WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO STAY MOTIVATED? || THE POWER OF MOTIVATION
Motivation is the one ingredient that keeps a man on course toward his goals. This is something that we all need to attain success for without it, how do we stay on course? How do we survive in the Den of discouragement?
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Talking about Discouragement? it is everywhere. Nothing seems to want us to keep going, nothing seems to push us to do more. It is always just easy to quit and let everything go. This is why I have brought up this question; What is the best way to stay motivated?
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Yeah in my previous articles, I have talked about so many ways to stay motivated. One of them was about Having a Circle; STRONG WE's. I have once even talked about having an accountability partner; someone who is in the same learning process as you but is there to check up on you and how you are doing, whether you are progressing or getting de-motivated.
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These are all great ways of killing off demotivation but the question still comes up; How Best Can One Stay Motivated? Not all the methods which I have mentioned above can be available to a person. I mean, not everybody has a circle to look back to, Not everybody finds the best person to make an accountability partner, this also couples up with a very discouraging environment that wants the opposite of what we seek.
This question clicked up to me when a person sent a message in the WhatsApp group I recently joined today. I don't know anybody in the group because I got the link online where I was learning a course I bought on Udemy.
The person who sent this message just started this same course and was discouraged by one of his friends that the course was easy to learn and getting outdated. He said he was frustrated and discouraged because he loves the course and doesn't know what else to do.
I smiled after reading this and had to give him a truthful reply. I replied:
Smiles… Don’t let people discourage you. frontend development cannot die as far as the web cannot die. In life, nothing is hard depending on your mindset towards it. So if frontend development is easy, so are the Backend and Cloud Development. Also, people might think it’s easy but yet they may only know the scratch of it and do not learn it deeply. There is a difference between knowing something and being very practical at a thing. So Man! Block all discouragements and keep straight to your goals and directions.
That was when he replied in appreciation for my words also saying he doesn't have anyone to motivate him and that it is tough for him to keep up. This was when the question came to my mind.
At this point, there is no other answer than Self-Motivation. So how does one stay Self-motivated? I had written a post quite similar on how to stay self-motivated in which your eyes need to stay directly on the prize after all your struggles and efforts thriving.
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The thing about self-motivation is that it is quite tough for people with low-self esteem who believes they don't deserve more than what life gives to them. People who may think that they are not up to rank or up to class with others. People who think very low of themselves.
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In my opinion, I think the best way is to look at the finish line.
Look at the goal you hope to accomplish at the end of the road.
Do not take your eyes off that goal no matter what.
The fact that you have to get to the end of that line will give you the motivation you need.
The only reason people do not have motivation along the way is because they are distracted by the things on the side. Their eyes have been taken off the price.
And those distractions are out to discourage them. Those distractions could be their fellow racer. What they are seeing is the fact that this racer is far ahead of them, or maybe trying to surpass them in the race. They have no idea their fellow racer is thinking the same thing and is being oppressed by him as much as he is.
The best thing he could have done would have been to take his eyes off his fellow racer and place it on the price.
Exactly... It's always about the destination and never about what you may see on the road. Those things are distractions from what we aim for.
That has always been my source of inspiration ever since. Think of the rewards and price after that.. no matter the pain, it is worth it since I want it.
You gave an interesting comment. I really appreciate it
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You have said it all @starstrings01 and @iskafan
It's really difficult when one has a low self esteem
I think first for such a person is to build his confidence level, courage and determination not considering the amount of failures and pains yet looking up at the goal .
The goal has to be a burning desire of that person perhaps an aspiration or a dream or a role model
It has to be something he/she can see that will keep him standing.
There are negative WEs also... changing circle and environment can also help
Yeah... Having a burning desire means your mind is locked on the prize. And you would do everything in your ability to keep pushing. That way even if one is with low self esteem, it doesn't matter any longer.
The best way to say motivated? Well for me the best way to stay motivated is to always keep in mind the reason why u do what you do no matter what you face along the line cause just so you know no one can destroy your zeal except you give them a chance.
