Jo’s Motivational Thursday – Part 4

Welcome to another week … how did you go with last week’s challenge?

 Hopefully you are a little closer to finding out what is really important to you and why.

 This week the focus will be on how to set yourself up for success every time you set a goal regardless of the outcome.

 The secret to this is one very simple word – Attitude!  An easy word to say and an easy word to spell but not always as easy to implement the right one!

 It has been noted that most of us suffer from a very serious disease called “procrastination”.  The best excuse for procrastinating is that we may not be sure if making a decision will take us closer to what we ultimately want to achieve.

 Newsbreak:  Everything you do will take you closer to what you want – even if it is the realization that it is not the right way for you!

 “What?” I hear you ask…. please bear with me as I explain.

 I once had someone describe making a decision to take action as if they were standing at a fork in the road.  They could see two possible paths and did not know which one to take.  They thought either path could take them towards their goal but were not completely convinced which path was the best to take.  Here is my advice – just pick one and try! 

 What is the worst that will happen? You will discover this is not the path for you and then you can journey back to the fork in the road and try the other.

 Question:  Will you have still learnt valuable things on the way down the 1^st path? 

Of course you will have and better still you could later on be able to assist someone else to take that path if it is in line with what they want to achieve? 

 Every thing that happens in your life can be seen as a positive regardless of the outcome.  It is up to you how you choose to perceive things – this is a conscious process.

 Here is a quick list of questions to help you stay on track with your goals no matter what life is throwing at you:

 1/ What can I learn from what is happening right now?

 2/ How many times have I felt like this before and can now look back at those times and    

    see the life lesson I learnt and even laugh about it?

 3/ Will this make me stronger? Wiser? A better person?

 A positive attitude goes a very long way to helping us deal with challenges and let’s be honest, it is not difficult to have a positive attitude when everything is going the way that we want.

 The true measure of a person is how they deal with adversity and tough times.

 Here is to you being a ‘glass half full’ person as opposed to a ‘glass half empty’ person.

 Have a great week.

 Jo

Jo’s Motivational Thursday – Part 1

Welcome to Motivational Thursday! Over the next few weeks I will introduce you to some of the simple concepts of human thought processes and how you can use these to help yourself and those around you.

Step 1:

It’s all about you – how do you treat yourself? 

Questions:

If you spoke to your best friend the way you speak to yourself, how long would they be your best friend?

How can you expect to achieve the things in your life that you value when you are self sabotaging through your daily self talk?

Did you know that everyone has days where they doubt their abilities? 

You can use this to your advantage to realize that you are not any different to anyone else and that your doubts and fears are normal. 

The key is to use these moments to make you stronger and determined to achieve what it is that is important to you. 

Step 2:

Identifying appropriate goals – ask yourself, ‘what are my core values?’

Keep reading over the next few weeks to determine what your true motivators are.

Goals set without connecting to your core value systems will either be unfulfilling when achieved or may never be completed as you will lose motivation before reaching the goal.

Step 3:

Setting yourself up for a successful outcome every time.

This will be a series of successful methods to help you deal with success and failure.

Step 4:

How to stay focused when life gets in the way.

The next step will focus on time management and how to prioritise your hour, day, week, month and year.

Step 5:

The last step will be how to have more fun and enjoy every moment – learning the skill of staying present and how this will reduce the stress in your life plus help you achieve the things you value and desire.

See you again next week for more on step 1.

Till then try this fun challenge:

Smile at every person you walk past – the gift you are sharing will make them feel better and costs you nothing (and the best part is it makes you feel better too!).