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Personal Development Motivation
Motivation is one of the keys to success. With it, we can take on dreams and overcome obstacles and get things done. Without it we end up with unfulfilled desires and hopes.
Want to start exercising? Want to give up smoking? Want to write a book? Motivation is the key to our success or lack thereof.
Here then is a wisdom key to motivation. There are really only two kinds of motivation. Positive motivation and negative.
Negative motivation is the most common form. We are motivated to avoid a negative consequence. What happens if we don't go to work? We get fired. Then we can't pay the mortgage and lose our home. So we are motivated to go to work to avoid those negative results.
We were all raised with negative motivation. Avoiding the threat of something bad happening to us. If you don't do your homework, you'll fail your classes and get in trouble. It perhaps got us to do our homework, but negative motivation is just that, negative. It is deflating. We grumble and moan as we do our homework or go to work because we "have to."
Positive motivation is the opposite of negative. Instead of trying to avoid a negative consequence, we are trying to accomplish a positive outcome. That changes everything. You may, for example, hate to get up at 4am to go to work. You grumble all the way in. But what if you are going to Hawaii and need to get up at 4am to catch your flight? You will hop out of bed humming a happy tune. You are positively motivated and energized by the result you are after.
The thing is, you can start to practice being positively motivated as much as you want in life. Just think of the positive result you are after from an exercise program for a few minutes. Then see if that doesn't start filling you with the desire to get started.
The key to motivation is to take action. Positive motivation can start filling you with some enthusiasm and energy to get things done. Focus on the positive outcomes you want or the fun things that go with any job and see if it doesn't start making you feel more excited to get things done.
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