We once discussed at the Distance at the University of Practical Psychology. There is an easy way to get motivated — everyone knows it and almost no one uses it. It’s time to start using! Everyone understands why motivation is needed, if you want to achieve your goals, then you need a lot of motivation, otherwise it’s difficult.
How to get motivated?
There is a great way — to use your desires. The only problem is that most desires lead to the wrong place at all. For example, the goal is to get a new job, but there are no desires suitable for this goal. There is a desire to relax, eat delicious food, have a massage and surf the Internet.
The question is what to do? If all desires are in the here and now, but you really need a new job. The output is like this:
All desires that interfere with work are desires in the present:
I want to rest now.
Now I want to watch KVN.
Now I want a delicious cake.
But there are also wishes for the future:
I want to live in a country house in five years.
I want a freelance job.
I want a beautiful figure for everyone to stare at.
All these desires are there, in the future, and they work for our goals. Moreover, there are no “weak” desires in the future. No one says «I want to eat a delicious cake in five years.» All desires for the future help us achieve our goals. Therefore, it is very important to constantly “want to the future”.
Every day find five wishes for the future
How to do it? Very simple, you have to look around you and want! You see a beautiful house — immediately say to yourself: “Oh, this is the house I want to live in!” If you see a beautiful car, you want a beautiful car. Imagine yourself in it, feel that it is now yours. Imagine what kind of family you want, warm, caring, joyful. What kind of work do you want — interesting, to be paid a lot, to be appreciated in the team.
Every day build yourself pictures of the future you want. Then you will never have problems with motivation. And do not constrain yourself in desires, build such pictures that you will really like. It is right! This is not daydreaming, this is a reliable way to set yourself up for work.