Get yourself fired up to accomplish a goal

Who do you think is the best person to get you motivated? Think about it for a moment… The answer’s is quite simple. It’s YOU. Getting yourself to stop dreaming and start achieving ultimately comes down to you. Other people can give you advice, encouragement, and motivation but none of that will matter until you change yourself and take that first step towards a goal.

There are many ways you can get yourself fired up to accomplish a goal. Most are very simple and easy things that you can do every day. Each will feed your desire until it grows into a monster that can’t be tamed.

Read your list of goals

You probably have written a list of goals that you want to accomplish or perhaps a bucket list. You should go through it every morning and each night, or at least once a week. As you do so, visualize what it’ll be like when you achieve each goal. If one of your goals is to vacation on a tropical island, imagine yourself sitting in the sand with the turquoise water splashing in front of you and the sun warming your face.

View pictures and watch videos

If your imagination isn’t that good, look through old photos from your favorite vacations or search online for images of the things you desire. You can also go to YouTube or other video sites and look up videos that relate to your dreams. Use these images to create slide shows or to use the images as your computer background.

Think of what you dislike about yourself

Perhaps you don’t like how you’re shy or always stressed out. Each of us has something about ourselves that we want to change. Think of what yours is and turn it into something you want to tackle.

Get jealous

This may seem strange but a great way to motivate yourself is to be jealous. Look to successful people that you know or don’t personally know. Then ask yourself, “why not me?” Jealousy can force people to perform terrible actions but it can also lead people to great accomplishments.

Think of the naysayers

Think back to your past and perhaps think about your present. Remember the naysayers and what they said about your aspirations. Morph those words into motivation for yourself to achieve and prove them wrong.

Remember why

Think of why you want to accomplish your goals. Is it because you can’t afford a car or a house or is it because you can’t stand another day at your workplace.

All these simple strategies will keep you from getting comfortable with mediocrity. If we get too comfortable with where we currently are, there will seem to be no reason to change.

Photo by Tom Adamson

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