Five Easy Steps to Staying Motivated

The most important brainstorm you will ever experience about motivation is to realize that you can't do it for people. As an Owner, manager or coworker, no matter how hard you try, people choose whether to experience motivation at work. You can't motivate others. You can only choose motivation for yourself. I recommend it. Days speed quickly by and you are engrossed in activities you enjoy. Challenges multiply because you are excited. You set and achieve challenging goals. You feel good about yourself and your self-esteem swells, on and off the job.

Motivational experts are paid alot of money to tell executives, looking for that next "big" deal, that they must constantly evaluate these factors. How do you do that? Follow the 5 tips that follow, and watch the changes.

1. Maintain a Positive Attitude – Let's realize that life is only 10% of what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. You are responsible for our own actions and attitudes, and altering them when needed. When you're around people/things that are uplifting and positive, you feel that way. You have more confidence in yourself, and know you can change whatever needs changing. If you can make your workplace such a place you'll find happier workers and higher production. You might even find your employees look forward to coming to work!

2. Everyone has problems, but they don't belong at work, so leave your personal troubles home. Turn your attention and energy entirely to your on-the-job tasks. This will actually be good for you because you'll get a mental break from your troubles.

3. Create Positive Affirmations - The reason for writing goals for your business is the same as creating positive affirmations on paper. What your eyes see and ears hear, your mind will believe. Try it! After you've written them down, read them aloud to yourself – and do it every morning when you get into work. You'll be amazed at what happens. Come up with a set of new ones every month. Statements such as, "I'm an important and valuable person," or "I know I'll make good use of my time today." Repeating them out loud everyday at a set time will help reinforce positive actions.

4. Make Sure Break Times Are Really Break Times - This is an area where most bosses/entrepreneurs fall down. You become so intense about the project or situation you're working on that you don't ease up. Thinking that it'll be solved in the next few seconds, and then you'll get a cup of coffee can lead you right up to quitting time. Regularly adhering to a specified break schedule, even if you're the boss, releases the tension. If you work on a computer this is even a greater problem because before you realize it – you've been working in that same position for hours. The best answer to this is to set yourself a reminder on your appointment calendar for every 2 hours, and let the computer reminder chime send you the alert to move around.

5. Exercise, Exercise, Exercise - I know that lately it seems that "exercise" is the cure-all to every physical ailment or your love life, but despite that there is some truth to that ugly word. By "exercise" I don't mean that you should go out and join a gym and spend your lunch-time, 3-days-a-week there working out. Get up and walk around your desk or room, when the noises and distraction from your computer becomes obnoxious. Maybe go outside and get the mail and enjoy the sunlight (if you're an entrepreneur that has a home office), or just get up and do a few stretches. Tense and knotted muscles are the result of concentrated, tense thinking, typing or whatever your work. Then when we move we "ooh" and "ouch" because we've knotted up into a ball of tension. Periodic stretching, even at our desk, or just getting up and walking over to the window and getting a different view can help. One of the greatest disservice modern business décor has done to us, is making our offices pristine, sleek, unencumbered spaces. There is nothing more relaxing than getting up from your desk and walking over to a peaceful, serene, seascape or pastoral painting and just drinking it in visually. Momentarily transporting your mind out of work and into that place does wonders. A few good paintings and less shiny chrome in offices would benefit us all.

It only takes a little concentrated effort on our part to keep motivated and productive, which leads to success. I know you're going to hate hearing this, but it's true anyway – and that is, "WHEN LIFE GIVES YOUR LEMONS – MAKE LEMONADE!"

Copyright (c) 2007 Chris Sullivan

Motivational experts get paid big bucks to tell professionals, striving for success, that they must constantly examine these factors. How do you do that? Follow the 5 tips that follow, and watch the changes.

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