Motivating Yourself

Setting Goals - Categories

• Physical• Financial• Spiritual• Career• Family• Mental• Social

Setting Goals

• Make sure it is something you want (doesn’t just sound good)

• Can’t be in conflict with other goals or your values• Realistic and achievable• Specific and measurable• Short- and long-term steps• Written down with deadlines

Motivating Yourself

• Put plans on paper. Spell out goals and specific ways to reach them.

• Break the goal down into small pieces so that you have no excuse for not starting it.

• Establish checkpoints so you can check on your progress.

• Remind yourself of the benefits you expect from completion of the goal.

• Avoid temptation by deliberately avoiding circumstances that might sidetrack you. (GET STARTED, don’t stall.)

• Take advantage of energy peaks, those periods of the day when you are habitually in top form.

Motivating Yourself

Motivating Yourself

• Take risks. Don’t be afraid to try new methods.• Set deadlines and hold yourself to them.• Make an honest distinction between “I can’t” and “I

don’t want to.”

Motivating Yourself

• Decide how you want to start. What needs to be done first?

• Use self-signaling devices…notes, cues, reminders.• Recognize conflicts and make a choice. Don’t let

inertia set in.• Give yourself the right to make mistakes. No one is

perfect.

De-Motivating Others

• Using fear• Thinking that what motivates me, motivates others.• Not recognizing that supporting others’ motivation is

a process, not a task.

How To Help Motivate Others

• Find out what motivates others• Reinforce when you see progress• Celebrate achievements