Motivation.com

Motivation.com prides itself on providing intellectually-credible, statistically-proven, and easy-to-implement advice to help you make your life and our world better. Motivation is the cornerstone to improvement. Goals you are passionate about and can realize are the driving force for and a by-product of true motivation. Here are our top ten strate... gies for creating and implementing goals for you to make a world of difference in your life and the lives of others: 1. Make sure you are in the right mood or state when determining what you want to achieve. You look in the mirror and see someone who is thirty pounds overweight. You are upset with yourself and disgusted by what you see, especially after a long weekend of overeating. In this frame of mind you angrily proclaim that you are starting a diet tomorrow and losing twenty pounds in three months. Alas, this goal will go nowhere. If you are appalled with yourself when you set the goal, imagine how you will feel if you realize little or no progress. Rather than imagining a desired result when you are frustrated, guilty, or feeling shame, do so when you are feeling more positive about life and your situation. Setting a goal from a place of understanding, desire, and hope is infinitely more powerful than doing it when you are down. Biologically and psychologically, you are likely to stick to the desired behavior when you are excited by the positive potential rather than dejected by dislike. 2. Write down goals and read the list back frequently. One key technique to achieving a goal is to think it, create it, refine it, and then write it down. The simple act of physically reproducing your ideas magnifies the likelihood of realizing them. Research shows this to be statistically true, but you don't need research to recognize the truth in this goal setting activity. Just ask yourself how many great ideas you have had over the years that never made it past your brain. Those who consider themselves high achievers always write down their goals. Another reason to write ...Read More