| We all have our down points at one time or another. A | | | | your progress from the time you start. realizing how |
| project turns out to be more difficult than you originally | | | | far you have come can be a huge motivator. |
| thought, you didn't get the job you interviewed for, or | | | | Learn, Learn, Learn |
| you aren't seeing any improvement in your business or | | | | Gaining Knowledge about a subject can be one of the |
| the new sport you are learning to play. Trying | | | | best ways to stay motivated. The more you learn the |
| something new can make staying motivated | | | | less uncertainty there is to fear. Knowledge is one of |
| particularly difficult because you don't know exactly | | | | the main reason that savvy investors can make big |
| how fast you should be progressing. So how do you | | | | money from areas that seem to risky to the average |
| stay positive and self-motivated to do your best and | | | | investor. it's why one business can flourish while the |
| complete what you start? | | | | business next door selling the same thing goes |
| Break Large Jobs Into Small Tasks | | | | bankrupt. |
| Starting a new project can feel overwhelming. Just | | | | By reading books, taking classes, or getting mentored; |
| thinking about the energy it will take to complete the | | | | you are able to learn from others experience. This |
| project can take your motivation right away. To stop | | | | helps speed up the learning curve and you progress |
| procrastinating and make the project more | | | | faster. Your progress in turn helps keep you motivated |
| manageable, break the job into smaller tasks. Each | | | | and wanting to do more. |
| task will be easier to complete and you will feel | | | | Fail, Fail, Fail |
| motivated each time you complete one and will be | | | | Stop beating yourself up. It's okay to fail. It is one of the |
| motivated to complete the next. | | | | best ways to learn. It can be very depressing to fail, |
| Look at Your Overall Progress | | | | but it is more depressing to not try at all. In my high |
| This found this technique by pure accident by studying | | | | school years there were many things I was afraid to |
| Japanese. When studying there were many times | | | | try because I didn't want to fail. As I got older I realized, |
| where it felt no matter how hard I was studying my | | | | that each time I failed I would dramatically improve. Not |
| Japanese just wasn't improving. I felt as if I was just a | | | | to mention that I gained more confidence by |
| shell going through the routines and not really | | | | succeeding after I had failed than I did if I just |
| progressing. I would lose my motivation for a while and | | | | succeeded the first time. There really is truth to 3rd |
| wonder if I would ever improve. After studying in | | | | times the charm. If they Can, You Can! |
| Japan for a year, I felt I had improved a great deal but | | | | Look at the people who have accomplished amazing |
| not nearly as much as I had hoped. However, when | | | | things in this world. Reading stories of normal people |
| going through some of my stuff, I found my old text | | | | who have accomplished amazing feats helps you |
| book I had used before I had left. I was absolutely | | | | realize that you also can do amazing things. It is |
| amazed how simple the material seemed. Words and | | | | common for people to praise sports players or actors, |
| sentence structures I had struggled to understand | | | | but the truth is that anyone with enough dedication can |
| seemed trivial and something I no longer had to think | | | | do it. It's true that some people are gifted in ways that |
| about. | | | | help them become a great athletes, scientists, or |
| When we are in the midst of learning something it can | | | | musicians, but you can also get there with passion and |
| be difficult to judge our progress. Especially when we | | | | dedication. Just keep thinking that if someone else can |
| are judging it on a day to day basis. Instead, look at | | | | do it, so can you. |