieve the goal. The goal should be as simple as possible. It's like peeling an onion - remove all the husks and discard, leaving only the essence. For example, "onion" - learning English. “The bottom line” is to learn ten lessons in 30 days and pass a test of at least 10 points. Following the goal we draw up an action plan. The first points should be elementary. Up to "get out of the chair," "pick up a book." Approaching the achievement of the goal, we change it, raising the bar.
Strange as it sounds, but not the last place in motivation belongs to envy. It is only necessary to find a worthy object. The former employee worked in the department, where she was surrounded by young girls. A dress, jeans ... Even a little envy was enough for her to finally go on a diet, go for Pilates. A young, interesting woman was escorted to retirement. Until now, they call her with them in bowling and in the movies.
Famous people for the most part did not ask themselves the question: "How to motivate yourself?" Most often, they simply aspired to their goal, doing what they loved or needed for someone else. Learning the history of each such person by reading biographies of celebrities, cases from their lives, and other people's memories of them helps in finding a personal motive.
Joe Dispenza:
People who managed to leave their mark on history are also related by another feature: they all had an extremely clear idea of exactly what should happen in their life.
I want to lose weight, but ...
How to motivate yourself to lose weight? In this matter, it is important to precisely formulate the goal. For example: if I lose weight, then:
- get rid of the disease;
- get a job;
- I will change my personal life and so on.
The next step is to understand what will happen if the goal is achieved.
- If the heart (or liver) ceases to hurt, the suffering will go away, new opportunities will open, money will not be spent on medicines and hospitals.
- Dreams do not give me a job, because my parameters do not meet the requirements of the employer. If I lose weight, I will be engaged in an interesting and beloved business, my self-esteem will increase, my career and personal life will change for the better.
- If I lose weight, I will look better, self-esteem will increase, self-confidence will appear. And if the inner is equal to the outer, then it will become noticeably surrounding me. I will be able to establish communication with other people. It can help me in my work, my personal life.
Short stature
The legend of basketball is Michael Jordan. From his childhood he understood that he cannot live without basketball. But due to his short stature, he was not even taken to the university team.
Jordan Michael:
To be successful, you must be selfish. Otherwise, you will not achieve anything. Once you get to the top of your goal, become selfless. Stay in touch with others, do not put yourself above others.
As a result, his name is in the history of sports. Do not count all the titles. And if he gave up?
Physical activity
How can a person be motivated to go in for sports? External motivators work better in this direction.
There are a large number of organizations and educational institutions that motivate employees to engage in sports with a system of bonuses and bonuses. Parents for their children often act as external motivators for sports.
How to motivate yourself to sports? You need to start small. We set a goal, but the most attainable. Let it be walking. The first stage is to get off one or two stops earlier (according to circumstances). And walk this distance on foot. After 21 days, the goal should be reviewed. Or increase the distance, or add morning exercises ... A bunch of options. The only thing to stick to: the duration of each stage is 1 day.
The process of acquiring any skill consists of four stages: the assimilation of information, practical training, focusing attention and repetition. Each stage is accompanied by certain changes in the brain.
And further. During classes, mentally praise yourself, approve. Draw in your imagination yourself future. For example, today I go to work on foot, and tomorrow I go by bike. Increase the distance by changing the usual route. New positive impressions will be added.
Over time, this will not be enough. Go to the gym or pool. A good incentive for playing sports is a friend, or a colleague, or a family member. How did you motivate yourself to sport? Invite a friend with you, support each other!
Mentally retarded and antisocial
So parents and educators thought ... Albert Einstein! He spoke after four years. I started reading at seven. For poor progress expelled from school, not taken to university. And the genius of this man with his discoveries changed not only the world of science.
Albert Einstein:
If you want to lead a happy life, you should be attached to the goal, not to people or things.
Learning motivation
Studying is harder than with sports and losing weight. In this case, the strongest motivator is my dad's belt. Of course, a joke.