The other way one can stay self motivated is to look for a challenge or a model you look up to in the line of what you do, that will always set on fire the zeal to do more and get better because one things human don't like is not been at the top of the food chain ,so give your self a challenge that will push you there.
Low self esteem practically not believing in your self or in what you do and which might lead to quiting or loss of interest in what you do..and to build your low self esteem you just have to belive in your self more than anyone can, and try as much as possible to push out those negative voices that tells you,you are not good enough and try thinking more positive.And the most important is to work your skill to perfection it will not be an easy task but build your skill cause with this it can help you build forces strong enough to push those negative thoughts out of your head
We can conclude this to self-motivation... because you are always reminding yourself what you want and kicking out negative energy away.
Exactly, one just needs to put more believe in their abilities. Yeah, having a strong skill matters. Because if you build something that you are confident at, you begin to fight negative energy easier.
Exactly....well I just listed out how I help myself and it works like magic 😁😁
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Before, I planned taking a few steps to getting high and flying.
but as I came across this,I will carry 100 steps, and I'm gonna fly🦅😄💯
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I'll drop it soon.
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Hmm nice one!!!
I do not think I am the best person to say or talk on how best one can stay motivated. For someone like me who recently have just been feeling tired of doing anything - except eating honestly. At times, when I start something new I get fired up until the devil lurks and sneaks in then boom I just give up.
Also, what do one do when even the situation around is helping the tiredness? For example, for some days now there has been no power supply to even ginger me to do something.
I think I may have to read some of your previous posts you have mentioned. Self-motivation, I believe, is more than just talking to yourself and trying to charge up yourself cos that's the only thing I do that I can say is self motivation.
Bro, we are in the same shoes. This happens to me often. I want to be productive but I am down.
But I push myself thinking of not ever attaining my goals because I chose to be lazy. 😅😂
Hmmmm
I will need to come back to this post with my comment. I love this topic and will love to contribute with the questions here..
However, it's my birthday today...a lot on my head now🤩🤩
When I am more relaxed, I will come back here.
Thanks for always dropping valuable tips here👌
Birthday girl! I am sure you enjoyed your day.
Oh yes, I did, one of my best birthdays ever🤩🤩. coming back online this night and met 64 notifications, I was like woww, where do I start replying to these comments, hahaha but I am here now, doing it gradually 👍
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I will say, the best way to stay motivated is having a strong WHY of what made you start a thing, project or a course. When this is known and it’s for a reasonable purpose then we keep pushing, avoiding distractions but we just remain focus setting our eyes on the set goals not wanting to fail ourselves.
Being true to oneself and affirming positive words that “I’m capable of doing this, I’m not a failure” and the likes. Positive affirmations do help too.
Firstly is, self love: loving oneself like none other. You need to stop looking down on yourself by not limiting yourself to a certain thing. Being in the midst of people that gives you positive vibes and encouragements will also help and not giving up easily.
A person with a low self-esteem doesn’t see his/herself being capable to achieve a certain goal. Such person always back off when a positive result is not showing on time. Their self confidence is always on al low and they fear failure.
People with high self-esteem always have these strong believe in themselves, they are optimistic in nature and they are free in associating with people. They always make sure they succeed at their set goals.
This is my view and contribution to this article. Thanks for bringing it my way🙏🏽
Exactly knowing why you started something should be the very reason why you need to keep pushing. This idea has been my number one method of staying motivated.
If you see me today in my bathroom. My father would be thinking I am on drugs. I was shouting to myself that I could do it because right now, I am facing some challenges that I hope to overcome soon.
The Lord will give you the strength you needed at this time and the grace to keep pushing till you overcome it in Jesus name🙏🏽
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Having an accountability partner tops the list for me. The reason is we're humans not robots, so sometimes we get burnout, and even think of throwing in the towel every now and then. But, having someone who constantly checks to see that you're on track and pushes you to do more will motivate you even more. I know people talk about how you should learn to be your own motivation, but sometimes it's just not enough, no man is an island.
Meanwhile, @starstrings01, awesome awesome awesome post!
Now I don't know which I am. 🤔
Mentor or Accountability partner? 😅