PUSH Mindfulness, Easy Approaches to Increase Motivation

Easy Approaches to Increase Motivation

Being consistently motivated is a challenge for everyone when thinking of your path toward reaching your personal and professional goals.

Do you struggle to maintain motivation on a day-to-day basis and consistently work to bring your fire back?

Motivation is the instinct to achieve whatever you set your sights on. Like the tides, it ebbs and flows, making it a regular occurrence to lose your incentive. However, motivation is a significant influence toward accomplishing your goals.

Whether you seek to be awarded a new event or to paint your kitchen, you can leverage motivation to adjust your habits, begin a routine, solve project problems, and more. It is undoubtedly easier said than done, though all of us can realize inspiration to alter our ways and accomplish more.

If you wish to increase your motivation toward goals, below are a few easy approaches to get you started:

1. Ensure Your Goals Are Realistic

Establishing small, achievable goals is essential when looking to increase motivation. Should your goals start too lofty, it will only cause a decrease in interest, and you may lose your passion in place of feeling overwhelmed. To avoid burnout, set goals that are easier to accomplish by breaking them down into smaller, more manageable steps.

If you are interested in hosting a national championship for a national governing body, rather than bidding on it out of the gate, begin by bidding on a state championship first. Then, once awarded and successful, bump up to a regional competition.

There is so much to learn from a technical aspect of each sport that these smaller hosting opportunities may work in your favor as learning experiences before seeking the big show.

You must set a solid foundation to build on when seeking success in the long term. Should your tasks to accomplish your goal of hosting a national championship start to seem overwhelming, you will be more prone to lose motivation and quit in the middle by feeling a lack of interest. Building a strong foundation will also set the tone to increase your motivation as you accomplish each step, resulting in seeing the project through.

2. Be Kind to Yourself

When failing to complete a task or a project, and we all do, it is easy to get down on yourself. In these moments, we usually focus on everything we did wrong. Nonetheless, beating yourself up only diminishes your motivation and causes you to lose interest in accomplishing your goals. If you focus on what is not working for you or the success of others, the easier it will be to get distracted.

While in the grip of challenging times, the most effective way to stay motivated is by allowing yourself space for shortcomings. You may not have fulfilled your task list for the day, but you started it and crossed off several items. You may have taken a day off for some well-deserved rest. No matter the scenario, allowing yourself a bit of kindness to pick up where you left off and not miss a step when you are ready to get back at it is imperative.

3. Ask for Help

In no way do you have to accomplish your goals alone or rest all obstacles on your shoulders. To boost our motivational skills and improve, we all reach out to the influences in our lives to help keep us on the right path.

Seek a trusted friend, co-worker, or teammate and tell them about your goals. Doing so will keep you accountable and maintain your focus, thus keeping you on track. We all have challenging days when trying to stay motivated, and on these days, influencing a faithful friend can make a difference.

Do you seek out and post about your goals on social media communities? This activity can also hold you accountable and provide you with the inspiration and drive to stay on course. These community groups help to build like-minded friendships and obtain beneficial advice.

Now it is Up to You.

Maintaining your motivation will be challenging to accomplish your goals and strive for the life you wish to lead. Remember, a huge factor is that you do not have to get or keep your inspiration all by yourself.

So many steps exist to help kickstart your passion for tackling your to-do list. Which of these steps will you focus on to increase your motivation?