Motivation is like a burning fire. When you continue to sustain fire by adding coal it will keep burning than to revive one that has been put out. To keep fire going, you must recognise what truly motivates you. Motivation can come either through internal or external factors, providing monetary rewards, growth opportunities or simply organizing the way we work.

Below are some ideas / strategies where you can use daily to keep the fire of motivation going.

Set Personal Goals

Create your own personal goals, keep the fire going. Think and note down what do you want to achieve in your life. This can be as little as learning a new skill that will help you at work. Once these goals are completed, make sure to celebrate these mini milestones and reward yourself for your achievements.

Challenge yourself to develop a comfortable pace, which can help prevent boredom at work. Focus and work on your personal goals which can in return can set your mindset away from the daily stress.

Suggest new ideas

Unleash your creativity and suggest new ideas during working hours. Be more involved in creating and implementing new ideas, this way you will feel more engaged and motivated to work.

Plan your Schedule

To keep the motivation going, you might need to plan and schedule your activities for refilling that fire. Take time to plan your schedule and create a to-do list. Not having a plan in place, might cause overflowing of endless deadlines and suffer from burnout and stress much faster. Pace yourself by organizing an agenda with breaks to let yourself recharged and reconnect.

Create friendships

We are spending more time at work with our colleagues than with our families and friends.  Try to create friendships at work, this is a great motivation at work, having people to speak and communicate at work. You become more engage at your job and produce higher quality of work.

Last but not least be Yourself.

Be Yourself

Show your truth and authentic self at work. Stay true to who you are and you will be able to know what you want to achieve in your job. Don’t follow the crowd, stand out by being you and be motivated to strive towards it.

Set your motivation to a different level. Try out these strategies and let us know in the comments below how they helped you at work.

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.