Posts Tagged With: motivation

By Anthony D Carter

The Law of Celebration- Enjoy the journey. It is the journey that gives you the most pleasure and not necessarily the arrival at your desired destination. We get excited when we overcome challenges and move forward. However after we accomplish our goals we tend to switch our focus immediately to the next goal or aspiration.

By Anthony D Carter

The Law of Focus- What you give attention to grows. Keep your mind on the desired results that you are trying to accomplish and off of the pitfalls and setbacks.

By Anthony D Carter

The Law of Initiative- The best way to get instant motivation is to start. There is something magical that happens when you make a start. You never want to get in a habit of putting off taking the obvious steps that are before you.

By Anthony D Carter

Harboring thoughts of past failures. Dwelling on failure only brings more of it. When you waste your time obsessing over your past failures you will miss present opportunities. Your focus on your failures will drain all of your initiative. You are not motivated to try again when you feel if will result in continued failure.

By Anthony D Carter

Picking the wrong goal. When we choose a goal because everyone else is doing it or because we think it would be something that is nice to have then we set ourselves up for failure before we even start. When the going gets tough we will not continue with the required dedication that is necessary accomplish the goal.

By Anthony D Carter

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen.

By Anthony D Carter

Step 1-Inspiration. When we are inspired we can do great things. A big dream is a form of motivation that stirs us to act. If you do not have a dream here is how you get one. Think about something that you would like to be, do, or have.
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Once you list the reasons why you want it. Now you have your dream. Your reasons for wanting it fuels your inspiration. With high levels of inspiration comes high motivation levels. You are motivated to do the work necessary for the attainment of your dream.

By Anthony D Carter

Associating with negative people. You become like the people you hang around. Complaining personalities and pessimistic attitudes are contagious. Even though you may not want to be a negative person you eventually will be if you continually associate with other negative people. It is nearly impossible to be motivated if you are pessimistic.

By Anthony D Carter

If you have ever been stuck in a rut you will value the benefits of being inspired. Sufficient inspiration will motivate you to take consistent action. Here is a way to use 5 days to gain inspiration:

By Anthony D. Carter

Being frustrated over current conditions can sap all of your energy and initiative. It doesn’t have to be that way. There is a way to get over frustration and become more energized. Here are three steps for changing frustration into motivation.

Examine Your Current Situation. Frustration stems from a general feeling of helplessness. It seems as if no matter what you do you end up back at square one with the same problems facing you.