The Ultimate Guide to Motivation – How to Achieve Any Goal | zen habits
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” - Henry Ford One of the biggest challenges in meeting any goal, whether it be related to productivity, waking early, changing a habit, exercising, or just becoming happier, is finding the motivation to stick with it. If you can stick with a goal for long enough, you’ll almost always get there eventually. Motivation is the key, but it’s not always easy, day in and day out, to find that motivation. What follows is a guide to motivation using what I’ve learned over the last few years in a series of successful accomplishments, goals and habit changes. What Motivation Can Achieve What have I accomplished using these motivation methods? That’s not intended to sound like bragging, but to show you what can be accomplished (just to start) if you find the right motivation. How Does Motivation Work? So motivation, in its best form, is a way for you to want to do something. Start small. Hold yourself back.
About a dog called 'Faith'..
This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. He was born with 2 legs - He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him. His first owner also did not think that he could survive and he was thinking of 'putting him to sleep'. But then, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him. She became determined to teach and train this little dog to walk by himself.. In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfboard to let him feel the movement. Faith loves to walk around now. His present owner Jude Stringfellew has given up her teaching post and plans to take him around the world to preach that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul'. In life there are always undesirable things, so in order to feel better you just need to look at life from another direction.
Discipline is an illusion; Motivate yourself instead | zen habits
By Leo Babauta Reader Kamal posted a great question in response to my call for topic suggestions: “I think discipline would be a good topic, as much of what you talk about requires a certain amount of it.The Army was good for teaching me discipline, but I realized that in the end, it comes from within.But still, like most things, it is a habit that one can work on over time.Would love to hear your thoughts and experience on the subject.” Let me start with the conclusion first: if you think you don’t have discipline, you don’t need it. I think that most of us believe that discipline is something you either have or don’t have — some believe you are born with it, and some, like Kamal, believe it is something you can develop as a habit. If I wake up early every morning to run, do I have discipline? So how do I explain my ability to wake up early, and to run on a regular basis? Let’s take the example of someone in the military — the typical example of someone with discipline. Sgt.
» Top 20 Motivation Hacks – #7
Quick intro: I first intended this Top 20 list to be in a single post, but I decided that breaking them into separate posts would allow me to concentrate on each a little more. So, I present my list of the Top 20 Motivation Hacks. A number of people have commented that I must be dedicated to achieve some of the goals I’m going for: exercise, frugality, organization, healthy eating, etc. Well, I don’t believe in someone being naturally “dedicated” … it’s all a matter of motivation. You can achieve anything if you motivate yourself enough. Motivation Hack #7: Become aware of your urges to quit, and be prepared for them. One of the things I discovered as I was quitting smoking was that when I had an urge to smoke a cigarette, I didn’t really think about it. And so I discovered that one of the most powerful things I could do was to start being more conscious of those urges. This can work for any goal, because with any goal, we get urges to quit, at least for that moment.
