Stay Motivated to pursue your dreams

Have you ever came to that point of your career that you struggled to find your own motivation?

We often become so familiar with our processes and goal setting, we fall into a rut. No one is inspired to do well. No one is encouraging others to participate. When this happens, the original purpose is lost and we begin to ask, ‘why do we do this?’ ‘why do it this way?’ ‘who cares?’ If this is happening to you at work, it’s time to step back and reassess your approach to leading. Perhaps we are the ones who needs a change!

When we set out to achieve a long-term goal the beginning is always easy. You are full of vitality and determination to face the challenge. What is difficult though is our precious goals don’t happen quickly. Achieving goals, it takes hard work, time, persistence, and discipline. When we don’t see results quickly as we were expecting we have the feeling of frustration, disappointment and we have difficulty staying motivated. Do you agree?

Being motivated in a fast-growing world requires long term commitment, courage and perseverance. You must find a way to give yourself a boost when you need it and avoid giving up when something is not going your way.

Below are some ways to stay motivated no matter how much you feel like giving up:

✴ Simplify

Create a life of simplicity regarding motivation. Simplicity will allow you space in your head and heart to become creative, open minded and grow through challenges. Create a selection of goals and not all of them at once, focus on some not many. This way you will simplify your life and stay aim to master in one area.

✴ Manage your expectations

Having set high expectations for your goals might work negatively as you may not see progress as quickly as you expect. You should stay motivated to find ways to manage stress and emotional distraction and keep going. Once you believe in yourself that you can do it, nobody will stop you.

✴ Surround yourself with supportive people

The most important way to stay motivated is to have people around you that support you and help you with your mission and goals. It is very important to be in an environment work and home to be supportive and engaged to your goals. Being in an unsupportive environment on the other hand will only trigger psychological and physical distress that has a negative impact towards your goals and motivation.

✴ Break down large goals into small steps

Break down your goals into small steps. This way it will help you focus and celebrate wins. Sectionalize your large goals into doable tasks so you can celebrate the small wins as you achieve them. This way it will keep you motivated and continue to work towards you big goals.

✴ Practice gratitude

During the process of achieving your goals take a note of what has happened, what has worked, see the positive outcomes even though they are small. Have a gratitude practice that will help you feel proud and how far you have come and what you have accomplished. During this process it will uploft your motivation and open new doors and opportunities.

✴ Celebrate success

When your tasks and goals are fulfilled don’t forget to stop and celebrate, give yourself some credit after all the hard work. Make yourself feel like a superstar despite having small or big wins. You deserve to reward yourself.

Don’t forget to celebrate your successes every step of the way because pursuing a big dream isn’t easy, but you are worth it.