How To Find Self Motivation At Work |
I know, getting motivated at work while you are working for someone else can be difficult at times, especially if you are not in love with your work. However, there are always fun ways to get self motivation at work.
Before you try to find self motivation techniques at work you need to be very clear of what are your goals, maybe your most obvious goal is to earn money from your work, but you are paid the same salary every month, so it doesent make much of a difference, what can you do? let see...
First the reason for you to work should be more than just to earn money or buy things, maybe you want to give you wife a great life, you want to take a vacation or you want to be free from work some day. The point is that you need to find some true motivator something that deep inside is the most powerful reason for you to keep working other than just money.
Now, there are other external motivators that can help you, for example, maybe you want to be promoted to a better job by your boss, that could be a motivator, maybe you want to earn the award of the month or be recognized by your boss so he can count of your for better jobs.
Once you know your goals and some external and internal motivators, you need to find some fun techniques to keep you motivated, for example keeping track of your progress is very important to be motivated, how much can you get done in a day, reward your self if you achieve your tasks faster, find ways to make your work more effective.
You can also make some challenges with your co workers, tell them that the first to finish their task gets a free dinner. You can make it a challenge of the month or even tell your boss to make a challenge of the month and give rewards to the best performing employees.
Some of those techniques might not be always possible, it depends on where you work, however you get the point you can find fun ways to keep you and your co workers motivated, when you do this with other people is easier to follow along and be more motivated at work.
Quick Tip #1
If you are in a bad mood, set a 30 day challenge for your self and go for it |
Quick Tip #2
Imagine how it would feel to achieve your goals, what are your emotions |
Quick Tip #3
Set deadlines and look deep inside you what are you true desires that turn you on and makes you wants to to whatever it takes to achieve it |
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