Motivation just might be the very reason for your failure to begin with.
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1. Why Motivation Sucks and how to Succeed without it BY: CODY
MCLAIN
2. Motivation just might be the very reason for your failure to
begin with. Maybe we lean on motivation a little more than we
should.
3. Psychologists have a number of theories on where motivation
comes from, whether its the Drive Theory, Arousal Theory, or the
most popular one of all, the Humanistic Theory. But what is
Motivation anyway? In the end, they all try to do just 1 thing
describe why a person does something.
4. Interestingly enough, motivations dont last because of the
way we humans think. From a very young age were actually programmed
to look at the negative side of life. Ever wonder why the news is
always negative? Oh honey check this out, 23 people were
murdered.
5. Willpower is the real reason you can prolong a task.
Motivations come from our reptilian side of our brains to serve our
immediate self-interests. Im guessing caveman never had to write a
term essay.
6. Our motivations dont work unless we can see the immediate
short-term goal. However, motivation can be useful for short-term
goals, or simply getting yourself to the start line. Without an
immediate reward, were more likely to fail on our long-term
goals.
7. With any personal, or business goal you need to learn how to
do one of the following: A. Continue to use external stimuli such
as a motivational poster, movie or speaker. B. Learn to use
Willpower Properly. Too many people fail to understand just what
willpower is, and how it is a finite resource that can be limited
starting with what you choose to wear for the day.
8. Im saying that were using motivation for all the wrong
reasons.The key, is not to master, or use external motivation. So
what are you saying exactly? We simply need to learn how to put a
little WD40 on our motivations to get them rolling on their own
with far less friction. This is done by mastering your
willpower.
9. Stop hanging around the wrong people.You see, the human mind
will always constantly check itself against the world around it. So
how do I make my willpower stronger? Theres a saying: You Become
Who You Surround Yourself. The origin of this, and everything else
like it (ie. you are what you eat) came from a guy named Jim
Rohn.
10. In fact, you should really watch him talk about this in the
video below. In short, the only way you can fight the hardships is
by having the right people by your side.
11. 1. Ask yourself who are the 5 people you spend the most
time with? Write those 5 people down and then ask how much time you
spend with those individuals. So what should I do? 2. Look at each
persons life, what they do and how ambitious they are. Are they
successful, optimistic, happy?
12. 3. Evaluate each person and what effect you think they have
on your life. 4. Now you need to decide if there is anybody you
should cut, or decrease the time you spend with. 5. If all of a
sudden, you find yourself with a lack of friends, go check out
meetup.com and join some clubs, or organizations that interest you.
Its a great way to find new friends
13. While this is not the only step to accomplishing long-term
goals, it is nonetheless an important one. By influencing the
people we associate ourselves with, we can hack our mind into
helping us create better habits, and achieve greater success.
14. It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the
guarantee. By: Cody McLain Blog site: www.mindhack.com Follow me:
@codymclain