What drives me? What drives any of us? Jay Joell (2010) will tell you that motivation comes from within, it's a driving force that pushes us along our life's journey; it keeps us moving, keeps us engaged even when we don't physically have anything to give. Some days, we don't feel quite like this, we struggle, we fall down and we have to try to stand up but it's easier said than done.
Have you ever been so motivated at one point, and then you wake up one day and wonder where it all went? You were that machine, you possessed all the talent, all the willpower and the wisdom of the game you're in, and today, or yesterday, or last week...was just not your week. It's hard to move, and if your body moves your mind isn't engaged. It's like you just don't feel like it, and you feel like all your motivation has been sucked dry.
Reader, we've all experienced this at one point or another, but many of us give up and don't even try to get back into our groove. What do you do when you fall off your game and need to get back on it? There's no one way, there's no quick fix or a simple solution, but I can assure you, "difficult" doesn't mean impossible.
"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." - Tony Robbins
Have you heard of the word "goals"? I'm sure you have, we're actually motivated to achieve when we have them. Tony Robbins speaks about defining them, and Victor Frankl will tell you that they help us stay focused. While motivation may act as the "fuel", the goal is the destination, so we need to get our "vehicles" checked, ready and working or we may swerve off course in the midst of being driven to our destination.
Keep your goals in mind reader, remember why you began in the first place. Remember what you want, how soon you want it and the sacrifices you've made to come this far. Not enough? I didn't think it would be, it's multi layered so you need to dig deeper. If you have your goal, you have the wisdom and you just can't move, then you have to make yourself move. Get up, get out there and start doing it, get it done reader.
Stop reading, stop procrastinating,
stop worrying, stop delaying...pick up your bag, get your water and go to the
place that you associate with your success. If that place is the gym, then walk
through the front door, the rest will take care of itself. Wherever you train,
whatever you do, just like an athlete preparing for a sport, you have to
actually do it to get it done.
"Successful people do what they have to do whether they
feel like it or not." - Brian Tracey
Buying exercise DVDs,
new shoes, protein shakes, gathering information or asking friends won't help
you for long. Are you guilty of doing all these things to get you back on track
and yet you still can't find the motivation to train? It's because the
motivation to train comes from within reader.
"When you have a strong enough 'why' you can endure any 'how'." - Victor Frankl
No tape or item will
get you back to what you were if you can't get up and do it for yourself. "You" are completely responsible and "You" are the supreme
master of your motive, only you can get your own ass off the couch and head to
where you need to be, to get your work done.
When you don't feel
like it is when you need to do it, and then you must keep doing it until the
motivation returns. Remember reader, it's on you, look within, keep your goals
in mind and if all else fails, just do it. A little goes a very long way.
Nick A. Titley
Further Reference and sources of inspiration:
1.
Joelle, Jay. (2010). Lead and motivate-not just your team, but yourself, too. Contract
management, 50(7),
2.
Frankl, Victor. Man's Search for Meaning.
3.
Robbins, Anthony. Awakening the Giant Within.
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