Why Can't I Get Motivated?

Have you ever asked yourself this question?

I know a lot of readers are athletes and professionals who have conquered this mountain – but for the rest of us, the ones who haven’t quite made it yet.

 

Why can’t we keep a New Years Resolution for more than 2 weeks?  Why can’t we loose that 20 pounds?  Why can’t you motivate your kids to clean their room?

 

There is something about motivation that no one has ever told you before.  You can not motivate anyone to do anything!  Motivation is not about willpower!   Motivation has to come from inside of you.  But how? Where?

 

Remember the Sean Connery movie, Entrapment?  The World Bank that Mac and Gin robbed is located inside The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  What if I offered you $100 to walk across a plank 4” wide suspended between the two buildings?  That’s 88 stories, 452 miles or 1,483 feet high? Not those cables that Mac and Gin walked across – heck, I worked for Outward Bound – even I could do that.  Just a piece of wood – about the size of a balance beam.

 

Would you do it?  No safety net!

 

What if I offered you $1000? Or even a $100,000? What if your life depended on it? What if your child’s life depended on it?

 

Now that is Powerful Motivation!  The secret to motivation depends on how important the consequences or results are to you.  If you can figure out the reasons, the real heart of why you want a thing – you will not fail to achieve it.

 

Think about why you might want to weigh that certain weight?  Do you really have some attachment to that number?  Is it the 145 lbs that you are in love with?  Probably not to many people really relate to a number.  They don’t want to be a number – they want to be fit, have energy, look good.  But that still isn’t it.  Why do you want to be fit?  What benefits does that bring you.  Dig until you get to the real reason behind the desire and there is your motivation.

 

Motivation is the reason you get up early; and it is the reason you don’t quit when you hit a road block.  Motivation is the driving force behind your success.  Goals are important.  What is critical is that you know why you want to reach a goal. 

 

Fran

 

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