I look at myself today, what I am, where I’ve been, what I’m doing…
What would I change?
I see my weaknesses, I see my strengths…
Are my strengths my weaknesses?
I see where improvements need to be made…
Is it possible?
I see that everything is possible, I see that motivation is all I need…
How do I motivate myself?
What would I change?
I see my weaknesses, I see my strengths…
Are my strengths my weaknesses?
I see where improvements need to be made…
Is it possible?
I see that everything is possible, I see that motivation is all I need…
How do I motivate myself?
14 comments:
Start by making a list, then prioritise them. Then give yourself the top 3 and a a time frame.
Who am I to talk... I'm off to start one of my own!
Thanks cBabe... I just can't focus. No idea why... I'm missing stuff with work, forgetting commitments. It's not the Nat I used to be...
I tried list list a while back and it was frustrating because before my Divorce I had achieved everything that I wanted and now there are a few things (material) thta I need to restore..starting over ain't always easy but at least I know how because I have already done it.
I did the SWOT analysis on myself when teaching a Dip Mgmt course and it is really useful...plus things like the Johari window etc....It can be very deep but usually, IMHO, people already know the results before the answers are tallied up. You are right it is the motivation to take the risk, or to train, or to love etc
Maybe we could start a web based motivation company - like a bif brother.
Dear BB - I cannot get off the couch today
Dear lazybones - This is only day one. I want you to get up walk 1 kilometer and then come back and talk to me.
We'll rake in the money LOL
My typing is total crapola!!!
Thanks Scorpy… *hugs* and cheers to the achievement :-)
It can be very deep but usually, IMHO, people already know the results before the answers are tallied up. You are so right! That’s my problem, I’m fully aware of my weaknesses and flaws. I was continually reminded of said faults by boyfriend no.2 AKA ex-fiancée.
Count me in for the ‘motivation co.’ or should we make it a subsidiary branch of our cult??? ;-)
I agree with Cbabe - but it's more in terms of short, medium and long term goals.
Short term goal might be a month or two away, say a play you want to see, or an opera.
Medium term is about 6 months away, and that might be financial like to have saved a certain amount of money for a deposit on a house and to buy a house.
Long term might be 2 years away and that might be again financial to take an overseas holiday.
Just a series of short, medium and long term goals, some predicated on others, others independent.
Mine are:
Spend quality time with a beautiful woman on the weekend. (Short term goal)
Work overseas next year. (Medium term goal)
Have enough money saved from working overseas to buy a house (12 months) Long term goal.
The hard part is choosing goals that are realistic and achievable, and not being distracted by things which can affect those goals.
If you subscribe to much of the work based on Jung's theories, people fall into two broad categories - motivation seekers and hygienne seekers. At the risk of making sweeping psycho-analytical generalisations, I reckon you belong in the former group. :)
If that's true, then it's most likely your motivation has to come from within. For that to happen, the goal must be clearly defined, and strongly desired.
Silly question perhaps, but is it?
By what you say you have already done the most difficult part:
I see my weaknesses; I see what improvements need to be made;
Interestingly, I recently, 2 days ago, chatted with my eldest daughter about the same thing. She is unhappy with where her life is.
Change comes one step at a time. Do not try to take on the big stuff, or all at once. Choose 1 thing and make it become the way you want it to be.
Lost.
You want motivation to go to the pub?
Wombat
This is just a little bit freaky, beacause I was making a mental list of the same thing whilst in the shower this morning.
It continued as I walked to the train... where do I want to be? how do I get there?
Hmm. Maybe we should start a team or something? Hehe. You know, to encourage each other to set and reach our goals?
Please don't slap me for my hug-a-tree thinking, hahaha. I'm being serious. :-P
Nat - your comment to me, ditto here. Maybe there's something in the Sydney air because I don't like it at all...
Thanks nick… what if there’s one hump in the road which puts it back? Re: the 6 month example – do you know where I live? 6 months for a house? Eastern suburbs it will be 6 years!
GB – I’m questioning it… therefore I’m assuming I’ll never get there and then there’s the whole vicious circle.
David – how old is your daughter? I may just look at the ‘easier’ things on my to do list, at least making those items off I’ll feel like I’m getting somewhere.
Wombat – What happens when the vodka runs dry?
Tim – Maybe we all have these issues bouncing around in our heads from time to time, more fluid on this occasion for both of us. As for your encouragement team idea - Sign me up! Rewards can be vodka? It would be interesting dynamics coming from an objective prospective.
cBabe – It’s too frustrating, the more I’m aware of this damn issue the more procrastination, subsequently more emphasis on what I should be doing and why can’t I just move on from there???
Now I see the problem.
Wombat
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