As a "Motivation Trainer" for over 20 years, I have researched the subject of
"Motivation." It is talked a lot about, but not very much is taught or
written about it. It seems to be a word that eludes us. I often here
people say: "Can you motivate me?" or "I need motivating." or "I've
lost my motivation."
Part of the challenge in understanding the concept of
"Motivation" is to understand what it means. We seem to have a distorted
definition of what it is. Since we know that words have positive or
negative energy connected to them, it is important that we know what words we
are saying and what those words mean.
Let's start our journey into understanding "Motivation" with a
workable definition.
Motivation is:
1. Making a Choice
2. To Take Action
3. For a Result
4. Whether You Feel Like It or Not.
"Motivation" is about what you
choose, not how you feel. The first myth about "Motivation" is that it
somehow has something to do with how you feel. So if you feel like
exercising, you are motivated, and if you don't feel like exercising, you
aren't. If you feel like working your network marketing business, then
you are motivated; if not, you just aren't motivated. If you feel, like
going to church, you are motivated; if you don't feel like it....
And as you can imagine, there are
hundreds of scenarios that we could mention.
Once we accept a "new definition"
of "Motivation," we can move forward to using it as a tool in our lives to
help us achieve results.
Starting with 1. Making a
Choice.
Everything is a choice.
Choice equals results. Good choices = Good results. Bad choices =
Bad results. From the time you are born, until the time you die, you
will literally make hundreds and hundreds of choices. Every choice has a
result. The caveat is that you may make a choice today, but not get the
result today. Results are still coming even if delayed. To stay
motivated, we start with what choices will we make for specific results in our
lives in every area: Physical, mental, spiritual, social, financial, family.
2. To Take Action
Once we make a choice for a
result, the mind automatically goes into the mode of: "What action do I
need to make in order to achieve the result?" This is how we develop our
action plan for choosing and accomplishing results in our lives. If you
don't know what action to take to achieve your result, you mind will go into
the mode: "Where do I go to learn what to do to accomplish this result?"
Your mind is a powerful friend or
foe. With all the many years of studying the mind, we still know so
little about it.
It was created to help
you. Unfortunately with some of our old negative programming, often our
mind does not help us. It is so important that we are continually alert to
negative programming that is keeping us from fulfilling more of our potential.
The reason we take action is for the
result.
3. For a Result
What results are you choosing for
your life today? The results you have in your life today are from the
choices you have made in your yesterday. The results you will have today
and in the future will be from the choices you make. Understand, you
cannot make the right choices if you have not clearly defined the result.
What results do you choose for
your health, you body, your eating habits, etc?
What results do you choose for
your thinking, your attitude, your words that you speak, etc?
What results do you choose for
your spiritual life? I did not say "religion"; I said for your
"spiritual" life?
What results do you
choose for being involved with your community, your friends, etc?
What results do you choose for you
business, your profession, you finances, etc?
What results do you chose
for your family, for your relationships, etc.?
It is important that you develop
a "result-driven" mindset.
4. Whether You Feel Like It
or Not.
When you make a choice to
take action for a results, then how you feel does not enter into the equation.
How many times do you do what you do, when you do not feel like it? If
you have children, how many times do you get up in the middle of the night to
take care of your child when you did not feel like it? Have you ever
gone to a business training seminar, but you didn't feel like it? Have
you ever persevered in the midst of feeling bad, to do a business presentation
or make extra calls?
In all of these situations, "Motivation"
was in operation. You were "Motivated."
We are "Motivated" when we make a
choice to take action for a result whether we feel like it or not.
Motivation is not about "feeling," it is simply about "choosing." We can
have a Motivated day every day we choose to. Should we chose to have a
"laid-back" day, that is great...that is a choice too.
We begin the journey of staying
motivated when we first know what "Motivation" is.
Dr. Zonnya is a "Motivation
Trainer." She speaks for companies, corporations, network marketing
companies, etc. She also does personal coaching and mentoring. Dr.
Zonnya can be reached through her email address:
drzonnya@drzonnya.org or check out her website:
www.drzonnya.org or
call her toll free: 888-725-9103.
