TO STAY MOTIVATED DURING TOUGH TIMES A fillable worksheet to help you identify your most powerful motivations and harness them to achieve your full potential 15 Questions to Ask Yourself to Stay Motivated During Tough Times A fillable worksheet to help you identify your most powerful motivations and harness them to achieve your full potential
A great way to stay motivated is asking yourself thought-provoking questions about what keeps you inspired and what is holding you back. These powerful questions will help you learn more about yourself, remind you of your purpose, clarify what you really want out of your goals, and determine what obstacles you need to overcome to achieve them.
“Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines.”
— Brian Tracy
You can ask yourself these questions daily, or at any time you need a boost of motivation. When you answer these questions remember, it’s important to be perfectly honest with yourself. There are no right or wrong answers to these, but it is important that you write down whatever your answers are. Refer back to them often for a little motivation boost.
15 Questions to Ask Yourself to Stay Motivated During Tough Times
2. What would it take for me to be perfectly happy?
If you’re not happy with who you are or what you’re doing, what would it take to make you happy? Sometimes the answer is something small and sometimes it is much larger.
“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks
for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” — Brian Tracy
6. What is my biggest goal?
What is the most important thing that you want to accomplish that you haven’t been able to thus far in your life? Write down this goal. Look at it every day and do something to work towards it every day.
8. What would the consequences be if I don’t achieve my goal?
Think about what would happen if you didn’t achieve your goal. A good rule of thumb is to only focus on goals with large consequences if you don’t finish them.
11. What stops me from being motivated and how can I
overcome these obstacles? You know yourself better than anyone else. This is what is truly holding you back. List your biggest fear, and immediately confront it. Fear paralyzes us with indecision and can make it nearly impossible to take action. Visualize yourself as unafraid and confront your fear.
It’s important that even when times are tough, you remain positive about yourself. One of the most powerful things you can do is repeat positive affirmations to yourself outloud. Write down what you like about yourself, and repeat it often.
Having long term goals that are a little more difficult to achieve are important to keep you motivated. Think about where you want to be in 5 years, and remember that nothing is impossible
W hen you make a clear, unequivocal decision that you are going to take complete control over your mind, eliminate the negative emotions and thoughts that may have held you back in the past, and become a completely positive person, you can actually bring about your own personal transformation.
Mental fitness is like physical fitness. You develop high levels of self-esteem and a positive attitude with training and practice.
Perhaps the most powerful ability that you have is the ability to visualize and see your goals as already accomplished. Create a clear, exciting picture of your goal and your ideal life, and replay this picture in your mind over and over.
“Take charge! You feel positive about
yourself to the exact degree to which you feel you are in control of your life.” — Brian Tracy
All improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures. As you “see” yourself on the inside, you will “be” on the outside.
Remember, whatever you expect with confidence seems to come into your life. Since you can control your expectations, you should always expect the best.
Expect to be successful. Expect to be popular when you meet new people. Expect to achieve great goals and create a wonderful life for yourself. When you constantly expect good things to happen, you will seldom be disappointed.
15 Questions to Ask Yourself to Stay Motivated During Tough Times
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15 Questions to Ask Yourself to Stay Motivated During Tough Times
