There are times when you might feel lazy, not wanting to work. Well these 6 easy ways to increase motivation will boost your motivation and help you stay concentrated with what you need to get done. Once you begin to practice these techniques, you will find that you can get more done in a shorter amount of time and be more productive.
There are numerous reasons why you might want to increase your motivation:
You will get more done
You will be able to take control of your life
You will get better grades and pass tests with flying colors in school
You will have much more free time
The list goes on and on...
With all of these reasons to not procrastinate and have great motivation, then why don't we? There are many reasons for this as well. Some of these include:
Waiting to feel in the mood or the right time to start
A fear of failing the task or succeeding
Underdeveloped decision making skills
Poor organizational skills
Perfectionism - You have to do the talk perfect
Many times, we may feel that the task is too large and overwhelming, so we procrastinate and later wind up cramming all of what we need to know into a one-night study session for instance. Although the vast majority of the population suffers from these problems almost daily, there are easy ways to correct this problem.
(As you read the following, do not just skim through it as you might with other articles. Actually read the entire thing and then make sure that you Put These Techniques Into Your Life Daily or else reading this article will not benefit you.)
Now, onto the 6 techniques for self motivation:
1) Recognize that You are Procrastinating
Many times we just go through our day on autopilot and we just jump from thought to thought, not really realizing that we are loosing a lot of precious work time. The next time that you are not on the task that you know you should be doing, break away from the computer, television, or Ipod, go to your favorite chair, and sit down with your eyes closed. Then think to yourself what the best way that you can be using your time right now is and ponder upon that for a few minutes. In your head, see yourself doing that task and feel how good it feels that you are going to get all your work done so that you will have a lot of time later on to do whatever you want to do. Recognizing that you are procrastinating is the first step towards increasing your motivation.
2) Break up the Task
Whatever that task that you need to complete is, break it up into small chunks that you can easily handle. Don't say to yourself, "I need to write this 1000 word paper." Instead say, "I need to write my Intro of 200 words now, and then figure out when I am going to write my first body..." When you break up the task, it clears up your mind and allows you to eat up the work one bite at a time. You don't need to do the whole task in one interval either. Just starting the assignment is all that is needed to significantly increase your motivation.
3) Arouse curiosity in yourself
If you sit down and think of reasons why you want to do the task, you will be more inclined to do it. Think of the outcomes and the benefits of you preforming the task. To even help yourself further, go sit down in your favorite chair with your eyes closed and imagine yourself starting, preforming, and finishing the task. Then feel how good it feels to complete it.
4) Just start it!
The problem with procrastination is not actually doing the task, but starting it. If you just tell yourself that you do not have to finish it now, you just have to start it, you will be able to get a lot more done in a shorter period of time.
5) Set a goal
If you set a time limit or a goal on when you would like to get this task done (and make it a little challenging) you will not be able to procrastinate because you have no time to! Just make a time limit.
6) Reward yourself with treats and breaks
Unless it is urgent, in which case you would not be procrastinating anyway, let yourself have a short 5 minute break every 45 minutes. At the end of 45 min. your brain will start to wonder anyway, so get up and stretch, move around, or do something fun. Make sure you don't let the break go longer than 10 min. though as you might not feel like doing the task again. 5 min. will keep your subconscious on the task still.
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