Here is what P. Boast thought about this:
Education is a treasure, labor is the key to it.
Modern realities are such that everyone has to learn and always. Only non-working pensioners can afford not to learn.
Many people are afraid of studying. This is a normal reaction of the human psyche. People are obliged to be afraid of the unknown, this is from inheritance to our ancestors.
If you choose the field of education yourself, choose what you have the ability and desire for.
A very interesting example is the motivation of Harvard students:
1. If you fall asleep now, then of course you will dream about your dream. If, instead of sleeping, you choose to study, then you will realize your dream.
2. When you think it's too late, it's actually too early.
3. The torment of learning is only temporary. The torment of ignorance is eternal.
4. Studying is not the time. Learning is an effort.
5. Life is not only learning, but if you can’t even get through this part of it, then what are you capable of?
6. Tension and effort can be a pleasure.
7. Only the one who does everything before, only the one who makes efforts, can truly enjoy his success.
8. Not everyone is given success in everything. But success comes only with self-improvement and determination.
9. Time flies.
10. Today's drooling will become tomorrow's tears.
11. People who invest in the future are realists.
12. Your salary is directly proportional to your level of education.
13. Today will never happen again.
14. Even now, your enemies are eagerly leafing through books.
15. Do not sweat - do not earn.
How to motivate yourself to study? The first thing to understand: all these academic scientists once also began to teach IT. It’s hard to imagine that your teacher didn’t know the multiplication tables ... How old is he? How many of them did he spend on training? How much time per day does he spend and spend on studying? Of course, during this time he managed to learn much more than yours. And you just started, and you have everything ahead.
A good incentive to study is rivalry. Among classmates there are strong and weak students. Define those for yourself. A good incentive will be communication with both of them.
As a rule, during training there are light and complex subjects. First of all, pay more attention to complex ones. Look online for sites, video tutorials, webinars, blogs on this topic. Find a tutor. Sometimes 2-3 lessons with an intelligent mentor is enough to then continue to independently study a complex subject.
There is one motive in learning - to study! Do not put off anything! Do everything immediately and to the end, even if temptations are great. As they say - the matter is time, an hour is fun.
Labor motivation
Henry Ford said:
The best job is a high-paying hobby.
You need to force yourself to work after the holidays or vacation. “There are problems at home, and nothing gets into my head but thoughts about the family”, “The boss loves everyone except me, and only I plow and drop my hands ...” - everything happens at work, but it gives us livelihood, most of life passes here. At work, we make friends. This is the second family and home.
External motivation for work is used by managers, managers, personnel officers. The system of external motivation of the enterprise is diverse and may include:
- incentive mechanisms: salary increases, bonuses, bonuses, gifts, leadership incentives and more;
- mechanisms of punishment: oral penalties, fines, etc.
How to psychologically motivate yourself to work? There are ways, and there are many. Will have to connect an internal motivator! Let's start with envy. Ask yourself a simple question: "Does everyone have a job like mine? Such colleagues? Office? Supervisors?" Find at least one advantage. Or a lot ...
Have to work with thoughts. After waking up, thoughts like: “How tired of everything are. They get the same thing every day. I don’t want to. I can’t. Why?” We set the task, waking up, mentally saying: "Today is the best day in my life!" Repeat so many times that other negative thoughts do not have enough space in your head. Best! And that’s it!
Robin Sharma:
Victims talk about problems. Leaders offer solutions.
Go or go to work - listen to everything except the news. What do you like more? Book, music, jokes - the choice is great.
Sucks in a routine. Every day is the same. Take a photo of your work day for three to seven days. Analyze what can be optimized, streamlined. Based on the analysis of the photo, make plans for the next day.
How to motivate yourself to work better? Continue to learn, improve, develop. Read, attend courses, use online resources. Modern technology provides magical opportunities for this. You can study in transport, on a walk - anywhere.