Top Ten Self Motivating Tips

As I continue to do LifeWorks presentations across the area, there's something I learned about people.  Actually,  I believe I already knew this but as presentations and speeches come and go, my suspicion becomes more reality.


No one can motivate anyone to do anything!  


The only thing I can do is provide incentives for people who attend my speeches and workshops.  Now what does matter is if they follow through.  I believe we have a generation that even incentives no longer work like they once did for most people.  We live in a "I want it now" generation.  To actually take the time to work on an issue in our lives to make them better takes time.  In some cases months if not years. 


IF...you need to motivate yourself to look for that new job, start that project, begin exercising, saving money, (Yes we use to do that in America), make amends with someone, well here are ten Self-Motivating Tips that you can use.
1.  Be willing to leave your comfort zone.  The greatest barrier to achieving your potential is your comfort zone!  Great things happen when you make friends with your discomfort zone. 
2.  Don't be afraid to make mistakes.  Wisdom helps us avoid making mistakes and comes from making  a million of them.
3.  Don't indulge in self-limiting thinking.  Think empowering, expansive thoughts.
4.  Choose to be happy.  Happy people are easily motivated.  Happiness is your birthright so don't settle for anything else.
5.  Spend at least an hour a day in self-development.  Read good books or listen to inspiring cd's.
6.  Train yourself to finish what you start.  So many of us become scattered as we try to accomplish a task.  Finish one before you begin another.
7.  Live fully in the present moment.  When you live in the past or the future you aren't able to make things happen in the present.
8.  Commit yourself to joy.  C.S. Lewis once said, "Joy is the serious business of heaven."
9.  Never quit when you experience a setback or frustration.  Success could be just around the corner.
10. Dare to dream big dreams.  If there is anything to be the law of exception then we are moving in the direction of our dreams, goals and expectations.