Before we learn the methods to stay motivated we understand what is motivation.
Basically to do any work/task we need both mental and physical energy. Because of the mental energy able to do smart work and because of the physical energy we are able to do hard work. And we know that both smart and hard work are required to bring good results.
Motivation is that when our mind is ready to provide mental energy and our body ready to provide physical energy, means at the same time we have both energy and we are eager to do work and also we feel energetic.
So in this article if I use the word motivations I am talking about both mental and physical energy.
Here I explain four factors from where we get motivation.
Motivation From Fear
Maybe it is a confusing point for you so read it carefully.
Fear is not a wrong thing. But fear of the wrong thing is wrong.
There is an incident from Mahabharata in which Arjun explains about the fear and says that fear keeps the warrior on alert. And we should understand which of our fears is right and which is wrong.
Fear of failure, fear of making mistakes, fear of trying something new are wrong. But many times we are afraid that if we do not do this work, then our result will be bad and this fear motivates us to do work.
Motivation from desire of Success
This is the factor from which most of the people get motivation. But I think this is not the right key of motivation because if someone gets motivated just only by the desire of success then the chances are higher that the hurdles easily demotivate him.
Let's understand with an example.
A man sets a goal and he is highly motivated by the success, fame and monetary benefits and he starts working on it. As he grows he will have to face many new problems and hurdles which he never thought of and maybe this will force him to start calculating that he faces X number of problems just in the first 2 months and how many problems are still remaining and at such points the chances are higher that he quit.
Here the only thing that helps you is a strong why?
You have a strong reason to achieve your goals. We listen to successful people who were poor in their childhood and now they are multi millionaires. The thing that motivates them to do work is their strong reasons.
Why do they need luxury and a rich life?
Motivation from Results
This factor works with the fixed mindset of people. If they are getting results they get motivation, otherwise they feel demotivation. Most teenagers also face these problems, they are more focused on their results instead of learning. They don't think that they are learning something new every semester; they just keep their eyes on their test marks and teacher's review.
Motivation from work, from the process
This is a powerful motivation and we also follow it in some fields but forget to follow it in our career. Iron Man is the best example for this factor as we know Tony Stark does not mean about the results, just that he likes to do work, he enjoys making new armors. And the day when you also start feeling like this, then nothing can distract you. All other factors of motivation depend on something external but this factor only depends on you.
Another example is when we are playing a game and we win, what we do next we restart the game because we enjoy the process less the result. We fail a lot of times but still we are ready to play again because we are in love with that game. And the same strategy we have to follow with our career and work. We have to love our work.
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