The Mothers of Motivation (MOMs):
How to Create Motivation
Mom #1: Motivation Comes After Action, Not Before
This is the key concept when considering motivation. It is the Mother of all MOMs, in that a good understanding will pave your road to learning and applying all other MOMs. Motivation comes after action, never before. This comes as a surprise for most people. You may be hoping you will eventually just wake up one day and feel like doing that something that you have been putting off. If you’re waiting for that magical day when all of a sudden you feel like doing what you’ve been dreading, or you have an unexpected burst of energy, you may have quite a long wait. Instead, know that you’ll probably have to force yourself to do just a little something first to generate that impetus to do more. And further, when you’ve felt really motivated in the past, it’s because you performed some action beforehand. If you think that motivation comes before action, you may be confusing inspiration with motivation. You may have had the experience of feeling what you thought was motivation in starting a new project or habit, but then found yourself complaining that you’d somehow lost all of your motivation. This may actually have been inspiration initially appealing to you and trying to get you to pay attention to your perfect part’s desires. Inspiration serves as a good indicator to press on and go with it. Remember, feeling good means that you are on the right track. If no action occurs and you think that you feel motivated, it’s probably more likely that you feel inspired. If you can ignite that spark of inspiration with a little action, you’ll find that you’re on your way to truly being motivated.
I understand that a lot of what we want entails unavoidable work that we don’t necessarily enjoy. Just because you want to be organized and become good at marketing your business does not mean that you will wake up one day and feel an overwhelming desire to do your taxes or begin cold call marketing. This is why MOM #1 requires that you force yourself to take a small step toward your goal in order to feel some motivation. This “Force Yourself Task” will need to be small, but requires some movement so you can take on the other MOMs with a spark of motivation.
I’ll hook you up with other MOMs in Newsletters to come…
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Peace,
Cheri
