Strategies to Keep Motivated and On Target

Focus On Your Mind, Body, and Soul

Think positive thoughts! When you teach yourself to think positive (while pushing negative thoughts out), you act positive, and your positive spreads. And just as you should focus on keeping your mind positive, you should also keep your body positive with healthy food and exercise. After all, your body converts food into energy, which in turn, is used to process your positive thoughts and create goals.

Outside Influences

Avoid people who don’t contribute to your goals in any positive way. They misdirect your focus, energy, and time. Instead, surround yourself with people who are motivated and have a positive outlook. Energy is often shared, and when your peers are motivated, it’s easier for you to be, too!

Be Goal-Oriented and Purposeful

You always want to have goals in place and mindful of them, but you don’t need to be rigid in setting or maintaining those goals. When striving for a specific outcome, having flexibility allows you to adapt to changing circumstances. At the same time, when you work through your goals, you want to do it with purpose. You don’t want to do anything that gets you off track and wastes your time and energy.

Recognize Your Personal Responsibility

Your goals, actions, and results are yours and you should own them. If something goes awry and you get off track or lose your focus, don’t come up with an excuse to cover it up. Recognize the issue, learn from it, and continue to push forward through your goals.

Exceed Your Limitations

Do this every single day. Take steps outside of your comfort zones. Do something that adds to your goals and something that pushes you forward and leaves you better than you were when you woke up this morning.

Let Your Failures Be Your Guide
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When you are afraid of failure, you don’t achieve anything. Use missteps and failures as a time to reflect and understand what went wrong. Understand why a failure is a failure. It’s a learning experience and it should be embraced. Take what you learn from your failures and apply them to your future goals and transform them into success.

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