Motivation : Getting The Very Best Out Of Yourself

So our planned post about socials communities is on hold! Because we wanted to uncover the core of your motivation.

We had the chance to speak to an individual yesterday with a valid goal and a thought out process but a fear of letting go of the past and accepting the positive of their future.

No one, repeat no one can motivate you.

Oh you can be inspired no doubt and the inspiration from a person or event can be highly emotionally charged and resonate so powerfully that you can't help but move forward with your goals. But unless you have discovered within the motivation that is self generated and as such self perpetuating then that brick wall looms large and fast approaching.

The pre game address from a great orator and coach can get you running onto the field revved up and that adrenalin rush leads to action that can get results fast. What happens when things get tough? In that third quarter of the game? Do the words in that pre game address cause our second wind, those heroic efforts that change the course of the game? Or is it what is inside use that leads to winning or just missing out?

Think about where you are right now.....in your business, in your sales year, in your relationship, in your friendships, in your life. Now imagine it is your third quarter in the game you are playing but the final whistle sounds now....that's it....game over.....where have you finished?

In your business have you achieved what you wanted? Are you ahead / behind?

In your sales year ....what percentage of target have you finished on.....is it 90% or is it 110?

In your relationship.....what have you missed out on doing that you regret...should you have proposed, started a family, said "I love you"......or should you have exited the relationship here, here, here and there!!

In your life.....do you look back and smile...satisfied.....or is there so much more you wish you could have done?

Now how does this all feel?

So you finished on 90%. Could you have made 100%, 110%? What more could you have done, differently, the same with more consistency ....if you had just more time what would you do to feel....better?

How does 90% feel knowing 110% was there if you had just tried that little bit more? If the voice in your head was less concerned about fear and more concerned about sending you positive messages.

And what if you are on 110% how does that feel? And knowing how good that feels...how does it positively change things for you and your world....what are the consequences of hitting your goal....so what do you need to do to capture that feeling, bottle the very essence of it....what would you do to make sure, guarantee you are going to feel that way.....and extra sales call a day .....?

So what if you should have spent more time with your family...one more hug, one more "I love you" that you should have said....or maybe your priorities are spot on and you know they know just how much you love them as you never left that to chance.

Understanding how you feel on reaching that future goal, what it would mean, what would change in your world ....is the first step in visualising and outcome to provide positive motivation to keep you on track ...you need to imagine how it feels emotionally and physiologically.....only then can you synthesise your body and mind to delivering that goal for you. The movie of your life becomes inherently positive ...it's the slide set you want shown at your funeral the movie you want to see over and over again. It's the Disney feel good, rising above the odds story.....not the B grade unlikeable character that no one warms to or respects...."I hated that guy in that film"....is that who you want to be?

But here's the rub. There is no finish line. When the final whistle blows, there is another game starting. There is always something else to work towards. Once you accept that then you are ready to accept that if you live your life like the final whistle is about to blow and as such make every second count then you can live without regret, able to smile at your efforts, reflect warmly and without questioning what if.

Finally this quote from poet Kim Rosen may resonate for you ...."when you welcome what you've been running from, your life is no longer shaped by trying to avoid it"......visualising the ideal you and working towards it is a great first step.