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Self motivation skills are essential if we are to enjoy success, fulfillment, and fitness throughout our life. We may benefit tremendously from gifted motivational speakers, books, and seminars. But if we are to continue to move forward and make progress in achieving our goals we must develop our own personal skills for staying motivated.

These are skills that can be learned and improved with time and effort. We never reach a point where we can stop honing these self motivation skills. As we become more skilled we are able to move forward more quickly and reach for even higher goals.

Improve Your Life With These Self Motivation Skills:

1. Take responsibility. Blaming others for your lack of motivation and inability to persevere in reaching goals is a waste of time. People who constantly blame their boss for their lack of motivation on their job will inevitably stay frustrated and unsuccessful in their work. Get in the habit of not letting other people’s words and actions have an impact on your motivation.

2. Stop procrastinating. This self-defeating habit can be devastating to your motivation and your ability to reach your goals.

3. Take action. There is a time to think and plan but then there it time for action. Nothing will happen until you take some action. Don’t allow yourself to be paralyzed by fear and indecision. Steps of action will lead to more and more motivation.

4. Stop comparing. Comparing yourself with others will inhibit your own personal growth and motivation. Focus on being the very best that you can be and allow others to do the same.

5. Eliminate negativity. We can get bombarded with negativity from friends, family, media, co-workers, and even our own thoughts. Negativity can kill out excitement and keep us from living a motivated life. Skillfully eliminating this negativity can be a great boost to our motivation.

6. Be realistic. After proper self-evaluation you should set goals that are attainable. Setting goals too far out of reach leads to frustration and depletes our energy and motivation. A common example of this is when people set weight-loss goals. You can only lose 1-2 pounds of fat each week. If you set a 10 pound goal you will become frustrated and defeated. Be realistic.

7. Make plans. Failing to plan is planning to fail. It’s an old saying but full of truth. When you follow a well-devised plan you will stay motivated.

8. Reward yourself. Take time to celebrate. Include those who helped you reach your goal. This will keep your motivation fresh and keep you moving forward.

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Here are some special questions you can ask yourself as you experience life transformation, healing, and personal growth. They are related to the three stages of transformation: experience, release, and transform.

Experience:

Relax and go within your deep inner mind, as you ask yourself some questions: “What is it that I’m experiencing about my situation? It may be a picture, a feeling, a thought or an impression.” (Ask yourself questions to vivify the experience…” What’s happening now? Where am I? How old am I? Is anyone else here with me? What do I feel in my body? Do I see anything?)

Release:

“Am I ready to release this now?”

Transform:

“What does that part of me need? (Or how can I bring more love to this?)” -Or-

“What resources do I have within me that can help me with this?” -Or-

“What would my Wise Mind like to tell me about this?” -Or-

“What is this here to teach me?”

(Other transformational experiences are love, comfort, compassion, guidance, (inner healer, spiritual guide) forgiveness, wisdom, witness, soul lesson, light, reframing.

The Trials of Life Become Transformational Experiences

As you move through the process of life transformation and healing, you find that there is an understanding of the life of the spirit in greater depth. As you move through darkness and into the light, you understand the trials of life as transformational experiences. This is felt emotionally, physically and spiritually. There is a lifting into lighter emotions, a lifting up spiritually so that the great source of spiritual power that lives within is understood experientially. This is the nature of transformation. We are working, as you remember, with all levels of consciousness. All of these are the components of a healing system that moves you gracefully from darkness into light.

© 2007 Marilyn Gordon

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