Motivation Empire Blog

The Intelligent One asked:


What are your ultimate goals, in terms of success? What do you want out of life?

Eric S. asked:


I’m trying to write an essay that asks what my goals and motivation for wanting a scholarship are but I’m having so much trouble writing it. I have my ideas down and everything but when I try to start on the essay I simply freeze up and my mind goes blank. Can somebody offer me any sort of help?

Motivation is very important to desire certain goals in your life. Without motivation, you would lack interest certain thing that may lead to the path of success. For instance, if you are a theatre artist, you want your work to be appreciated. When the audience inside the hall gives applause it provides you with a high feeling.

In short, you get motivated to perform well. However, some people are unable to seek motivation in most circumstances. It makes them feel discouraged and give up way before they start a task assigned to them.

Here are some important steps to boost your motivation levels. Follow these steps to feel motivated at every phase of life:

- Step 1

First and foremost you need to determine your motivation style. Some people get motivation through a desire they nourish in their hearts while others are motivated because they want to avoid certain things in life that are undesirable for them. The key is to understand what motivate you. This will help you boost your motivation levels.

- Step 2

Check yourself esteem. Low motivation is often a result of low self esteem. If this is the case, you need to work towards it. One easy way to enhance your self esteem and motivate yourself is to think all that you have already achieved. You will feel happy to know that you have been successful many times before.

- Step 3

You should make a list of all the reasons that makes you want to achieve a specific goal. Try to include pictures or symbols that would illustrate your goal. You need to give a glance to your list each time you feel discouraged or like to give up.

- Step 4

Drive away the monster called stress from your life. Yes, you really need to do that. Stress is capable of exhausting your mind and body. Exhaustion in turn, lowers your motivation levels. If you really want to get motivated, learn to relax. Exercising or indulging in your favorite activity will do well to you.

- Step 5

Make a list of all the professionals who can help in motivating you. You may also make a list of professionals. There are also people who get help in boosting their motivation levels via hypnosis. Hypnosis can be an excellent way to improve your self esteem and motivation.

- Step 6

Eliminate negativity. Remember that none of us require negativity. You need to think positive to achieve success in life.

- Step 7

Talk to yourself. Keep on talking to yourself about the goals you want to achieve. You need to remind yourself that you are a winner. If you face difficulties in achieving your goals, consider it a challenge.

- Step 8

Develop a plan. A plan should be in your mind that will let you work hard to achieve your goal. Break this plan in to several small steps. Celebrate on achieving each step. This will be a great motivational force to you.

- Step 9

Abstain from bad habits and bad friends. These are the vices that will take you nowhere. Forsake them right away.



By: Bertil Hjert

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blingblingkid asked:


When do you know you have reached success? Is there certain goals you know you have reached, when you think you have a successful life?

An enthusiastic team is the backbone of success to any organisation. The biggest challenge is to motivate a team. Unless the team is motivated, you cannot expect success or profits. The team should be constantly forced by the leaders rather then being given autonomy or power to perform its own actions.

Remember that success in business is associated with motivation. Technical skills and knowledge may play a great role but without motivation, everything will fail to work. If you want to get the maximum from your team, you need to ignite or fuel it with the right kind of motivation. This will also provide them the zest to unleash their creativity and bring out their best.

There is a lot that takes to motivate your team. First, you need to want the best for your people. You need to find their need and ambitions in order to know about what motivates them. Once you start motivating them with the right force, you will see them performing their best.

Here are some of the best tips to keep motivating your team:

a) Motivate yourself

Let the team know that you are full of energy and enthusiasm to fulfill the task. Show your zest and faith in a project you want your team to accomplish. This will motivate your team to work better and feel good about the whole thing.

b) Goal

Your motivation should be purely based on the goal you have decided to attain. Let your team gets clear about the specific goals you want it to achieve. Be specific crystal clear and realistic about the goal you want your team to achieve.

c) Talk to your people

Remember, that people have different goals and the motivational factors vary from one person to other. You need to know who all are there in your team. Talk to them differently about their aspirations, dreams, expectations, fears etc. This will make it easy for you to know what they need from you to get motivated.

d) Make your team believe that their involvement in the project matters. Let them know how valuable their services are.

e) Appreciate the efforts made by your team. This will make wonders for your team’s motivation spirit. You can show your aspiration in the form of money, bonus, assigning designation etc.

f) Let your team have a sense of belonging. Once sense of belonging is formed, the team will get stronger in sense of loyalty effort and motivation.

g) Challenges

Some people are motivated by the challenges they face. Let your team know that accomplishing a project is not a cake walk but together, they can make it.

h) Don’t belittle your team’s performance. Let them know that they tried really hard. Once they get appreciated for their efforts, they will surely make more efforts to achieve success next time.

i) Let your team know the fruits of success. This will prove to be a great motivation force. Let them know about the celebration and rewards the team will get once the task is accomplished successfully.



By: Bertil Hjert

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