Personal development: how to strengthen your motivation

 Personal development: how to strengthen your motivation

To work or play sports, motivation does not always come naturally! It can be strengthened by regaining a sense of action and cultivating positive emotions.

A motivated person engages more strongly in what he undertakes. Another asset for a successful project, personal or professional. Four tips that make the difference.

1. Get in good shape!

Preparing for action already allows you to condition yourself mentally. How? 'Or' What ? By first bringing together all the pieces that make it successful, like the right equipment and a turned off phone.

Are you planning a workout? Motivate yourself with an outfit that's as pretty as it is comfortable. Second, adopt a posture that the brain associates with positive emotions, standing upright and smiling. This attitude of openness produces in itself a sense of drive and motivation.

2. Concentrate on pleasant vision

“To motivate yourself, you have to look beyond the task at hand and find an attractive objective,” recommends Laurence Thomas, coach and human resources consultant.

What do you want to get from this action? Positive visualization is a great way to build motivation. For example, for a run, picture yourself after the run, in great shape and proud to have gone all the way.

“Breathe, close your eyes and visualize your goal achieved,” advises the coach. Be specific, with positive sights, feelings and sounds. "

Then imagine yourself doing the task, and then reap the rewards again.

3. Divide the task at hand

The step-by-step strategy makes action more accessible than looking at it as a whole. “Start with an easy first task to prime the pump,” recommends Laurence Thomas. Success motivates the next action, and so on. "

To reinforce this virtuous circle, plan a system of rewards after each step taken. “Also remember to congratulate yourself, to give yourself recognition after a success,” adds the coach.

4. Involve colleagues, friends

“Motivation is contagious! recalls Laurence Thomas. Surround yourself with inspiring people, who take pleasure in doing what they have to do, to benefit from their energy. You can also involve someone in your action. For example, suggest that a friend read this difficult book at the same time as you, and then discuss it, on a specific deadline, over tea. Giving up will then be much more complicated! "